2019 FIBA World Cup

[4N Profile]

Tough luck NZ, didn’t lose to Greece by much.

Australia beat Lithuania to go to 3-0. Looking good IMO.

[4N Profile]

Round 2:

Friday, Sept. 6
Poland vs. Russia, 4:00 a.m.
Serbia vs. Puerto Rico, 4:30 a.m.
Argentina vs. Venezuela, 8:00 a.m.
Spain vs. Italy, 8:30 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 7
Australia vs. Dominican Republic, 4:00 a.m.
Brazil vs. Czech Republic, 4:30 a.m.
France vs. Lithuania, 8:00 a.m.
USA vs. Greece, 8:30 a.m.

Sunday, Sept. 8
Venezuela vs. Russia, 4:00 a.m.
Puerto Rico vs. Italy, 4:30 a.m.
Poland vs. Argentina, 8:00 a.m.
Spain vs. Serbia, 8:30 a.m.

Monday, Sept. 9
Lithuania vs. Dominican Republic, 4:00 a.m.
Czech Republic vs. Greece, 4:30 a.m.
France vs. Australia, 8:00 a.m.
USA vs. Brazil, 8:30 a.m.

[Armchair Fan Profile]

Now that Spain has narrowly beaten Italy in the ugliest of matches I can say without any kind of suspicion that the level of refereeing in this tournament has been appalling. Here refs left both Italian and Spanish teams without a f****** clue of what they were calling.

Belinelli would be a worthy winner of the "worst NBA to FIBA transition" accolade, Marc Gasol at least made the key shot.

[YamahaKiwi Profile]

Tough luck NZ, didn’t lose to Greece by much.

Australia beat Lithuania to go to 3-0. Looking good IMO.

Yeah we gave them a hard fight but their NBA guy got them through unlike our NBA guy who wasn't even there

At least we are 3-0 in the challenge bracket and got revenge v Japan for our recent warm-up loss. Though we're not in the main bracket, these games are still important. Doing well we might just about slither into qualify for the final Olympics qualifying tournament. Who knows then, maybe Steven Adams might finally remember he has a NZ passport and suit up for our team.

[Armchair Fan Profile]

Refs are ruining this tournament. Jokic out of a beautiful game for a claim he was right about.

[4N Profile]

Big win for Spain, in the much easier half of the bracket now.

[rey200 Profile]

Greece is out.
Btw refs are very very bad. The play that got Jokic ejected was a blatantly obvious foul. I don't get when they review a scene. Seems it is totally random. I haven't watched basketball for a while, but since when is it allowed to have a moving screen? It was not allowed when I used to watch a lot of basketball.

[4N Profile]

QFs:

Tuesday, Sept. 10
Argentina vs. Serbia, 7 a.m.
Spain vs. Poland, 9 a.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 11
USA vs. France, 7 a.m.
Australia vs. Czech Republic, 9 a.m.

[4N Profile]

since when is it allowed to have a moving screen? It was not allowed when I used to watch a lot of basketball.

Still a foul. Whether FIBA refs will call it is another question.

[Armchair Fan Profile]

Wow, Serbia got schooled again by Argentina in QF and is KO.

I can only feel for them, it rings a bell to Spanish fans, very similar to 2014.

[4N Profile]

France knocks USA out. Going to make the things very interesting. Assuming Australia advances I can see any of the four semifinalists winning it all. Spain probably slight favorites.

[Armchair Fan Profile]

Don't think so, I'd put all my money on France. With this Gasol and Hernangómez it would be a feast for Gobert... and that's in the case we make the final, because I fear the Aussies.

[iul Profile]

Did USA have all their superstars fron NBA?

[4N Profile]

No. NBA players from multiple countries are missing.

[4N Profile]

SFs

Friday, Sept. 13
Spain vs. Australia, 4 a.m. (10 a.m. Madrid, 6 p.m. Sydney)
Argentina vs. France, 8 a.m. (9 a.m. Buenos Aires, 2 p.m. Paris)

[Armchair Fan Profile]

Spain wins it in a nailbiting match after two OT and Marc Gasol waking up in time. Australia will feel aggrieved by refereeing, but unfortunately that was to be expected after how the tournament has taken place so far. Sorry.

[4N Profile]

France knocked out. Gobert a complete non factor after his strong performance vs USA.

Good matchup for the final. Most of the players know each other from the Spanish league.

Vamos Argentina!

[4N Profile]

Argentina went cold in the final. Congrats to Spain though. Best team in the tournament.

[TheStroBro Profile]

No. NBA players from multiple countries are missing.

The issue is that FIBA flipped and screwed up their own cycle. Instead of having the World Cup two years out from the Olympics they decided to go back to back. So NBA players are like: FUCK THAT.

[Armchair Fan Profile]

Not all NBA players... I still have a reasonable doubt about what would have changed if played in 2018 or earlier in the summer.

[rey200 Profile]

if rumours are true then 5v5 Basketball will no longer exist at the Olympic Games. IMO a lose-lose situation.

[RugbyLiebe Profile]

if rumours are true then 5v5 Basketball will no longer exist at the Olympic Games. IMO a lose-lose situation.

I can't believe this can happen. A relatively small numbers of players for a team sport and one of the biggest games on the planet, if they should cut something it is men's soccer. Totally senseless at the Games to have the young millionaires stealing even more air-time from all the other under-funded sports.

[rey200 Profile]

I couldn't believe soccer holds its World Cup in december. It happened.
I couldn't believe soccer World Cup would expand to 48 teams. It happened.
From a FIBA perspective it's a nice thought to have something big for their own purse

[RugbyLiebe Profile]

I couldn't believe soccer holds its World Cup in december. It happened.
I couldn't believe soccer World Cup would expand to 48 teams. It happened.
From a FIBA perspective it's a nice thought to have something big for their own purse

Nah, I never had doubts about the first two things, once it was seriously discussed. There is money in it and nobody involved in the decision will be worse off.
But cutting Basketball from the Olympics? That's on another level.