FIBA World Cup Thread

[Shaggy]

lol

Ha ha, I guess so.

 

[Ronin]

USA vs. Puerto Rico

Madison Square Garden

New York, NY

7 p.m. ET, ESPN2



Just The Facts: Puerto Rico

FIBA World Ranking: #17

How Puerto Rico Qualified: FIBA Americas silver medalist (7-3)

World Cup Appearances: 12

World Cup Overall Record: 37-51 (.420%)
Last Senior Team Meeting vs. USA: 2007 TOA (91-135)

http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2014/08/game-preview-usa-vs-puerto-rico.aspx

 

[Ronin]

John Schuhmann @johnschuhmann · 1m
USA starters: Irving, Curry, Harden, Faried & Davis, as expected.

https://twitter.com/johnschuhmann

 

[Ronin]

USA 24
PUR 24

Puerto Rico is giving the USA team fits again.

 

[Ronin]

Puerto Rico throwing a lot of high elbows at the offensive side of the ball.

 

[Ronin]

USA 52
PUR 47

Klay Thompson hits a three at the buzzer to end the first half.

 

[Ronin]

Named as members of the official 2014 USA Basketball World Cup Team were: DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings); Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors); Anthony Davis (New Orleans Pelicans); DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors); Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons); Kenneth Faried (Denver Nuggets); Rudy Gay (Sacramento Kings); James Harden (Houston Rockets); Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers); Mason Plumlee (Brooklyn Nets); Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls); and Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors).

http://www.usab.com/news-events/new...2-man-roster-for-2014-usa-world-cup-team.aspx

 

[Ronin]

I would've pick Lillard over Rose, just because of Rose's past injuries and the fact that he takes so much time to heal up.

Coach K made a huge mistake in snubbing Damian Lillard

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/08/mike-krzyzewski-damian-lillard-team-usa

 

[Ronin]

Kyrie Irving to start at point guard for Team USA against Slovenia

We'll see as thing goes on," Krzyzewski said after Monday's two-hour practice. "We might alternate 'em. Both of them are going to play significant minutes."

"I asked him today, and he said, 'I feel great,'" Krzyzewski said of Rose. "He did everything. He's full go. I think there's a part of him that's like: 'Quit asking me how I feel. I'm good.' So I'm not going to ask him anymore."
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http://www.si.com/nba/2014/08/25/kyrie-irving-point-guard-slovenia-start-derrick-rose

 

[Ronin]

Game Preview: USA-Slovenia

• Date:
  Aug 25, 2014

USA vs. Slovenia
Gran Canaria Arena
Gran Canaria, Spain
2 p.m. ET, ESPN2



Just The Facts: Slovenia
FIBA World Ranking: #13
How Slovenia Qualified: FIBA Europe 5th place (7-4)
World Cup Appearances: 2
World Cup Overall Record: 7-8 (.467%)
World Cup Finishes: 8th (2010); 9th (2006)
World Cup Record vs. USA: 0-2 (77-99, 2010; 95-114, 2006)
Last Senior Team Meeting vs. USA: 2010 WC (77-99)

http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2014/08/game-preview-usa-slovenia.aspx

 

[Ronin]

USA 46
SVN 36
Zoran Dragic with 11 points. I haven't really noticed Goran out there.

 

[Ronin]

Kenneth Faried and Anthony Davis work so well together.

 

[Ronin]

Sweet behind the back layup attempt by Goran Dragic.

 

[Ronin]

Final
USA 101
SVN 71

 

[FArting]

How did Goran do?

 

[Ronin]

How did Goran do?

I hardly noticed him. Goran Dragic was in foul trouble most of the game. I think that he shot 3 for 11 from the field.

 

[Ronin]

Goran Dragic played 21:33 of today's Slovenia-USA friendly, in line with a #Suns agreement. He is said to be "fresh." http://bit.ly/1ny8gAD

https://twitter.com/paulcoro/status/504361965620559872

Dragic looked great in a friendly vs. #TeamUSA. Zoran, that is. Goran had moments too -- X'd Irving, finished on Davis, behind-back on Rose.

Zoran had 16 points to finish the game I believe.

 

[Ronin]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 5m
My neighbor @franfraschilla has a list of 25 must-see players in the @FIBA World Cup starting Saturday. Click here: http://es.pn/YYyqXO

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=11396792&ex_cid=espnnbaTwitter

 

[Ronin]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 2m

Here at Turkey's practice w/ESPN tag team of Holtzman & Witalka. Just watched a couple players whose team got scored on asked to do push-ups

 

[Ronin]

http://www.fiba.com/news/group-c-preview-will-usa-find-it-smooth-to-basque-in-the-bilbao-sun

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[Ronin]

[URL="https://twitter.com/HPbasketball"]Hardwood Paroxysm ‏@HPbasketball

5m

[/URL]The lines are up. Aaaaaaaaaaand Team USA is favored by 35.5 tomorrow vs. Finland. Spain by 31 over Iran.

Hardwood Paroxysm ‏@HPbasketball 3m

over/under for USA-Finland is 182. I will await your jokes.

 

[Ronin]

Goran Dragic making headlines!

Dragic Comes Up Big in First World Cup Game
Dragic finished with team highs of 21 points, seven rebounds and four assists, all while shooting a blistering 8-of-13 from the field. Slovenia used the team-wide effort to pull away for the 90-80 win.

http://www.nba.com/suns/blog/dragic-comes-big-first-world-cup-game

 

[Ronin]

it sounds like a home game for Finland.

Brian Mahoney ‏@briancmahoney 3m
Outside of when Yao returned for the Olympic opener in Beijing, Finland providing the loudest cheer I can remember for the layup line.

 

[Ronin]

USA Basketball ‏@usabasketball 9s
Starters: @KyrieIrving, @StephenCurry30, @JHarden13, @AntDavis23 and @KennethFaried35 #Spain2014

Finlands lee just picked up his 2nd foul

 

[Ronin]

Both teams are in the penalty