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Majynx
United States1431 Posts
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rabidch
United States20289 Posts
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K_Dilkington
Sweden449 Posts
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AxionSteel
United States7754 Posts
On August 05 2012 00:17 RowdierBob wrote: Don't get all the hype from Raps fans about Jonas Valanciunas. He looks like a fairly grim prospect if his Olympics play is anything to go by. He is a kid...he absolutely destroyed the USA players in the junior world champs last year, a USA team that featured a number of people drafted this year. He'll play well with Toronto, totally different environment. | ||
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Juissi
Finland209 Posts
lol @ LBJ "had to step up" oh please... | ||
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Daz89
Australia41 Posts
On August 05 2012 00:19 Toadily wrote: That was too close.. I can't watch it live while I'm still in China, what happened in the game o.O They were still in the mindset of the game versus Nigeria I reckon, shooting far too much without hitting many at all. Their free throws were terrible and their defense was slack. Lithuania have got to be happy with that, unusual that they lost to France though. USA are going to have to pick up their game if they want to beat Argentina. | ||
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krndandaman
Mozambique16569 Posts
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Taug
United States146 Posts
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IntoTheWow
is awesome32274 Posts
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K_Dilkington
Sweden449 Posts
On August 05 2012 01:33 Taug wrote: I dont think USA plays hard or with any effort against ass teams. Lithuania is the no. 5 ranked team in the world. | ||
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MidKnight
Lithuania884 Posts
On August 05 2012 01:33 Taug wrote: I dont think USA plays hard or with any effort against ass teams. And then USA wonders why it gets bad rep in Europe.. Yes, USA team is better by a fair margin and they didn't play their best today. But they almost got burnt and this cocky attitude doesn't change that. | ||
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AirbladeOrange
United States2573 Posts
On August 05 2012 01:56 MidKnight wrote: And then USA wonders why it gets bad rep in Europe.. Yes, USA team is better by a fair margin and they didn't play their best today. But they almost got burnt and this cocky attitude doesn't change that. Being cocky is good as it shows confidence. As long as it doesn't cross over into arrogance it's fine. With that being said I'm not even sure if you can really call them cocky. Definitely confident though. | ||
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Maenander
Germany4926 Posts
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AxionSteel
United States7754 Posts
On August 05 2012 02:46 Maenander wrote: Lithuania is a true basketball nation, a population of 3 million and so much talent Yes, they're awesome. Competing against a country with 100x the population, always been a big fan of Lithuanian basketball. I was at the Semi Final in Sydney 2000 where they went down by two or so to the USA, then they beat them 4 years later. Still competitive now. | ||
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Order
Lithuania231 Posts
What can I say? Great game today. To be fair, we didn't expect to beat the USA team, but the bar where I watched the game went balistic over the course of that game. Even tho you won, we still consider it a pretty big "moral win" for us. I know that USA is better but everyone has bad games. Maybe today was your bad game. We also lost to France which we should have beaten to be honest. That was our bad game. I see a lof of you are saying that it was more "USA losing" than "Lithuania winning" today and maybe that's true. But you don't even imagine what games like those bring to our hearts. We say basketball is our second religion and we've been saying it with a straight face for like 5 years now. We have to remember that basketball itself is very different in Europe and America. I don't want to take anything from the USA team - they are the best in the world after all, but to me it compares with what happened to the dutch in this years euro2012 soccer championship. A team with nothing but international superstars - didn't even pass the group stage. Just saying there's a slight chance for us. So proud of my team. Also: | ||
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shawster
Canada2485 Posts
On August 05 2012 02:46 Maenander wrote: Lithuania is a true basketball nation, a population of 3 million and so much talent man i'm so jealous of lithuania as a canadian. we've got 10x that population people and we're too busy playing hockey  . not that i hate the sport but man the basketball atmosphere in that country must be great | ||
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zoLo
United States5896 Posts
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Itsmedudeman
United States19229 Posts
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Signet
United States1718 Posts
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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