EPT2012 London Summer Games Basketball
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SCHEDULE
EVENTS
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
ATHLETES
July 27th - Aug 12th
Olympic Basketball
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Wordsmith
United Kingdom93 Posts
SCHEDULE EVENTS PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES ATHLETES | ||
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Wordsmith
United Kingdom93 Posts
Mens' Basketball Group A Argentina France Tunisia United States Nigeria Lithuania Group B Australia Brazil China Spain Great Britain Russian Fed. Group A Schedule 29/7, 9:00 : Nigeria v Tunisia 29/7, 14:30 : United States v France 29/7, 22:15 : Argentina v Lithuania 31/7, 14:30 : Lithuania v Nigeria 31/7, 20:00 : France v Argentina 31/7, 22:15 : Tunisia v United States 2/8, 9:00 : France v Lithuania 2/8, 14:30 : Argentina v Tunisia 2/8, 22:15 : United States v Nigeria 4/8, 9:00 : Tunisia v France 4/8, 14:30 : Lithuania v United States 4/8, 22:15 : Nigeria v Argentina 6/8, 11:15 : Tunisia v Lithuania 6/8, 14:30 : France v Nigeria 6/8, 22:15 : Argentina v United States Group B Schedule 29/7, 11:15 : Brazil v Australia 29/7, 16:45 : Spain v China 29/7, 20:00 : Russian Fed. v Great Britain 31/7, 9:00 : China v Russian Fed. 31/7, 11:15 : Australia v Spain 31/7, 16:45 : Great Britain v Brazil 2/8, 11:15 : Australia v China 2/8, 16:45 : Brazil v Russian Fed. 2/8, 20:00 : Spain v Great Britain 4/8, 11:15 : Russian Fed. v Spain 4/8, 16:45 : China v Brazil 4/8, 20:00 : Great Britain v Australia 6/8, 9:00 : Australia v Russian Fed. 6/8, 16:45 : Great Britain v China 6/8, 20:00 : Spain v Brazil Women's Basketball (to be added later) | ||
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nohbrows
United States653 Posts
I don't follow international basketball very much, but I just really don't want to watch Team USA just tearing apart everyone in runaway games. Do I make the skill gap between NBA players vs. the world too high?? | ||
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jeeneeus
1168 Posts
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Looms
United States4624 Posts
On July 20 2012 16:34 nohbrows wrote: How are other, international basketball teams, compared to Team USA? I don't follow international basketball very much, but I just really don't want to watch Team USA just tearing apart everyone in runaway games. Do I make the skill gap between NBA players vs. the world too high?? Unfortunately, the skill gap is still very large. Teams like France, Argentina, Brazil, Lithuania and especially Spain have a great chance to get medals, but if Team USA plays up to their potential for the whole competition, it will not be close. I would expect a margin of victory in the 20-30s if you average the whole tournament. That said, the games are usually still relatively entertaining and provide a different kind of basketball compared to that of NBA. | ||
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Irave
United States9965 Posts
On July 20 2012 16:54 Looms wrote: Unfortunately, the skill gap is still very large. Teams like France, Argentina, Brazil, Lithuania and especially Spain have a great chance to get medals, but if Team USA plays up to their potential for the whole competition, it will not be close. I would expect a margin of victory in the 20-30s if you average the whole tournament. That said, the games are usually still relatively entertaining and provide a different kind of basketball compared to that of NBA. Yea none of their games should be close. Even with them not having a very stacked roster. Still enjoyable to watch, at times reminds me of watching the Harlem Globetrotters. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
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Gahlo
United States35145 Posts
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Sermokala
United States13926 Posts
But I'd say watch out for the chineses. There isn't a team out there that is more motivated then them. That being said none of the real threats are in usas group. Expect 50+ slaughters. Should be a ton of fun to watch. | ||
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red4ce
United States7313 Posts
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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AxionSteel
United States7754 Posts
On July 20 2012 23:10 Sermokala wrote: But I'd say watch out for the chineses. There isn't a team out there that is more motivated then them. That being said none of the real threats are in usas group. Expect 50+ slaughters. Should be a ton of fun to watch. China won't get top 5, maybe their women will, but certainly not their men. | ||
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Spiffeh
United States830 Posts
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
I think China will do pretty well actually. The men's team is definitely very motivated and they have shown some pretty good play. | ||
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krndandaman
Mozambique16569 Posts
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
On July 21 2012 21:22 krndandaman wrote: not really accurate. it only looks that way because thats what they mostly rely on because they don't have the athleticism NBA has and they can't even make 90% of the highlights made in the NBA lol Yeah, pretty much. Also the NBA being so much better than everybody else doesn't mean they don't have any fundamentals -___- those guys practice really damn hard to get where they are...just being able to make crazy highlight reel shots and dunks doesn't make their play "bs highlight grabbing"... | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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Sermokala
United States13926 Posts
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Usagi
Spain1647 Posts
And hope for a true fiba rulesheet refereeing without silly refereeing helps to the USA team as always  | ||
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d00p
711 Posts
On July 20 2012 23:07 Gahlo wrote: I keep hearing about European basketball being more fundamentally sound and less of the bs highlight grabbing of the NBA. Looking forward to it. You reminded me of this gem: (Have no idea if that's true or not) | ||
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