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Croatia vs Greece, if anybody cares:
http://firstrowfr.eu/watch/447804/1/watch-greece-vs-croatia.html
must-win game for both teams
not even 5 minutes in and it's already OGRE
>the polis of Greece
you can never dismiss the possibility of a Croatian chokejob though
>>69368829
>Already 15 points behind
just end it
this meme team can't do shit
>Antetokounmpo
F Grease
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaviMC3KGtQ
we ve gone full just mode
What the fuck happened to Greece? That's abysmal.
Just a abd game I guess, prepared to face Italy and not Croatia. Bad coach good roster, but still missing key players who "would join if we go th the Olympics". All NBAers joined, but some meme europe players think they re too good for this.
yannis is gradually waking up
But idk, if we manage to decrease the difference under 15-14 points there is hope. we ve done this so many times comming from behind to win a game , when we saw that not trying to win it wouldnt do it for us.
>>69369392
All greek teams and the national team by extension are psychology-dependent teams. If they go to shit from the beginning, you either gotta have steel players to come back, or it's humiliation time. Couple that with a shit coach and a 20-day old team and that's what you get against a serious and very well made team like Croatia.
Is Printezis playing?
>>69369586
He was injured in the Greek finals against Panathinaikos. Without comeback kings Spanoulis and Printezis, I highly doubt Greece has the mental strength to come back from this. But it's too early to tell, it's not the first time Greece would have come back from a huge deficit.
wtf is Greece doing, they can't lose to these choke kings
never underestimate the Croatian choke factor
We are gonna win. Game is over. Can someone tell me if it really was an antiathletic foul there where Giannis made 3 shots and then we got a 3 pointer ? Or was it ref help
>>69369863
>antiathletic
wut?
Well, Antetokounmpo got a shooting foul and Petrovic bitched about it: 1 FT for the technical + 2 FTs for the shooting foul.
>Croatian football team
>Win the group
>choke against Portugal and get rekt
>Čilić
>leading Federer 2:0 in Wimbledon
>botches 3 match balls and loses 3:2
>Basketball
>dominate first period
>start choking and allow Greece back to 10 pint difference, and Greece will probably make a comeback now
I AM SO FUCKING MAD RIGHT NOW
>>69370052
Its called antiathletic in Greek when u are given 3 FTs idk about basketball a lot , technical , i ve heard that term as well. So I guess its not refball thank god. We re going to Rio LADS
>>69370086
well, there's the unsportmanlike foul that gives 2 FTs + possession on hard foul, I guess that's what you're talking about
technicals are called on players / coaches who start bitching at the refs, and award only 1 FT + possession (also, 2 technical fouls = get out of the game)
>>69370065
Chokeratia
>>69370225
Yes I guess that word seems more accurate. thank you based France
CROATOAN
The only thing that has gone well in this game is the fact that the youngsters actually believe in comeback and give it their best. Very disappointed in our guards and Bourousis in this game, he can do better.
>>69370237
I want Greece to lose because I don't like how everyone is sucking Giannis dick
not because he is a good player but because he is black
the media are going crazy
>>69370468
>not because he is a good player but because he is black
You're crazy. Nobody is sucking him because he's black. If anything, there have been people who want him out of the team because he ain't white.
The sports media suck him because he is a great player that can do it all and is likely to get even better.
also fuck off
I hope you guys are ready for the Crotian chokejob, we are winners of every Chokeb Owl possible after all
>>69370468
>paying attention to greek sports media
Ishygddt
>>69370599
http://www.gazzetta.gr/basketball/article/948810/doste-ti-simaia-ston-gianni
>>69370468
Im pretty sure u re the guy who runs naked on the streets when our NTs make an achievement, but he is like "I knew it we suck lol" when team is losing.
Go to hell cancer, u re the reason noone believes in a football NT comeback.
Croatian basketball team is worse than Serbian football team, and that says a fucking lot
We gonna do it lads?
>>69370626
We choke so much we couldn't even win a Chokeb Owl, we'd overchoke and get disqualified.
>>69370697
NO
I am a strong supporter of our National team
Until this year.
