SF: Australia vs Serbia

[CHBB]

Yeah that was a great game for 30 minutes, then too much USA depth. I remember David Robinson and Anfernee Hardaway standing out for us. That '96 Serbia team along with Spain are the best non USA teams ever in my opinion.

Penny was the truth.

[CoachZ]

Yeah that was a great game for 30 minutes, then too much USA depth. I remember David Robinson and Anfernee Hardaway standing out for us. That '96 Serbia team along with Spain are the best non USA teams ever in my opinion.

The key to that game was that Divac got called on some very, very suspicious fouls and he fouled out in the 3rd quarter. The second option at C Savic was out for that game with an injury. So noone could defend the middle. Robinson had a field day vs a young Rebraca. We were up at the half time and played really well. Divac fouling out sealed it.

[usagre]

Time to pull an old classic clip from the Atlanta Olympics This is the attitude needed vs USA

https://twitter.com/mikekaplan_/stat...64189922783232

Yeah that was a great game for 30 minutes, then too much USA depth. I remember David Robinson and Anfernee Hardaway standing out for us. That '96 Serbia team along with Spain are the best non USA teams ever in my opinion.

[vuxsa]

Few things -
To say that two best teams are in the finals is a little bit of the stretch .
I mean Serbia went from the group with 2-3 record , won by 3 in QF and managed to avoid Spain in semis ,whom I would put arguably above Serbs in terms of overall quality for this tournament .
Having said that - Serbia totally outclassed Australia .
Referees did a very good job ,in my opinion .I did not see any butchering or any preferential treatment for one side over another .
All Serbs had to do is just to win when it mattered .They did ,they are in finals . End of the story .

People tend to not give this Serbia credit thinking that our successes are a result of some coincidential chain of events. 2 finals in 3 years should be a wake up call. Spain is facing an inevitable decline of their best generation, while Serbia is entering prime.

[CoachZ]

Time to pull an old classic clip from the Atlanta Olympics This is the attitude needed vs USA

https://twitter.com/mikekaplan_/status/766764189922783232

[Jazz]

Gotta give it to Teodosic he came out aggressive looking to score and did. Only had 1 assist at the half. Second half went back to his traditional role of playmaking and creating for others. That's what the greats do they pick their spots and i feel Teodosic with his hot start set the tone that this game would be different than the preliminary game.

It was good to see considering he hadn't been shooting as well as he can do prior to this game. What a joy to watch though.

[Podgorica]

Poetry. Lecture in European basketball.

[usagre]

Amazing performance. Congrats to all Serbian posters on IBN.

Another bad night for the Interbasket Teodosic haters! It has been a grim few months for them. He was awesome again and it's cool reading some of his Euroleague rivals fanboying over him on twitter.

Looking forward to Sunday...

Gotta give it to Teodosic he came out aggressive looking to score and did. Only had 1 assist at the half. Second half went back to his traditional role of playmaking and creating for others. That's what the greats do they pick their spots and i feel Teodosic with his hot start set the tone that this game would be different than the preliminary game.

[Boomer]

Thank you! I can only say that I'm so very proud of our boys for showing up here, showing up better than I could have hoped for. They basically did to Australia the same thing Lithuania did to them last year in Eurobasket semis, best defensive job I've ever seen from them by far. Now if they could repeat that and dont lose by a large margin in finals - its gonna be great. I'm not gonna expect a win, definitely gonna hope for it, but everyone should be more than happy with silver here, considering how annoyed we were with Boban thing and hopeless after Bjelica dropped out too.
Congrats to Australia for probably best tournament they ever had, don't let this get you down and hope your team learns from it, like our apparently did from the bitter past. I'll be rooting for the Boomers to win that bronze medal, you deserve it.

Thanks for the kind words, good luck in the final, believe and it might happen

[CHBB]

Look at the Serbian bench going nuts up 30. Where's that guy who was complaining about the USA bench antics.
I guess he is not offended this time.

The difference is Serbia had actually played great in this game and given their all. And if their players didn't play well or play their best, they would be called out by their fellow countrymen or their media. Meanwhile ours can play like crap and not care or are even proud of it and still get praise by our media.

[auris1]

Few things -
To say that two best teams are in the finals is a little bit of the stretch .
I mean Serbia went from the group with 2-3 record , won by 3 in QF and managed to avoid Spain in semis ,whom I would put arguably above Serbs in terms of overall quality for this tournament .
Having said that - Serbia totally outclassed Australia .
Referees did a very good job ,in my opinion .I did not see any butchering or any preferential treatment for one side over another .
All Serbs had to do is just to win when it mattered .They did ,they are in finals . End of the story .

[Jazz]

Amazing performance. Congrats to all Serbian posters on IBN.

Another bad night for the Interbasket Teodosic haters! It has been a grim few months for them. He was awesome again and it's cool reading some of his Euroleague rivals fanboying over him on twitter.

Looking forward to Sunday...

[CoachZ]

Markovic plays well in big games. Against USA and Croatia he had fantastic games. The rest he didn't show up. Even if he doesn't score he will have rebounds, steals, assists. Jovic will probably not light it up.

Macvan is X factor, depends on the gameplan. He could be a nothing, but if Aussies try to force a 2 big lineup Bogut and Baynes at the same time then we will see a lot of Raduljica-Macvan, Jokic-Macvan and Raduljica - Jokic time so he could be a factor. This is all depending on the gameplan from both sides. Taking all that into account I would go with Markovic.

You owe me a beer LDK

Markovic 14 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. Also shoot 100% from the field 2/2 for 3pt 3/3 for 2pt and 2/2 from FT

[SashKX]

Congrats to Srle, coach Z, Obina, Sashx and the rest of Serbian posters. After backing up the '14 final appearance with another you are back where you rightfully belong next to the USA as the world's best.

Thank you! I can only say that I'm so very proud of our boys for showing up here, showing up better than I could have hoped for. They basically did to Australia the same thing Lithuania did to them last year in Eurobasket semis, best defensive job I've ever seen from them by far. Now if they could repeat that and dont lose by a large margin in finals - its gonna be great. I'm not gonna expect a win, definitely gonna hope for it, but everyone should be more than happy with silver here, considering how annoyed we were with Boban thing and hopeless after Bjelica dropped out too.
Congrats to Australia for probably best tournament they ever had, don't let this get you down and hope your team learns from it, like our apparently did from the bitter past. I'll be rooting for the Boomers to win that bronze medal, you deserve it.

[CoachZ]

Australia. And it might be sweep. I hope Serbians will give a heck of a fight, but Australia into some serious mode now.

You did get it right about the sweep. Missed the team though