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EL2022/23 - The Final Four (Kaunas)

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EL2022/23 - The Final Four (Kaunas)

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What is more incredible?

1) Real's path to a final being completely outplayed by Partizan after first 2 games in Madrid and the half of 5th game?
2) Llull's game winner after he hadn't done anything in the game before that shot. And how he got the ball at all instead of Rodriguez who was so good?
3) Not giving MVP to Rodriguez.
4) (as a bonus) Real's oldies in general.
 
Serbian_Layup said:
Walkup 0/5
Sloukas 1/5
Vezenkov 2/8
Mckissic missing all 3 wide open threes in the 4th
Game over. They just needed one more. Someone had to join Canaan. And the whole 4th quarter Real was letting wide open shots for either Walkup or Mckissic. Nothing to take away from Mckissic though, I thought he was very good aside from those missed threes in the fourth.
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If Oly had just allowed a 2 pointer instead of an open 3 at +4 it would be a whole different ball game now. That's besides them not making a single simple play in the last minute. Also, the last shot could have been much better.
 
Dreamcatcher said:
What is more incredible?

1) Real's path to a final being completely outplayed by Partizan after first 2 games in Madrid and the half of 5th game?
2) Llull's game winner after he hadn't done anything in the game before that shot. And how he got the ball at all instead of Rodriguez who was so good?
3) Not giving MVP to Rodriguez.
4) (as a bonus) Real's oldies in general.
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Although Sergio kept them alive and Llull handed them the trophy, Tavares is everything for current Real.
 
Dreamcatcher said:
What is more incredible?

1) Real's path to a final being completely outplayed by Partizan after first 2 games in Madrid and the half of 5th game?
2) Llull's game winner after he hadn't done anything in the game before that shot. And how he got the ball at all instead of Rodriguez who was so good?
3) Not giving MVP to Rodriguez.
4) (as a bonus) Real's oldies in general.
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Tavares deserved for everything he did in the playoffs and of course against Barca. But this game Rodriguez was a game changer for Real. He kept them afloat and also managed to hit a big shot in crunch time.
 
Serbian_Layup said:
Walkup 0/5
Sloukas 1/5
Vezenkov 2/8
Mckissic missing all 3 wide open threes in the 4th
Game over. They just needed one more. Someone had to join Canaan. And the whole 4th quarter Real was letting wide open shots for either Walkup or Mckissic. Nothing to take away from Mckissic though, I thought he was very good aside from those missed threes in the fourth.
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Ok the zone defence, but Oly started with 5/8 3pts and this means that they finished with 7/28.

The big question is if all this 3pts shooting was the right choice.
 
paspalj said:
If Oly had just allowed a 2 pointer instead of an open 3 at +4 it would be a whole different ball game now. That's besides them not making a single simple play in the last minute. Also, the last shot could have been much better.
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Agree, poor decision making, especially since the moment when they got possession on +4 when Tavares let the ball out of bounds.
 
ronmercer80 said:
Ok the zone defence, but Oly started with 5/8 3pts and this means that they finished with 7/28.

The big question is if all this 3pts shooting was the right choice.
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Wide open shots. What else can you do on zone defense? But yeah, there were couple of hurried shots from Sloukas and Vezenkov.
 
paspalj said:
Although Sergio kept them alive and Llull handed them the trophy, Tavares is everything for current Real.
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Yes, Tavares is everything. But this MVP is for 2 games in F4. Rodriguez was a game changer in both games. Tavares was pretty much stopped by Fall today.
 
Serbian_Layup said:
I say cheapest because Real's defense was trash basically. A lot of good looks for Oly tonight. Most of their shots were wide open shots, those that they hit and those that they didn't. Real was just relying that they will miss, nothing else. But horrible defensive rebounding by Oly kept them close thoroughout the game. And of course, they used the chance they got.
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Agree but it was the only choice in order not to be killed by fouls under the paint considering the absences. Remembering also what happened to Fener (the fifth game).
 
Dreamcatcher said:
Yes, Tavares is everything. But this MVP is for 2 games in F4. Rodriguez was a game changer in both games. Tavares was pretty much stopped by Fall today.
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Tavares F4 PIR: 30
Sergio F4 PIR: 18

I'm pretty sure this gives him the F4 MVP :P
 
Serbian_Layup said:
Tavares deserved for everything he did in the playoffs and of course against Barca. But this game Rodriguez was a game changer for Real. He kept them afloat and also managed to hit a big shot in crunch time.
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Play offs shouldn't matter - there is ''season MVP'' for a regular season and play off games. But even in play offs Rodriguez made that comeback in the last game.
 
Tavares was decisive against Barcelona whereas in the final he used his brain not spending useless fouls remaining till the end forcing Oly's players to make hasty shots.

I think he deserves to be the MVP.
 
ooo man is so difficult. Whatever we say, we gave it to them. 1 minute, 4 points up and possession....We gave it to them.

But at the end......this is sports.​
 
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zubitos said:
ooo man is so difficult. Whatever we say, we gave it to them. 1 minute, 4 points up and possession....We gave it to them.

But at the and......this is sports.​
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I am sorry too Zubi but we talked already. I was sure this would happen.
 
This was suicidal,the better team did not win.The clutch team won and stole the title.So many open shots lost,free throws lost from players of 90% and so many bad attacks in the last minutes.Congrats to Real was not the better team but woh what a refuse to loose mentality.
 
ronmercer80 said:
Tonia tonight will be a very happy girl.
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Hahaha.. I would be happy if Olympiakos was defeated by Partizan or Barcelona, but definitely not Real. However, I admit that I enjoyed watching Olympiakos lose the trophy at the very last second.
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