QF: Australia - Lithuania

[Beez]

USA also. Cousins and Jordan can't hit an outside shot. Maybe they can but it's not their core strength.

Gobert and the Australian bigs don't shoot 3's either.

[Boomer]

Gobert and the Australian bigs don't shoot 3's either.

Anderson nails them all the time, bogut got one against France I believe, but not his strength

[CoachZ]

Anderson nails them all the time, bogut got one against France I believe, but not his strength

Also France has Lauvergne who can stretch and hit the 3pts.

[Beez]

Also France has Lauvergne who can stretch and hit the 3pts.

Draymond shot 6-8 from 3 and had nearly a triple double in game 7 of the NBA finals. I keep waiting for Coach K to employ a version of Golden State's "Death Lineup" with Draymond at the 5, but it hasn't happened much.

[Shawshank]

Jonas Valanciunas hopefully will show up today to play,if not see ya in 2020 Tokyo...other thing we have to return to our indentity.Togetherness,heart and the T E A M effort

[Svajunas]

Before og I would have been happy for aussies in qf.
Now however I dont see us winning. Australia is playing perfect basketball and are enjoying themselves. While Spain took our souls like monsters from spacejam.
I will be cheering like I always do though!

[Vazzy]

We have 3 NBA players on our team and Kalnietis looks like he is most NBA ready player in Lithuania. I cant believe how many mins he plays and he does it so great, Mantas is a monster on court. All Lithuania count on him.

[Straight forward]

We have 3 NBA players on our team and Kalnietis looks like he is most NBA ready player in Lithuania. I cant believe how many mins he plays and he does it so great, Mantas is a monster on court. All Lithuania count on him.

The only player who is playing like NBA player is Kalnietis so far Maciulis and Kuzminskas had some great games, but couldn't stay entirely consistent. I would say second most consistent player on the team is Seibutis or Jankunas. However, it's one game - now it doesn't matter what happened in the group. Australia might fall, Lithuania might rise again. Off course, I have the same feeling as most of people here that Australia is stronger at the moment.

[Shawshank]

My last notes before the game: if somehow,someway game will be close 5min left to go,we have good chances upsetting Australia.I feel we play better in endings than they do.Problem is can we stay together with their scoring first 35minutes?

right now its seems : NO. but you never now,in playoffs atmosphere way stranger things happens...

[Hepcat]

When I think of Australian basketball, the first two names that pop into my head are the two leading lights, Andrew Gaze and Shane Heal. Why aren't they on the Australian team this year? One of the traditional reasons for begging off the national team? Hangnail injury? Sitting out the summer to get married? Some hissy fit with the Australian coach?



Btw, does Australian Coach Andrej Lemanis speak any Latvian?

[Beez]

When I think of Australian basketball, the first two names that pop into my head are the two leading lights, Andrew Gaze and Shane Heal. Why aren't they on the Australian team this year? One of the traditional reasons for begging off the national team? Hangnail injury? Sitting out the summer to get married? Some hissy fit with the Australian coach?



Btw, does Australian Coach Andrej Lemanis speak any Latvian?

Gaze must be in his 50's now. He played college ball in the 80's. But yeah...he and Luc Longley are two players I always associate with Australia.

[Raze Lupin]

Australia starting off in rape mode. Delly & Mills doing work!

[Raze Lupin]

Right now Australia is playing like I wish USA would! Intensity! Aggression on both ends!

[Silent Killer]

18-9 lead by boomers..

[Picek]

it looks like Kazlauskas finally lost his patience with JV.