Athan Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 First results of the day: Australia 76-75 Jordan (Group A) Tunisia 56-80 Slovenia (Group Greece 89-81 China (Group C) New Zealand 79-92 Lithuania (Group D) Angola 44-94 Serbia (Group A) United States 106-78 Croatia (Group Russia 75-66 Puerto Rico (Group C) Canada 71-81 Lebanon (Group D) And this night's matches will be: Germany-Argentina (Group A) Iran-Brazil (Group Côte d'Ivoire-Turkey (Group C) France-Spain (Group D) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emre Posted August 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 France 72–66 Spain wow .... suprising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emre Posted August 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 first day groups Group A (Kayseri) Main article: 2010 FIBA World Championship Group A Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts. Serbia 1 1 0 94 44 +50 2 Argentina 1 1 0 78 74 +4 2 Australia 1 1 0 76 75 +1 2 Jordan 1 0 1 75 76 −1 1 Germany 1 0 1 74 78 −4 1 Angola 1 0 1 44 94 −50 1 Group B (Istanbul) Main article: 2010 FIBA World Championship Group B Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts. USA 1 1 0 106 78 +28 2 Slovenia1 1 0 80 56 +24 2 Brazil 1 1 0 81 65 +16 2 Iran 1 0 1 65 81 −16 1 Tunisia1 0 1 56 80 −24 1 Croatia1 0 1 78 106 −28 1 Group C (Ankara) Main article: 2010 FIBA World Championship Group C Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts. Turkey 1 1 0 86 47 +39 2 Russia 1 1 0 75 66 +9 2 Greece 1 1 0 89 81 +8 2 China 1 0 1 81 89 −8 1 Puerto Rico 1 0 1 66 75 −9 1 Côte d'Ivoire 1 0 1 47 86 −39 1 Group D (İzmir) Main article: 2010 FIBA World Championship Group D Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts. Lithuania 1 1 0 92 79 +13 2 Lebanon 1 1 0 81 71 +10 2 France 1 1 0 72 66 +6 2 Spain 1 0 1 66 72 −6 1 Canada 1 0 1 71 81 −10 1 New Zealand 1 0 1 79 92 −13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athan Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Germany 74-78 Argentina (Group A) Iran 65-81 Brazil (Group Côte d'Ivoire 46-86 Turkey (Group C) France 72-66 Spain (Group D) So, today's surprises for me came all on group D. I expected Canada and Spain to win their matches... However, I'm going to see the bright side of this loss: if Spain, France and the United States win all their matches from now on on their groups, the hypothetical Spain-USA match could only be the final, and it would be ideal if Argentina didn't top its group, which I think is possible since they were about to lose today against Germany and Serbia will make them things harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 France 72–66 Spain wow .... suprising And that's without Tony Parker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athan Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Neither France nor Spain played well, France a little better than Spain. If they both managed to score more than 60 points, it was because of the lots of fouls and free throws in the last quarter. If you have not watched the match, I'd tell you not to do so, it's basically players from both teams missing throws... I don't mind this loss, but it's time to play as Spain can. And I hope France and the USA will win the rest of their group matches, as well as Spain Today's matches: Group A: Jordan-Angola Serbia-Germany Argentina-Australia Group B: Slovenia-United States Croatia-Iran Brazil-Tunisia Group C: China-Côte d'Ivoire Puerto Rico-Greece Turkey-Russia Group D: Lithuania-Canada Lebanon-France Spain-New Zealand Vital match for the hosts against Russia if they want an achievable knockout stage, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emre Posted August 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 well serbia- germany and russia- turkey matches could be interesting:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 ****, Lithuania 70 - 68 Canada. Might look decent on paper, but we got from a 17 point lead with 15 minutes to go to a 2 point lead with 10. This one might hurt even more that the complete meltdown against Lebanon yesterday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nykfan845 Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Yeah, what the hell happened to Canada? I looked at the score in the 3rd quarter and they were leading comfortably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athan Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Yeah, Canada could have perfectly won their two matches, but lost them both in the last ten minutes... Four matches have already finished today, they are: Jordan 65-79 Angola (Group A) Slovenia 77-99 United States (Group China 83-73 Côte d'Ivoire (Group C) Lithuania 70-68 Canada (Group D) Jordan and Ivory Coast have it now really difficult to advance to the next round, Canada could still be saved if they play well against New Zealand and Lebanon loses its matches... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Yeah, Canada could have perfectly won their two matches, but lost them both in the last ten minutes... Four matches have already finished today, they are: Jordan 65-79 Angola (Group A) Slovenia 77-99 United States (Group China 83-73 Côte d'Ivoire (Group C) Lithuania 70-68 Canada (Group D) Jordan and Ivory Coast have it now really difficult to advance to the next round, Canada could still be saved if they play well against New Zealand and Lebanon loses its matches... I think the best chance is to beat France. Considering we defeated them by 11 points in exhibition play, its possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emre Posted August 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 puerto rico suprising me.... the score is PUR 75 GRE 76 head to head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athan Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 I think the best chance is to beat France. Considering we defeated them by 11 points in exhibition play, its possible. I would like it more if France remained unbeaten but I don't want Canada to beat Spain. I don't mind if Spain ends up second or even fourth on this group stage, but never third - that would be our worst possible result... Of course, if Spain loses to New Zealand now (which should not happen, but if we play like we did yesterday, who knows) forget about all this, as it could be good for us if Canada beat France. More results: Serbia-Germany is on the second extra-time (73-73 after the 1st one) on group A Croatia 75-54 Iran (Group Puerto Rico 80-83 Greece (Group C) Lebanon 59-86 France (Group D) Well, I hope I can enjoy