Group B, Day 1, USA vs. Croatia

[Phantim3dx]

the final

[g.g]

Yeah, when Derrick Rose was pushing the ball, they played incredibly well. If Croatia could just make defensive decisions a little quicker, maybe they could have done something.
Good stuff!

Very strong performance by USA. Very powerful team. Well done.

[Perseus]

i like Croatia ,lousy % and they scored 78 pts.

[JGX]

Best showing by the US so far...106 is where the offense needs to be.

[Beva]

Believe it or not, I'm not disappointed... Our bigs Žorić and Tomić got into foul trouble quite fast and there was a lot of respect for Americans, so 3pt shot and FT were terrible... And Americans were hitting 3s from all over the floor...

Tomić was solid, Bogdanović too, Tomas underperformed badly and Ukić still isn't in shape after injury...

Don't know, considering who our coach is, how physically stronger Americans are and how inexperienced some of our guys are, I'm satisfied...

Congratulations to Americans!

I will remember Bogdanovic, the guy who hit all the threes, when it did not matter anymore.

Well, it did matter to us, not to completely embarass ourselves

[pohani komarac]

I will remember Bogdanovic, the guy who hit all the threes, when it did not matter anymore.

bogdanovic scored lot of game winners for young kid

[bobo81]

Croatians should be happy they did well towards the end.

U.S. stills needs a lot of work. Maybe this can still win it all with these kinds of performances and perhaps I am being too hard. I am a perfectionist.

[pohani komarac]

ukic got destroyed

we played with to much respect and as usuall kus and planinic started other team roll. i think realistcley it could be much closer but we missed so many layups, open shoots and ft. tough, doesn't matter 10, 15, or 30 as long as we play better with teams that we can beat

[L8DBACK]

I just wish that Team USA will not be enamored with a false sense of confidence with them winning tune up matches with Spain and Greece.

Spain and Greece have not even played 50% to their capacity during those tune up games.

Team USA should not tread on Croatia lightly.

Team USA will not treat any opponents lighty. Their real test will be against Brazil. As long as they stay consistent with their pressure defense, speed, and accurate 3's they should be able beat Brazil.

[Dtown]

Finally saw the game in it's entirety after a long day of work.

First quarter was jittery like I predicted, but from then on...

well this sums it up



Bring on Slovenia!!

[Perseus]

the first the third and the fourth quarters were close ...

[Picek]

I will remember Bogdanovic, the guy who hit all the threes, when it did not matter anymore.

14 months ago he wasn't even playing serious senior basketball..
he was at Real who sent him all over Spain on loan..
his first real senior season was the one which ended in june and he played great throughout the season..
he was considered as one of the biggest croatian talents in youth level..
he went to Spain too early and had injury and health problems..
but he is here to stay.. a modern SF/SG with the decade or so infront of him..

[L8DBACK]

Croatians should be happy they did well towards the end.

U.S. stills needs a lot of work. Maybe this can still win it all with these kinds of performances and perhaps I am being too hard. I am a perfectionist.

Who's perfect in these WC games?