USA down by 12 - The Orange Mane

CoBear23 · 09-01-2006, 03:58 AM

USA half way through the third is now down by 12 and Greece is throwing up prayers and Zeus is guiding them in. Melo has been playing well but we have been missing free throws left and right and they can not miss any shot.

ClevelandBronco · 09-01-2006, 04:05 AM

Good. USA basketball gets put in its place once again.

LordHelmchen · 09-01-2006, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by CoBear23

In all honesty the U.S. is playing their worst basketball of the tourney. Basically we can not catch a fu#$*&% break on anything. Missed free throws suddenly appear and Greece hit about 9 straight FG's.

You can put these two teams together 100 times and you might see this three times. The U.S. no matter what the outcome is still the most talented team in the world. Still a quarter to go though, plenty of time to establish some American dominance.

on a side note and I truly hate to mention it but in any international competiton the U.S. gets screwed by the refs.....Haters straight haters

ah, the favorite ref excuse.. though, to be honest, I catched only glimpse of the game so I can't tell if they have really been screwed. But then again the loser team's fans usually blame the refs..

CoBear23 · 09-01-2006, 04:13 AM

In all honesty the U.S. is playing their worst basketball of the tourney. Basically we can not catch a fu#$*&% break on anything. Missed free throws suddenly appear and Greece hit about 9 straight FG's.

You can put these two teams together 100 times and you might see this three times. The U.S. no matter what the outcome is still the most talented team in the world. Still a quarter to go though, plenty of time to establish some American dominance.

on a side note and I truly hate to mention it but in any international competiton the U.S. gets screwed by the refs.....Haters straight haters

CoBear23 · 09-01-2006, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

Good. USA basketball gets put in its place once again.

BTW why the hate for the U.S.??

Nuggets4 · 09-01-2006, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by LordHelmchen

ah, the favorite ref excuse.. though, to be honest, I catched only glimpse of the game so I can't tell if they have really been screwed. But then again the loser team's fans usually blame the refs..

I agree with that for the most part and I am not making any excuses for the US team when I say this, but the international officiating is AWFUL in regards to the US. It's been mentioned by many sportswriters that the refs will nail the NBA "superstars" with the ticky tack fouls that shouldn't be called.

That said, we should have won and it's disappointing.

RhymesayersDU · 09-01-2006, 06:39 AM

I watched the whole game. Lack of defense on the pick & roll and missed free throws killed us, not the refs.

broncocalijohn · 09-01-2006, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

Good. USA basketball gets put in its place once again.

What an A$$. THis team actually seemed to want to be there and played like they always should have since 92. Our place should be 1st. Congrats to Greece, but damn! This sucked.

watermock · 09-01-2006, 07:47 AM

Carmello came to play. sounds like their 3's wouldn't drop and they threw rocks from the free throw line. Losing to Grease...uggg...

Smiling Assassin27 · 09-01-2006, 07:49 AM

that's what happens when you don't have a michael redd or a ray allen available, mr. colangelo.

Nuggets4 · 09-01-2006, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Smiling Assassin27

that's what happens when you don't have a michael redd or a ray allen available, mr. colangelo.

You do realize that Redd was supposed to be on the team but took the summer off because he was getting married, don't you?

Mile High Shack · 09-01-2006, 08:16 AM

not one NBA player on the Greece team

what an embarrasment

Bronco_Beerslug · 09-01-2006, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Mile High Shack

not one NBA player on the Greece team

what an embarrasment

Who cares, wrong forum anyway.

Smiling Assassin27 · 09-01-2006, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Nuggets4

You do realize that Redd was supposed to be on the team but took the summer off because he was getting married, don't you?

yup. the point remains, however. 3 point shooters were lacking on this team and it came back to bite us.

RhymesayersDU · 09-02-2006, 07:59 AM

We didn't lose because of 3-point shooting.

We lost because of a lack of team defense that comes from only being together for 3 weeks, and we had a bad shooting night from the free throw line.

The FT's are unexcusable. These guys have to drain them. If they had made even half the FT's they missed, they beat Greece. As for the team defense, it will improve as this squad plays together in the upcoming summers.

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09-01-2006, 04:05 AM	#2
ClevelandBronco Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Freedonia Posts: 1,639	Good. USA basketball gets put in its place once again.

09-01-2006, 04:13 AM	#4
CoBear23 Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 254	In all honesty the U.S. is playing their worst basketball of the tourney. Basically we can not catch a fu#$*&% break on anything. Missed free throws suddenly appear and Greece hit about 9 straight FG's. You can put these two teams together 100 times and you might see this three times. The U.S. no matter what the outcome is still the most talented team in the world. Still a quarter to go though, plenty of time to establish some American dominance. on a side note and I truly hate to mention it but in any international competiton the U.S. gets screwed by the refs.....Haters straight haters

09-01-2006, 06:39 AM	#7
RhymesayersDU Ring of Famer YNWA Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mile High City Posts: 15,101 Adopt-a-Bronco: M. Salah	I watched the whole game. Lack of defense on the pick & roll and missed free throws killed us, not the refs.

09-01-2006, 07:47 AM	#9
watermock "Hoodie Jr" "Hug me!" Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hot Springs, Ouachitah Posts: 76,807	Carmello came to play. sounds like their 3's wouldn't drop and they threw rocks from the free throw line. Losing to Grease...uggg...

09-01-2006, 07:49 AM	#10
Smiling Assassin27 Concerned Citizen Blimey me hearties Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: In a van down by the river Posts: 16,441 Adopt-a-Bronco: Pirate Giraffe	that's what happens when you don't have a michael redd or a ray allen available, mr. colangelo.

09-01-2006, 08:16 AM	#12
Mile High Shack Ring of Famer Cock-a-doodle-do Join Date: May 2001 Location: Somewhere Posts: 16,976	not one NBA player on the Greece team what an embarrasment

09-02-2006, 07:59 AM	#15
RhymesayersDU Ring of Famer YNWA Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mile High City Posts: 15,101 Adopt-a-Bronco: M. Salah	We didn't lose because of 3-point shooting. We lost because of a lack of team defense that comes from only being together for 3 weeks, and we had a bad shooting night from the free throw line. The FT's are unexcusable. These guys have to drain them. If they had made even half the FT's they missed, they beat Greece. As for the team defense, it will improve as this squad plays together in the upcoming summers.