the Spanish match more than yesterday. New Zealanders are about to start dancing its Haka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athan Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 I'm back here after watching Spain's match. Germany finally defeated Serbia (surprising) 82-81 in the second extra time!! The other results are: Argentina 74-72 Australia (Group A) Brazil 80-65 Tunisia (Group Turkey 65-56 Russia (Group C) Spain 101-84 New Zealand (Group D) Australia had the last ball to beat Argentina, but they finally couldn't do it. Great match of Turkey, which is likely to end among the first two teams in group C. Fantastic victory of the Spanish team, scoring more than 100 points and playing much better than yesterday; there are some things to improve, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athan Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Today's matches Group A Jordan 69-112 Serbia Australia 78-43 Germany Angola 70-91 Argentina Group B Slovenia 91-84 Croatia Tunisia 58-71 Iran United States 70-68 Brazil Surprising Australian victory in group A, I suppose German players were very tired after yesterday's match against Serbia, but the Serbians had no problems to beat Jordan. On the other match, and despite what it may seem, Argentina had it difficult to beat Angola, they only escaped defeat in the last quarter. And surprising result in the USA-BRA match, I was watching it on TV and I didn't know who I wanted to win. Anyway, now the USA has two more points and has the group's first place almost secured (as I don't really think they'll lose to Iran or Tunisia), I still want them, France and Spain to win all their matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuigiVercotti Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 I'm a little surprised at the quality of results for the Boomers in both the lead up to and now in the championship. Basketball down under has been a minority sport (well men's anyway) for years and the golden era from the Gaze/Longley/Bradtke/Smythe days are long gone. But the current crop in transition seem to be performing above their profile and prestige. I don't expect a final four pozzie but certainly come 2012 the Aussies will be more than competitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athan Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Group C Russia 72-66 Côte d'Ivoire Puerto Rico 84-76 China Group D New Zealand 108-76 Lebanon France 68-63 Canada Ivory Coast needed only a few more minutes to surprise the Russian team. New Zealand has clearly beaten Lebanon, this may not be very good for Canada, who has just lost to France. I wanted France to win the match, but I also feel really sorry for the Canadian team - they could have won all their matches, but have lost them all... They're the most unlucky team of the championship, and now they have it really difficult to advance... Coming next, Greece-Turkey and Spain-Lithuania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Damn, what does Canada need to do to win a game, anyway? Let me guess, we are going to lose a tight game to Spain, too... Going for a layup while 3 points down with under 10 seconds to go is stupid, eh... Oh well, at least Lebanon lost to the kiwis. Now we need to crush New Zealand (NZ looks good to advance due to the tie-breaker, tough). New Zealand has clearly beaten Lebanon, this may not be very good for Canada If my understanding of the rules and my calculations are correct Canada needs to beet New Zealand by 22 points, and Lebanon is eliminated unless they win against Lithuania. Or France (lack of edit ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emre Posted August 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 i dont know why but FIBA directly supporting greece with REF.s yesterday Puerto Rico now Turkey match... even they let the game on where it is a clear faul....:S and great blocks from turkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emre Posted August 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 sesimizi yer gök su dinlesin sert adımlarla heryer inlesin vuhuuuuuuu ..... go turkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emre Posted August 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 turkey 76 greece 65 ....... :D :D :D :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iePF8GqCr3U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athan Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Greece 65-76 Turkey (Group C) Spain 73-76 Lithuania (Group D) Damn, what does Canada need to do to win a game, anyway? Let me guess, we are going to lose a tight game to Spain, too... Going for a layup while 3 points down with under 10 seconds to go is stupid, eh... Don't guess that fast, Spain has done exactly the same as Canada, this is embarrassing, they're supposed to be good players We were leading by 18 points in the 3rd quarter and have lost the match against Lithuania with a pathetic last quarter. If both teams want to do the same in the ESP-CAN match, maybe it can be a 0-0... or less What is more, Canada could be eliminated soon and Spain may not even reach the quarterfinals playing this way: Option 1) Spain beats Canada (and Lebanon, who can beat us) and will be third on the group = Greece in 1/8 finals (winning is possible but then...) USA in quarterfinals Option 2) Canada beats Spain (Spain having beaten Lebanon) and Spain will be fourth on the group = Turkey in 1/8 finals, who thinks Spain can win here now? Option 3) Spain loses to Lebanon and Canada (one week ago, this would sound crazy, I know, but today it's possible) and will be eliminated - maybe the best to reduce the arrongance media have created. I hope Spain beats Lebanon at least by 40 points tomorrow, as New Zealand did today. If they don't, I won't support this team any more until the coach is gone and the players change drastically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emre Posted August 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 well im mixed about quarter finals.. whom gonna play with whom:S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 well, I haven't watched any of it...so I guess I'm NOT missing anything. BTW, emre, how was the Opening Ceremony? Was it spectacular? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nykfan845 Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 FIBA refs are horrific. So inconsistent with their whistles, it's no wonder teams are frustrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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