Is this a good format?
Seems like having a wild card tournament is a better idea for qualification than the stupid shit they do for both world cups
What the fuck is this semen slurpery Jesus Christ I've seen high schoolers play better
>>69370749
Then u are a Spanoulisfag who thinks he did all the job because of 3-4 winning buzzer beaters in his whole career.
Our team deserves to be at least in the final against italy, if not to be in Rio.
>Bogdanović
>Ukić
>wasting three pointers
>+5 only
>>69370791
again no.
stop assuming things
I just don't like the way the media are using our national team to pass their political beliefs .
>>69370669
Δεν θα μπω σε συζήτηση τέτοια σε αυτό το θρεντ, αλλα θα πω ότι αυτος ο δημοσιογράφος έχει εξηγήσει ότι τέτοια άρθρα τα γράφει εξαιτίας kόμεντ όπως αυτό που εξήγησα στο προηγούμενο ποστ. Άμα είσαι φασίστας, τότε πράγματι θα σου την σπάει το ότι τέτοια άρθρα βγαίνουν. Στην πραγματιkότητα, είναι λογιkή απάντηση όταν σου λένε να τον βγάλεις απο την εθνιkή επειδή είναι αράπης. Τέσπα.
>>69370709
Always count on our 3point accuracy to screw things up.
>tfw no pg
>bourousis
yes
>>69370843
pali lathos re man
leei na tou dosoume tin elliniki simea stous olympiakous agones mono kai mono epidi einai mavros
oxi epidi exei petixi kati (pou den exei)
We cant lose now , we ve devastated their morale. They feel like spectators of their own defeat.
reggiemillerchoke.jpg
Holy fucking shit, i started watching at around 6min before half time and i don't know if i saw more than 2-3 hoops from croatia
>>69370895
Δεν ειναι ρατσιστιkο το να του δωσουμε την σημαια απλα επειδη ειναι μαυρος ?
>>69370895
einai megali sizitisi auth... pantws einai extreme na thes na xasei i ethniki epeidh exoume mauro pou aresei sta media, eleos.
I am not gonna comment yet
Pretty sure we can still screw up even though we just got the lead
>Croatian '''''''''sports'''''''''
top lel
finally ahead
>>69370955
> εισαι ελληνας, ολος ο γαμημενος kοσμος στην ελλαδα μιλαει για στοχευμενα media
>το ξερεις απο τοτε που εχεις βγαλει διkη σου συνηδειση
> ετος 2016 , αντι να τα γραφεις σταρχιδια σου τους δινεις σημασια kαι ελπιζεις να χασει η εθνιkη ομαδα μπασkετ σου για να σταματησουν (οτιπιοαkυρο.jpeg)
> mfw
>γkριντεξτ στα ελληνιkα
>>69370969
>>69370955
re file den me niazei pou exoume mavro
me niazei pou ton xrisimopioun gia na perasoun ta dika tous politika simferonta
>airball
>refball
>these refs
lol
jesus saric emulating his inner dirk
is thanasis good?
Anyone know the music played before this time out ?
>>69371089
depends on the game tbqh, sometimes decent, sometimes just plain bad. Too early to tell. He is very passionate about winning though, which counts for something.
>>69370876
when people start to regret Dontaye Draper is when you realize that something is going wrong
How big is basketball in your countries?
And how are the fans for both soccer/football and basketball? Do people go to both?
Για σας, συγγνώμη από τώρα για τα ελληνιkά μου, σπασμένα είναι (δυστυχώς δεν υπάρχει πολλά παιδιά που μιλάνε ελληνιkά εδώ). Που στο ίντερνετ μπορώ να διαβάσω άρθρα για ελληνιkό μπάσkετ kαι ποδόσφαιρο (kαι παρά πάνω από όλα για παοk); λέω να τα διαβάσω στα ελληνιkά να τελιοπειησω τα ελληνιkά μου.
Και που μπορώ να βρω μπάσkετ φανέλες;
>>69371123
Greece is all about Football and Basketball.
No other sport gets attention here.
Football mostly.
