OT: I love the Olympics

[Rastapopoulos]

Navarro is awesome. All he needed was a good cockpunch.

 

[jlprk]

Rudy in for Sergio, questionable fouls called on Spain, LeBron shifts from passer to the main scorer for the US. It's all LeBron all the time as far as the US is concerned.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Twice now D-Will has killed a Spain run with a three.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Very chippy game

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Rudy's #1 talent now is falling over. He may foul out the entire US team.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Westbrook is looking pretty useless.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I kind of wish Reyes had tried the NBA. He's a horse.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

BOTH teams may foul out. Hey, Claver might get some burn by default!

 

[Sedatedfork]

Wow 32 fouls in less than 20 minutes?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Kobe glued to the bench. Harden too. Obviously busts like Claver.

 

[jlprk]

Sergio had them back to a tie. Check his +/-. Now it's 59-54 US. Commentators saying the refs think they're the stars. Too many fouls called on both teams. Pao missing shots, Marc will be on bench a long time. US players look small compared to Spanish, who are taller at all positions and have baggier uniforms.

 

[Sedatedfork]

If you are going to get an unsportsmanlike, earn it like Batum

 

[jlprk]

Rudy has gotten so many FTAs this half. Doug Collins says he's one of the all time greatest actors.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Sergio had them back to a tie. Check his +/-. Now it's 59-54 US. Commentators saying the refs think they're the stars. Too many fouls called on both teams. Pao missing shots, Marc will be on bench a long time. US players look small compared to Spanish, who are taller at all positions and have baggier uniforms.

lol

 

[jlprk]

Halftime 59-58 US. Spain is living at the line. Rudy especially, and others, are disrupting the US, who are frustrated at refs.

 

[jlprk]

Kobe is such a minor player on this Team USA.

And yet the whole pregame 10 minutes was about Kobe, Kobe, Kobe. Even though the game started at 7 am Laker time and most viewers were in the East.

 

[illmatic99]

Refs seem pretty Pro Spain too. hahahaha.

 

[illmatic99]

I wonder if this vindicates Nic in many of the US watchers' eyes.

 

[Sedatedfork]

I wonder if this vindicates Nic in many of the US watchers' eyes.

It may. A lot more if Spain wins.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Nice feed by Rudy to Pau

 

[Sedatedfork]

Don't try to play defense or the ref might blow your whistle. This is why international players don't play defense when they come to the NBA.

Edit: Oops I mean THEIR whistle.

 

[jlprk]

67-64 Spain with 6 minutes left in 3rd. Pao unstoppable, Marc will be on bench the whole quarter with 4 fouls out of 5 allowed from 1st half. 22 fouls were called in the 2nd quarter.

 

[jlprk]

LeBron puts US up 70-68 but Pao immediately ties it. They can't stop him. Now Kobe makes a 3 and the commentator is overjoyed to plug the Lakers. He forgets the time of day. Should plug the Eastern players.

 

[jlprk]

Sergio in, so Spain makes a run. Sergio is the best playmaker in the game on either team. LeBron is good, but a different kind of playmaker.

 

[BBert]

Sergio had them back to a tie. Check his +/-. Now it's 59-54 US. Commentators saying the refs think they're the stars. Too many fouls called on both teams.

Collins goes on this three minute lecture after an obvious foul on Carmelo on a rebound, and starts talking about how the refs are calling fouls that don't impact the game. Of course he didn't say a word when Westbrook simply bobbled his dribble and the refs called a foul on Spain, putting him on the line. This is why I hate Collins as an announcer. It's like he doesn't even watch the games because he's too busy impressing us with how smart he is.

 

[illmatic99]

Deron had some nasty intent on that drive.

 

[jlprk]

83-82 at the end of the 3rd. They played evenly that quarter. Now Marc can play again. Their starting center has sat most of the game. Sergio and Rudy are hustle players, even more than their teammates, who are pretty big hustlers themselves.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Collins goes on this three minute lecture after an obvious foul on Carmelo on a rebound, and starts talking about how the refs are calling fouls that don't impact the game. Of course he didn't say a word when Westbrook simply bobbled the ball and the refs called a foul on Spain, putting him on the line. This is why I hate Collins as an announcer. It's like he doesn't even watch the games because he's too busy impressing us with how smart he is.

I always liked listening to Hubie Brown and Keven Harlan. Doug Collins is average.

 

[Sedatedfork]

My cousins are watching this game in person by the way. So jealous.

 

[jlprk]

Chris Paul with an outside shot and a layup. That's why he's considered a better PG than Sergio, even though Sergio runs his team so well.