Olympics: Basketball: Men's tournament

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Barrett! Huge 3.

 

[Tuggy]

Huge 3 from RJ. That might be enough.

 

[JackSlater]

Barrett is always on the cusp of making me hate his game. But he never crosses that line.

 

[Jussi]

Nailbiter finish!

One point lead for Canada with less than 3 seconds to go! Make that 3.1 seconds.

 

[Jussi]

Canada win, Spain's tournament is over!

 

[NyQuil]

Adios Espana.

 

[Tuggy]

3-0!

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Never in doubt !

 

[JackSlater]

Looking at the draw, the best realistic result for Canada would be a narrow France win. The teams get re-seeded, and barring a huge upset USA will be the top seed. The second seed gets to play one of the third place teams from the group stage though, which is a plus. If Germany wins then Germany will be the number two seed (same record better point differential than Canada) and if France wins by more than four then France will be number two. A France win by less than four makes Canada the second seed.

 

[NyQuil]

Spain and Australia really not performing to expectations in this tournament.

It just goes to show how useful the FIBA rankings are.

 

[Stylizer1]

It just goes to show how useful the FIBA rankings are.

They just don't have the talent. I feel like in all of the Canada games we could have blown them open but chose to keep them closer than not. I don't think Canada was worried about any of those games especially against Spain. That's why the Bench were played so many minutes so they could get there reps in. Canada barely trailed in these games. It was also noticeable when the starters were in. When they turned it up they would get a lead and not look back.

 

[Jussi]

 

[Evilo]

A good ass whopping.
Expected though.

 

[timekeep]

Do we know who Canada mens play next?

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Do we know who Canada mens play next?

It all comes down to tomorrow's games.

 

[timekeep]

It all comes down to tomorrow's games.

Looking on the Olympic site shares limited information.

Thanks

 

[Jussi]

Puerto Rico with a good start but US has now taken the lead.

Wow, Embiid is terrible.

And now PR with an 8 point lead!

 

[jj cale]

Looks like we will get France

 

[jj cale]

good game here serbia vs south sundan so far

 

[jj cale]

4 point game at the half......SS no easy touch

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Ugh, really do not want to face Wemby and Gobert with a raucous crowd supporting them. Come South Sudan! Only down 5 points entering the 4th!

 

[jj cale]

Ugh, really do not want to face Wemby and Gobert with a raucous crowd supporting them. Come South Sudan! Only down 5 points entering the 4th!

Exactly, home crowd team.............would rather not.

 

[jj cale]

Bogo is killing them.

 

[jj cale]

South Sudan cant hit their shots now

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Serbia has put it away.

It's going to be an interesting contrast in styles versus France. Our strong perimeter play vs their big men.