Quarterfinals, Spain vs. Serbia

[chenacinerba]

Poor guy If Spain won this game today it would have been biggest injustice ever we were better entire game.

Cocky much? You don't have to say that..It's in my post stating how I commended the Serbs for playing well tonight.

A win is a win. A loss is a loss.

And of course, I wanted Spain to win. I was rooting for them.

Again congratulations to all the Serbians out there. Great win by your team.

[mbenga]

Spanish NT games in the quarter-finals over the last 10 major tournaments:

WC 2010 – Serbia 92 – España 89
Eurobasket 2009 – España 86 – Francia 66
Olympics 2008 – España 72 – Croacia 59
Eurobasket 2007 – España 83 – Alemania 55
WC 2006 – España 89 – Lituania 67
Eurobasket 2005 – España 101 – Croacia 85
Olympics 2004 – España 94 – Estados Unidos 102
Eurobasket 2003 – España 78 – Israel 64
WC 2002 – España 62 – Alemania 70
Eurobasket 2001 – España 62 – Rusia 55

7 times in the top 4...
The team of the first decade of 21th Century!!

Argentina has played SF in all 4 world tnmt, and still might do it this year again. I guess they're nº 1

[Srle]

Serbia won't dominate anythin.Unless they got some secret weapon.Because the likes of Tepic,Rasic,Markovic and Tripkovic(non teodosic guards) are not "domination" material.Next tournaments will be close and competitive.(european i mean,)

Don"t worry for the guards they are coming you got served today without them

[Srle]

Ma daj...
Always conspiration theories? Can´t you enjoy even when you win?

What conspiracy we were better entire game if it wasn"t for the lack of experience Serbia would have closed this in the third quarter a lot of terrible mistakes by our team.

[movingscreen]

Serbia won't dominate anythin.Unless they got some secret weapon.Because the likes of Tepic,Rasic,Markovic and Tripkovic(non teodosic guards) are not "domination" material.Next tournaments will be close and competitive.(european i mean,)

[Frosties]

Wrong assumption. No bad feelings toward Spaniards. Their team is playing most enjoyable basketball in Europe in last 6-7 years. And Navarro is one of my favourite players in Europe, probably the best sg in last 5 years.
There are lot of sport fans throughout whole Europe not happy with the fact that Spain won all these titles in football, basketball and maybe tennis, but, that's their problem ,really.
I don't think this is the end of an era for spanish bb. They will still be a gold medal contender in next EC2011.

Yes, and they host the WC 2014.... They need to renew the team step by step not as a generation clash. This was just a warning.

[Avalon]

I'm wondering if Serbians are cheering about their win or about Spanish loss...

Wrong assumption. No bad feelings toward Spaniards. Their team is playing most enjoyable basketball in Europe in last 6-7 years. And Navarro is one of my favourite players in Europe, probably the best sg in last 5 years.
There are lot of sport fans throughout whole Europe not happy with the fact that Spain won all these titles in football, basketball and maybe tennis, but, that's their problem ,really.
I don't think this is the end of an era for spanish bb. They will still be a gold medal contender in next EC2011.

[Frosties]

Poor guy If Spain won this game today it would have been biggest injustice ever we were better entire game.

Ma daj...
Always conspiration theories? Can´t you enjoy even when you win?

[Luíz for 3]

Spanish NT games in the quarter-finals over the last 10 major tournaments:

WC 2010 – Serbia 92 – España 89
Eurobasket 2009 – España 86 – Francia 66
Olympics 2008 – España 72 – Croacia 59
Eurobasket 2007 – España 83 – Alemania 55
WC 2006 – España 89 – Lituania 67
Eurobasket 2005 – España 101 – Croacia 85
Olympics 2004 – España 94 – Estados Unidos 102
Eurobasket 2003 – España 78 – Israel 64
WC 2002 – España 62 – Alemania 70
Eurobasket 2001 – España 62 – Rusia 55

7 times in the top 4...
The team of the first decade of 21th Century!!

[Srle]

You mean the moment every greek fan of basketball was waiting, after being sent home 4 time in a row by Spain!!!!



Today, I only saw Miloš Teodosić dramatizing all game long and never being punished...

Yeah Milos played bad game thanks to the Spanish defense on him but he overplayed Rubio by miles. 8 dimes , 5 rebounds not bad at all

[Sykes]

Congratulations Serbia!!!!!

Nothing much left to say, they deserved the victory, It has been one of the most thrilling games on this WC, Spain as all the tournament didn´t know how to manage last seconds posession: They haven´t score any single point at last possesions on every quarter in all this tournament matches, the same we did against USA last month,It seems the pressure is too much for them and don´t know how to prepare the last attacks succesfully, although after that wonderful 3 pt from Teodosic....the match was over

Serbia is here again to stay, the team who were our "Black Beast" during decades under the name of Yugoslavia....... the same Black beast that Greece recognize in Spain

I bet for your team beating USA on the final, Good luck

[sseppel]

We loss because of the huge 3 pointer of Teodosic (1/7 from the 3 point line till that moment) from 9 meters. Awful decision from Navarro in a fast break in the last minute also helped. We made a good game, but Teodosic decided. It's a pity we have to go when we were playing our best basketball.

Another reason for the loss. We play a fuckin' zone against a team that is killing us from the 3 point zone.

So bad the last mistake of Garbajosa, he had had a great game until the end.




Congrats to Serbia, very good game from their side. Keselj, Savanovic and the final inspiration of Teodosic gave them the game.

[Kienzan]

Great game and great victory for us!
Now, bring on the Turks! Or Slovenia, makes no difference.

Anyways, what really impresses me about this team is the depth. So many players can step up, so it's really hard to do scouting of our team. Rasic, who was one of our best players, was nonexistent today. But, Velickovic and Bjelica played their best game in the tournament. Keselj and Savanovic were amazing! And Teodosic with that last shot!!

Also, three point average was amazing. 3/3 Bjelica and 5/6 Keselj with that one where the time almost stood still for a second while he was flowing in air

[Srle]

Three pointers just killed Spain..until the last second.

When Teodosic made the shot..I can feel the force of my body just went all the way down!

Great game...too bad it just didn't go Spain's way (subjective statement of course).

I commend Serbia on how they played tonight.

Poor guy If Spain won this game today it would have been biggest injustice ever we were better entire game.

[gatos]

Originally Posted by Tap View Post
Losing in the eight-finals,losing in the quarter-finals,its the SAME THING...

Yep, especially when you're a Greek and your team gets beaten by Spain.

Keep sulking.

lol. Well said.