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GDiama said:
What you say doesn't make sense. I am not talking about the cheap tickets. I am talking about the expensive ones that are close to court but nobody from Australia Federation thought or cared about the fact that if they are all on same level then those that are not in front will not have clear view of the court. I am not talking about distance, but visibility of the court. They couldn't even see it!
This is probably the most disgusting basketball stuff i have seen in a long time. Just stealing money.
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Of course the promoters knew the view would be poor. So should have the people who bought tickets because it was obvious. They shouldn’t have bought tickets. Would have been pretty embarrassing for the promoters to have lots of empty seats. Perhaps we’ll see that happen in game two.

Why did the promoters do it? Because $$$$. Over 100,000 tickets at those kind of prices? Australian basketball has never seen that kind of money, and likely never will again.
 
DUB said:
Of course the promoters knew the view would be poor. So should have the people who bought tickets because it was obvious. They shouldn’t have bought tickets. Would have been pretty embarrassing for the promoters to have lots of empty seats. Perhaps we’ll see that happen in game two.

Why did the promoters do it? Because $$$$. Over 100,000 tickets at those kind of prices? Australian basketball has never seen that kind of money, and likely never will again.
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And they play again, don't they? Same arena?
 
GDiama said:
And they play again, don't they? Same arena?
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Yes, and yes. In about 16 hours time. Plenty of people could demand refunds. It will be pretty embarrassing for the promoters if the stadium is half empty.
 
Halftime
Aus - 48
USA - 49

USA lead for the first quarter, Australia lead for much of the second quarter.

Australia would be easily leading if they could hit their open threes.

3PM/A (%)
Aus - 2/14 (14%)
USA - 7/17 (41%)

AST
Aus - 12
USA - 5

PIP
Aus - 26
USA - 10
 
Brown just tried to pass the ball to the ref. :lol:
 
Fulltime
Aus - 98
USA - 94

First time Australia has ever beaten the USA. First loss for the USA since their loss to Greece in the 2006 World Championships.

I cried when Dame made 0.9 happen. I was too stupefied to cry when Dame waved OKC goodbye. I’m not ashamed to say, I shed a couple of tears just now.

This means so much to anyone in Australia who has ever played basketball.
 
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DUB said:
Fulltime
Aus - 98
USA - 94

First time Australia has ever beaten the USA. First loss for the USA since the Athens Olympics in 2006.

I cried when Dame made 0.9 happen. I was too stupefied to cry when Dame waved OKC goodbye. I’m not ashamed to say, I shed a couple of tears just now.

This means so much to anyone in Australia who has ever played basketball.
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Good on ya mate! Great day to be an Aussie! I enjoyed the game...first game I've watched since summer league! Patty frickin' Mills man...and Bogut...those guys rocked tonight...
 
3PM/A (%) - relevant because of the turnaround from the first half.
Aus - 7/27 (25%)
USA - 10/30 (33%)

AST
Aus - 22
USA - 11

PIP
Aus - 46
USA - 26

2CP
Aus - 11
USA - 5
 
The crowd for game one was over 51,000, the crowd for game two was over 52,000. So the complainers must have been the vocal minority. In hindsight the ticket prices were worth it to say “I was there when Australia beat the USA for the first time”.
 
DDolla said:
Patty Mills is the real GOAT. Can’t believe Nate McMuffin let him sit on the Blazers bench and wave that towel.
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Patty would have been great next to B-Roy. Let Patty bring the ball up court, give it to Roy for the half court set, and Patty plays the two.

That said, even Patty acknowledges that his D wasn’t good enough until he went to San Antonio, and Pop kicked his arse.
 
Next game for the USA is against Canada in Sydney on Monday 26th @ 2:30AM PDT.

The Canadians are very feisty, went 1/1 against Australia, 2/0 against New Zealand, and could present a challenge if they’re hitting their shots, and the USA takes them lightly.

Nick Nurse has only has these players for a few weeks, and has them playing like they’ve been together for years. He’s a great coach.
 
Kuzma out as well after his ankle injury. Considering the performance against Australia as well and chances of Serbia getting the gold are increasing.

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The US should just send players under 24 years old, or college guys only, or maybe G League. We don’t send our best so what’s the difference. Today’s pros don’t give a shit about this, especially non-Olympic games. If they get the gold and glory and attention from the Olympics they will do it. But this other stuff is beneath them. We’ve got maybe the best coach of all time working with Tier 4 and 5 players.
 
calvin natt said:
The US should just send players under 24 years old, or college guys only, or maybe G League. We don’t send our best so what’s the difference. Today’s pros don’t give a shit about this, especially non-Olympic games. If they get the gold and glory and attention from the Olympics they will do it. But this other stuff is beneath them. We’ve got maybe the best coach of all time working with Tier 4 and 5 players.
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That's chickenshit. You only do that if you're scared of losing and you're looking for an excuse.

The problem this time is (in part) that it's the world cup not the Olympics and it doesn't mean anything to the players. Hold it in the US and I bet they'll suddenly care.

[Worth noting: a lot of non-US players are skipping it too - Australia didn't have Ben Simmons or Dante Exum. Canada doesn't have a bunch of players. Does NZ have Steven Adams? I don't think so.]
 
Rastapopoulos said:
That's chickenshit. You only do that if you're scared of losing and you're looking for an excuse.

The problem this time is (in part) that it's the world cup not the Olympics and it doesn't mean anything to the players. Hold it in the US and I bet they'll suddenly care.

[Worth noting: a lot of non-US players are skipping it too - Australia didn't have Ben Simmons or Dante Exum. Canada doesn't have a bunch of players. Does NZ have Steven Adams? I don't think so.]
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What’s chickenshit? I think it’s pathetic so many USA guys don’t want to play. But it is what it is. As I said, it’s not the olympics so our top 40 guys don’t care. They want the big stage and the glory that comes with that.
 
Team USA should be the Harlem Globetrotters...ambassadors of goodwill! Let them get a shot at a title! They have something to play for!
 
I’m watching the USA v Canada game, Nick Nurse was interviewed before the game.

“Nick Nurse” said:
I understand they’re faster, taller, quicker, stronger; but other than that we’ve got them right where we want them.
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:lol:
 
Why would anyboy not named Robin Lopez would chant "we want Brook", "MVP, MVP" etc for Brook Lopez? Know anything @DUB ?
 
GDiama said:
Why would anyboy not named Robin Lopez would chant "we want Brook", "MVP, MVP" etc for Brook Lopez? Know anything @DUB ?
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Not a clue. Maybe some larrikin started the chant, and everyone else was bored enough to join in.

I like how when the crowd was chanting for Lopez to be put in, Pop trolled them by walking over to him, then didn’t put him in.

They went crazy when he eventually got in.
 


“Greg Popovich” said:
What the hell was that all about, I don’t understand. We screwed with it for a while and we were trying to keep our focus because we don’t want to make anything silly but it got so ridiculous that we succumbed to the crowd. You don’t know … I have no idea
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:lol:
 
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