Quarterfinals, Spain vs. Serbia

[anonimus]

seriously??

I despise him with every inch of my heart but..respect for this.

http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/sport.72.html:298785-Ivkovic-Za-Srbiju-igraju-heroji

I don t know how serious that ingury is...

[Earendil]

http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/sport.72...-igraju-heroji

I don t know how serious that ingury is...

Damnit this really sucks i just readed news he has not one but several fingers broken on right hand :S

[tarchan]

http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/sport.72...-igraju-heroji

I don t know how serious that ingury is...

If you could tell me in English so I can understand i know a thing or two about medicine.

[ecay]

Teodosic today played with broken fingers on right hand

Wows was it hided? we know anything about this.

[Guard]

I'm quite confident we will beat this team without many problems. We are playing with confidence now and the bench is really starting to provide high quality minutes. Our defence is back to normal as well.

[Fedfan]

No way though they were broken.The pain would be too much for him to play like he did today.Maybe a minor fracture in the metacarpials or smth.

[Earendil]

If you could tell me in English so I can understand i know a thing or two about medicine.

Prvog plejmejkera plavih, Miloša Teodosića, pamtimo i u mnogo boljim izdanjima. Iskreno, očekivali smo više, bez obzira da li mu hrvatski reprezentativac Tomas zbog fizičkih predispozicija leži ili ne leži.
- Kada me već “golicate” ne moram ja sve da pričam pred stranim novinarima, ali Teodosić igra teško povređen, polomljenih prstiju, nije u stanju da kontroliše adekvatno loptu desnom rukom – otkrio je Ivković.

First playmaker of blues, Milos Teodosic, is known playin alot better. Honestly we expected more, no matter if croatian player Tomas suits him or not.
- Since u are already asking i dont have to talk everything in front of foreign journalists but Teodosic is playing severly injured, with broken fingers, he isnt in condition to control ball adequatly with his right hand - Ivkovic reveals

[anonimus]

If you could tell me in English so I can understand i know a thing or two about medicine.

Ivkovic said just one sentence..like I already wrote..
I hope he will recover..
anyway...key 4 this game



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[tarchan]

Prvog plejmejkera plavih, Miloša Teodosića, pamtimo i u mnogo boljim izdanjima. Iskreno, očekivali smo više, bez obzira da li mu hrvatski reprezentativac Tomas zbog fizičkih predispozicija leži ili ne leži.
- Kada me već “golicate” ne moram ja sve da pričam pred stranim novinarima, ali Teodosić igra teško povređen, polomljenih prstiju, nije u stanju da kontroliše adekvatno loptu desnom rukom – otkrio je Ivković.

First playmaker of blues, Milos Teodosic, is known playin alot better. Honestly we expected more, no matter if croatian player Tomas suits him or not.
- Since u are already asking i dont have to talk everything in front of foreign journalists but Teodosic is playing severly injured, with broken fingers, he isnt in condition to control ball adequatly with his right hand - Ivkovic reveals

THere's no way that he is playing with a broken finger, should he had it the finger had to be completely inmobile. Worst case he has a fisure in one of his fingers like Kobe had (which is terribly annoying and in this case he should tape he troubled finger to the next one or he is risking for a bigger injury); or he has smashed his metacarpians on previous games and this can cause a great deal of pain and also tends to give you rigidness on the fingers for several days.

[Earendil]

Ivkovic said just one sentence..like I already wrote..
I hope he will recover..
anyway...key 4 this game



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Atm Spain is favorite but i think we can win this game they think they did their job with Greece and that way is clear for them for finals they also think they have "easy" game in front of them having in mind what happened in finals last year where they won easily. On the other hand i think that Duda has alot of aces in his sleeve (Keselj, Savanovic, Paunic, Macvan) and that he didnt let players to "burn out" in all these games. This year Spain isnt what it used to b previous year with Gasol (no matter the score of this game) and our team is a bit stronger and more experienced than last year. In my oppinion chances are 55% for Spain 45% for Serbia with a bit of luck we are going into semis where i honestly expect us to loose. Whatever happens i really dont expect easy win for Spain

[tensai]

without teodosic it is impossible to win spain..
broken fingers can not be healed only in 2, 3 days.. right?
that's the time to say serbia goodbye..

[Srle]

No way though they were broken.The pain would be too much for him to play like he did today.Maybe a minor fracture in the metacarpials or smth.

Of course his fingers are not broken yes he's hand is hurting he's having that bondage from the start of training camp. Its just something for journalists to write about, sensationalism

[Buducnost PG]

Please no posts, if Serbia plays like today. Today we had a game against our not loved neighbours with a lot of tension. Krstic said it today after the game that today was not a normal game, it was a special one. Croatian player Marko Popovic said, that Serbia deserved to go to the Quarterfinal, because they showed more throught the tournament. This is pure truth.

The other thing is that Serbia played 3 hard games against good teams in a row and had to travel to Istanbul. Serbia had no training in the new arena. They trained in Abdi Pecki. All this is after us now. Perhaps this all was a handicap for the game today, but from now on we are in a better position.

It will be a hard and tight game. Serbia should have advantages under the rim. Spain is better in the backcourt, but for me they looked better in the last years.

Spain is the favo, but it will be no wonder, if they will miss the 1st 1/2 final after 2004. They are ready to fall and Serbian can do it.

EC Serbia 2005: 4th place
WC Japan 2006: 1st place
EC Spain 2007: 2nd place
OG Bejing 2008: 2nd place
EC Poland 2009: 1st place
WC Turkey 2010: ??????

[Ifthenelseend]

Game against Spain will be different kind of game. We will play better. We will go more motivated to win this match because Spain are world and euro champs.

Anyway... the keys:
for Serbia - in defense: we should try to stop quick Spanish guards running coast to coast, to put Navaro, Rudy and Rubio together under or about 40-45 points in total. Offensively we should put down ball at center and try to use our clear height advantage

for Spain - to make as many breaks as they can, speed up the game, use their guard and forwards potential to score from distance in traffic, in defense cutting down Teodosic and preventing him to make serious role(assisting his teammates and scoring more then 15 points).

Well, I don't know what result will be but from my angle chances are 50-50, but only in case if we perform much better then like we did today

[KeyzerSoze]

The games between rivals have different atmosphere. I don't think the matches like Serbia - Croatia, Brazil - Argentina etc. can be a measure for those teams. Serbia is a great basketball country and I don't think Spain can win this easily.

The match will be the best match of all I think. I don't know which one to support, however, we are a good customer of Serbia and I don't want them in the semis against us if me make it there. Spain is gearing up lately, I see them favourite for this match. However, it'll not be an easy game for both side. I'll just sit back and enjoy