Bronze Medal Game: Argentina vs. Russia

[Terrorizer]

It's a pity that one of these teams left London without Olympic medal. What a great generation of Argentine basketball players: Prigioni-Ginobili-Delfino-Nocioni-Scola is one of the best and most clever starting fives I ever witnessed (especially, say, 5-7 years ago but that's another story). It was a great swansong for this generation which will be remembered by many. And NBA experts put Argentina 4th behind Brazil - well, we've seen it in QF who is the real Latin American basketball super-power.
I'm glad with the first Olympic medal for Russia but ain't really excited - we were obliged to play in the final and give USA a good fight.

[guilherme.rcf]

Thank you Argentina. It was a pleasure to watch this team for the last 10 years.

[Federoy]

Argentina complaining a foul wasn't called at the end was this true or not?

Yeah, the Argentines nearly started a second Falklands War with Bill Kennedy because he didn't blow the whistle on what they thought was a foul at mid-court on Prigioni. I only saw the highlights, so I can't attest to what led up to the supposite no-call, but from what I saw Kennedy made the right decision. Through out the tournament, too many games have been decided by the officials influence. I think Kennedy's NBA instincts told him to let the game play out instead of deciding the outcome by bailing out Prigioni.

[jiggawhat]

Argentina complaining a foul wasn't called at the end was this true or not?

[greenarcher]

I predicted a 4pt win for Russia against Spain... wrong game. Hahaha!

Did Mozgov get injured? Why only 7mins?

[Dtown]

Congrats to Russia, well deserved medal.

[Dreamcatcher]

Has someone noticed that this Russian team with Blatt won all their endings with crazy buzzers (2 times by Monya last year, Fridzon against Brazil) and not only. Meanwhile lost their games in semifinals to the teams which were simple better (France last year, Spain few days ago)?

[kestiz]

great game congrats russia wirth their first olympic medal

for a moment i thought argentina has this as they had more experience in clutch moments and this sh1t was pretty clutch

[uRAgan]

shved !

[Navarro #7]

Congratulations to Russia. Both deserved to win but Shved decided. He appeared in one of the best moments.

[Raze Lupin]

WOW! What a great game this was!!

[LTbotd]

Hehehe what an ending Shved showing his huge balls. Congrats to Russia with the bronze!

[Picek]

Shved showing his cojones with a game changing three..

[Khalid80]

Very interesting game.. Russia is playing quite well for the first 3 quarters and are holding a 4 point lead... Let's see if they break down in the 4th like they did against Spain or will they be able to hold on to their lead.

[Picek]

although I would usually cheer for Russia as a european team I want gauchos to take this one..
it would be a great ending for this great generation which played great basketball in the last 10 years..
+ I want to hear argentinian fans on the the stands singing..
simply enjoy south american fans (in all sports except football) and their passion for their NT..