Official Olympic Men's Basketball Thread

[Echoes]

I missed it, but I'm definitely going to try to see the game against Argentina.

[Millz]

Argentina should be a solid test for the Americans...of course we thought that about Spain too and look what happened.

[padd]

I hope Lithuania beats Spain tomorow.. I hope Spain losses lmao

[Babe_Ruth]

I believe it's going to be a close match up between the two, but I think Spain are the better team of the two, so I believe that Spain will win and move on to the Gold medal match, where I think they'll be facing the United States.

[padd]

When is that game, I wanna watch it on CBC. Lit vs Esp

[Echoes]

I watched the second half of the USA/Argentina game. The Americans played sloppy, turning the ball over and missing free throws, but still won by 20. I think they'll have to play better to win the gold against Spain on Sunday.

[padd]

Bah, what can you say they're gonna beat Spain by 30 pts.

Well, you guys were right. Lithuania is out, and Spain is in and will play against USA in the finals by the looks of the situation. Lithuania had the lead but could not hold it. In case none of you know this is the 4th or 5th straight semi final Lithuania has reached.

As for the US I expect them to beat Spain and win another gold medal.. unless Spain was playing weak on purpose on the 1st game.. I expect the US to blow Spain out of the water. Well there will be 2 rematches from the 1st week, Lithuania vs Argentina and USA vs Spain... and here I thought Olympic hockey was repetitive.

[Babe_Ruth]

Defenitely not the best performance of the tournament from the Americans. They commited way to many turnovers, and the defense was horrible, especially in the second quarter. They took way to many threes, they should of realize that the ball weren't going in, so why not take it to the rim and look for contact.

I'd say that Bosh was arguably the best player on the court, he finished with a double double, in about 22 minutes. Carmelo Anthony had a good game as well, he really picked it up in the second half. He was 13 for 13 from the charity stripe.

I believe that the American will defenitely win against Spain, especially if Jose Calderon is out. The U.S team has to much depth.

[padd]

Defenitely not the best performance of the tournament from the Americans. They commited way to many turnovers, and the defense was horrible, especially in the second quarter. They took way to many threes, they should of realize that the ball weren't going in, so why not take it to the rim and look for contact.

I thought that by the end of the 2nd quarter they were playing more defensive than anything as it was the Argentines who outscored them. I belive Argentina was out-scored 32-11 in the 1st though.. Argentina started off bad, though if they couldn't beat the US you might as well hand Kober his gold medal. lmao Spain? what a joke I can't even belive they beat Greece 2 years ago.

[Babe_Ruth]

Spain have a good team, they have the Gasol brothers, they have a great point guard in Jose Calderon. They also have a lot of good role players. They also beat Lithuania who you believe were one of the best teams in the tournament. Even though I don't think they'll win against the American team. I still called that they would make the finals, which they did and deserve to be there.

U.S.A played horrible defense in the second quarter, they let in to many easy baskets. They got outscored in that quarter, and after leading by 19 points in the first quarter, where they played great defense they were just leading by nine points at the half.