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Darrell Armstrong2
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Congrats to our Spanish friends here in this forum. What a truly amazing team you have for this past ~15 years. Really jealous of the talent, the commitment of the players, the chemistry, and the winning mentality.
Hopefully it’s close to its end now so that other people can enjoy some medals
Let us have one final rematch against the Redeem Team in Tokio.
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HeinrichMohr2
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It seems that playing in Asia gives us good luck. Next World Cup in the Philippines, please!
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fasoulaki2
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Congratulation to Spain! I will hate this team to all eternity but this will not change the fact that they have everything required to win titles and medals.
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Kwijibo2
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None (I think) denies Spain's greatness. And they deserved the title 100%.
Nevertheless, this final was disappointing for the fans-except the Spaniards probably
I rly doubt this reading the messages
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Kwijibo2
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Hey where are you Kwijibo? Now is when you have to write that typical thing of "very easy tournament for us"
I thought it was pretty obvius to say that in another unbeaten WC
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Adon2
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Probably you are confused, I've never said otherwise. I'm not a blind fanatic like some Barca's fans in here
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Victorious2
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Don't take this personal. I argued before the tournament that Spain may arguably have the most talent outside the USA. I still insist on that. Argentina obviously is not a Cinderella team like say, the Czech republic, but they are in part in the final because they have played as an absolute underdog with little pressure against both Serbia as well as France, while the latter two had tremendous pressure against Argentina. Look at the coach of Serbia, already fired. By the time you reached the final, there is little room left for surprise, so then it boils down to the talent of both teams. And Spain is simply superior. Congratulations for the medal and the qualification for the Olympics. A very good tournament on your part.
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Darrell Armstrong2
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This is why you want to play a final against Argentina. They know how to celebrate a win, and they know how to show class after a loss:
"Spain definitely played great, better than us. Their tactical plan was perfect, their execution was perfect. They have great players with a lot of experience, a longer rotation than us. Nothing to say - they were better than Argentina. We tried. No excuses, we were not tired. We were not satisfied because we played in the Final. We wanted to win. We felt great before the game, just, this is basketball. If you play better than the other team, you win the game. Spain was the better team today."
"Spain definitely played great, better than us. Their tactical plan was perfect, their execution was perfect. They have great players with a lot of experience, a longer rotation than us. Nothing to say - they were better than Argentina. We tried. No excuses, we were not tired. We were not satisfied because we played in the Final. We wanted to win. We felt great before the game, just, this is basketball. If you play better than the other team, you win the game. Spain was the better team today."
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HeinrichMohr2
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Yep, that was coach Sergio Hernández.
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Darrell Armstrong2
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Saw the stats. Spain's perimeter defence has allowed for less than 7 three-pointers per game (Argentina had 7) at a 28% clip (Argentina shot 26%). Let that sink in. Spain has faced Serbia, Italy, Australia... all teams with better outside shooters than Argentina and still got them to miss around 75% of their three-pointers. The only teams which had a decent showing against Spain were Iran and Poland.
Spain's defence in this tournament was really, really good.
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Tesla2
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Why do you hate this team?
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Tesla2
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Congratulations to Spain. Best team sporting nation in the world. Congratulations to Argentina as well. Underdog achievements are particularly rare in basketball so it's good to know that it's possible. Not that Argentina don't have great players, but were outside the top tier. This was a great World Cup.
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Darrell Armstrong2
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Well, thanks. But I think you underestimate Argentina. They won all their games fair and square. They were thrown off their game by Spain today, but, that has happened to every other opponent we faced. So no shame there.
I agree that we match up pretty well against Argentina and we would have had harder matches against almost any other contender. Australia gave us all we could handle. France would have been very tough. Even teams which didn't make it to the medal round like Lithuania could have proved a worthy opponent.
But at least it wasn't a USA - Serbia or USA - Turkey
As far as finals go, this was one of the more disputed of the XXI century.
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Darrell Armstrong2
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Both played great today. Willy's defence has improved by bounds and leaps since the start of the tournament. Three blocks today and a really imposing inside presence. Admittedly, Argentina's centers weren't the best, but they totally destroyed the Serb's just a few days ago.
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Darrell Armstrong2
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I know a jinx when I see one!
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kartog2
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La Roja goes all the way, congrats 
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Arsonist2
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Spain made a great approach to the game, and from the beginning took the pace of the game, the defense of Spain against Argentina was one of the key factors, therefore lowered the percentage of field of the South Americans through the intelligent defense, stressed Scola and Campazo which were the key players of Argentina and neutralized the game, in addition Spain through its defense constantly nourished its offensive and were fine in the field throws.
Although Argentina was erased from the field in the final, they have a lot of merit for everything they did and got a lot out of the tournament, because reaching a final is not easy and less in a world cup, they also leave with their ticket to the Olympic Games, the silver medal and a great apprenticeship for their younger players, which will serve them for all events and tournaments to come.
With respect to Spain Gasol cannot have more luck with a year round champion of the NBA and champion of the world, but of course everything in base to work, Rubio also raised of level in this world-wide one, like the brothers Hernangomez, Spain assumed its hierarchy and is worthy champion of this that was a great world-wide one.
Although Argentina was erased from the field in the final, they have a lot of merit for everything they did and got a lot out of the tournament, because reaching a final is not easy and less in a world cup, they also leave with their ticket to the Olympic Games, the silver medal and a great apprenticeship for their younger players, which will serve them for all events and tournaments to come.
With respect to Spain Gasol cannot have more luck with a year round champion of the NBA and champion of the world, but of course everything in base to work, Rubio also raised of level in this world-wide one, like the brothers Hernangomez, Spain assumed its hierarchy and is worthy champion of this that was a great world-wide one.
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Kwijibo2
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Because haters gonna hate
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usagre2
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It was pretty funny to see Tony Parker and Kobe Bryant at the World Cup Final. That was probably the first World Cup/Championships game they have ever personally watched. Hilarious to use them as ambassadors for the tournament when combined the two have participated in a total of 0 games. Parker didn’t play in ‘06, ‘10 or ‘14. And Kobe didn’t seem interested in playing in ‘02, ‘06 or ‘10. You get the feeling that had the tournament taken place in his private gym at his home back in those years he probably still wouldn’t have participated.