Good win and fine performance of Canada over Argentina. Result never in danger for the hosts with Nembhard really impressive overall. Miller, Lawson and Brown were excellent too. Patterson under par (except for an amazing dunk in the first half) while the weakest were the bigs, in trouble against Caffaro. Farabello and Marcos (for his threes in Q2) good performers for Argentina as well.
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Chile 74 Ecuador 62
Canada 92 Argentina 75
USA 105 Dominican Republic 73
Puerto Rico 84 Panama 51
Big turnarounds in two of the games as Ecuador was up by as much as 16 in the first half, and Panama was actually leading 39-38 in the third quarter before collapsing.
US struggled in the first half, then scored 64 points in the second half. Didn't really put the game away until a 19-0 run early in the fourth. Not as physically dominant as you would usually expect from a US youth team.Originally posted by FedfanMost ppl get childish when they lose.Originally posted by GuTOrefs in games of Spain walks with literally poop in his pants afraid of the Spanish players
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Originally posted by JGX View PostChile 74 Ecuador 62
Canada 92 Argentina 75
USA 105 Dominican Republic 73
Puerto Rico 84 Panama 51
Big turnarounds in two of the games as Ecuador was up by as much as 16 in the first half, and Panama was actually leading 39-38 in the third quarter before collapsing.
US struggled in the first half, then scored 64 points in the second half. Didn't really put the game away until a 19-0 run early in the fourth. Not as physically dominant as you would usually expect from a US youth team.
what results are u expecting for tonight?
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Canada 115 Ecuador 75
Puerto Rico 107 Dominican Republic 94
Argentina 76 Chile 66
USA 118 Panama 26
Panama was even more shorthanded tonight as their starting point guard was out injured, and as you can see from the above post it got ugly fast. Could have been worse if the US had hit wide open threes at a higher percentage.Originally posted by FedfanMost ppl get childish when they lose.Originally posted by GuTOrefs in games of Spain walks with literally poop in his pants afraid of the Spanish players
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Argentina 82 Ecuador 61
Dominican Republic 90 Panama 57
USA 115 Puerto Rico 71
Canada 97 Chile 60
USA rolling from the fourth quarter of the first game onward. Argentina-DR and Chile-PR quarterfinals will be interesting with different styles of play between the Caribbean and South American teams.Originally posted by FedfanMost ppl get childish when they lose.Originally posted by GuTOrefs in games of Spain walks with literally poop in his pants afraid of the Spanish players
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Quarterfinals
Argentina 87 Dominican Republic 70
Puerto Rico 68 Chile 65
USA 132 Ecuador 55
Canada 105 Panama 39
Controversial play in the PR-Chile game as PR's Vasuqez banked in a three as the shot clock expired to give PR a 66-61 lead. They never showed a replay but the Chileans certainly thought he didn't get the shot off in time. Chile had a chance to tie at the end but PR played good defense and forced a long contested three.Originally posted by FedfanMost ppl get childish when they lose.Originally posted by GuTOrefs in games of Spain walks with literally poop in his pants afraid of the Spanish players
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The US has done NO heavy lifting in this tournament at all...but I'll pause for caution against Argentina; we can't look pass them. If we hit a scoring drought and allow the Argentine's to run their stuff on offense, things could get interesting. I still think we'll win, but this will be the first real challenge of the tournament. I can see Puerto Rico giving Canada a little trouble, but Canada will eventually get the upper hand since talent and depth usually win out...and the homecourt advantage.
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Dominican Republic 102 Ecuador 70
Chile 67 Panama 61
USA 104 Argentina 92
Canada 95 Puerto Rico 89
Didn't get to see any games today, sounds like the semifinals were closer than expected.Originally posted by FedfanMost ppl get childish when they lose.Originally posted by GuTOrefs in games of Spain walks with literally poop in his pants afraid of the Spanish players
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The US is running away with this game. They're up by 28 pts. at halftime. I was expecting this to be a hotly contested match-up given it's on Canadian soil and both teams mirror each-other in so many ways. Aside from the talent gap, the biggest difference I see is the coaching...I have to give Bill Self and his staff credit; this is undoubtedly the best coached underaged American team I've seen in years. This team is fundamentally sound, unselfish, has great decision making and defensively very good. Even though they've destroyed the competition and made the tournament predictable, it was still a joy to watch this team play.Last edited by Federoy; 06-17-2018, 05:00 PM.
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Just watched the replay, it was a huge final performance from US team, with defense, passing and especially great team play, amazing for such young age (kudos to the coaching staff). Interestingly, this relatively unheralded team performed better than, to say, the U18 team winner in 2016 which was more loaded of highly ranked prospects. In this title game Robinson-Earl (just ranked #34 in 2019 class by ESPN) was notably impressive, with a perfect 7/7 shooting and strong rebounding. I thought Canada more competitive after watching some of their prelim games, in the end Argentina proved to be the hardest competitor to US team.
All-Five: Nembhard, Caffaro, Anthony, White and Grimes (MVP).
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Originally posted by carlo View PostJust watched the replay, it was a huge final performance from US team, with defense, passing and especially great team play, amazing for such young age (kudos to the coaching staff). Interestingly, this relatively unheralded team performed better than, to say, the U18 team winner in 2016 which was more loaded of highly ranked prospects. In this title game Robinson-Earl (just ranked #34 in 2019 class by ESPN) was notably impressive, with a perfect 7/7 shooting and strong rebounding. I thought Canada more competitive after watching some of their prelim games, in the end Argentina proved to be the hardest competitor to US team.
All-Five: Nembhard, Caffaro, Anthony, White and Grimes (MVP).Last edited by Federoy; 06-17-2018, 05:24 PM.
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