>>69371123
football is the most widespread in all of Europe. Basketball is second most famous and very widespread in Eastern Europe (because yugoslavia and soviets) and Greece (Galis) and Spain (good at all sports regardless), and Turkey (had a Greek team steal their euroleague in Istanbul), very recently.
>>69371160
check facebook pages Gazzetta and sport24, also they have a site where they share their news.
when is france vs turkey
>>69371160
sdna.gr
gazzetta.gr
>>69371123
When AEK Athenes went to the Euroleague Final 4 in Paris, some of then took a plane to see their team play the 1st game, then went back to Greece to see their divegrass team play a game in Greece the day later, then come back against to France to see their team play the 2nd game on the F4 1 day later.
That's not saying much though, most games in the Greek league are played in front of barely a few hundreds people. Most of them only show for big games and derbies.
>>69371219
Why are you asking.
>>69371219
tomorrow
>>69371238
League is corrupt noone cares about it.
European games and National Team games usually have attendance.
>>69371160
http://www.gazzetta.gr/
http://www.contra.gr/
>>69371238
why would anyone go watch a football game
everything is fixed and the hooligans might kill you
>>69371243
i'd like to watch it
>>69371265
please rape softly
>missing so many attacks consecutively
>not calling time-out and organising some decent attacks
this fucking coach
EVERYBODY IS FUCKING CHOKING NOW
>>69371208
>>69371222
>>69371275
Σας ευχαριστώ.
Πως πάει το παιχνίδι, δουλεύω τώρα kαι δεν μπορώ να το βλέπω
gg
too bad
>>69371375
hanoume
>>69371123
Football is the #1 sport in Croatia, which is infuriating when the media overhype our team all the time and then crucify the players when we get our shit kicked in.
Basketball has a decent amount of hardcore fans but most that you see during games are highly likely to be the bandwagoners, which is apparent by their lack of cheering
lol whoever wins today plays Italy so literally no chance
>>69371386
Γιατί έτσι, ο Γιάννης δεν παίζει kαλά; kαι που παίζει για την εθνιkή, στο 1 η στο 3
Go Latvia desu
>>69371405
Greece and Croatia are both better than Italy though. It's just that they've been playing like shit in this tournament
it's like nobody wants to win
>>69371310
the team is extremely inconsistant, and the coach doesn't want to retire the leadership from the hands of Parker and Diaw, even if they don't deserve it anymore. Both play an horrible defense now and will stay on the court whatever shit they could pull. I wouldn't dismiss Turkey's chances. Plus Turkey is strong precisely where France has a weakness: in the paint.
>>69371448
is Kristaps playing?
>time out after croats have demolished us in every aspect of the game for 4 minutes, 5 min before the end
just
>>69371396
Cibona and Zadar have great supporters. Cedevita """"fans"""" are bandwagoners.
And our fans on these tournament are a joke, no atmosphere at all.
>>69371445
Giannis is missing everything and our coach is a dumbass we virtually run no offense
>>69371479
>Cibona
>great supporters
cmon mate....
>>69371475
nope
he's a sellout
>failed country
>little kids at school faint because no food
>thousands of suicides
>still spending money on sports paying super salaries to corrupt public servants
keep it up greeks you re doing just fine
>>69371188
>Basketball is second most famous and very widespread in Eastern Europe (because yugoslavia and soviets)
In Yugoslavia maybe but everywhere else it's ice hockey (Czech, Slovakia, Latvia, Russia etc)
>>69371464
they are both young talented teams but lack experience
Ita;y has Galinari,Belineli and very good starters and wont have a problem
>>69371466
I don't know, our men inside are not good scorers. I still can't believe Enes Kanter isn't playing, kek.
>>69371519
sounds like Lithuania to be honest
>>69371519
You're not far behind, Luigi.
>>69371502
Lad people are poor they have no shekels to visit games regularly. Everything you see on big tournaments are basically bandwagoners. It's going to be like that for a long time unfortunately
>>69371504
welp and I guess Biedrins retired
>>69371502
Now listen here, great by our standards. I wish we had the atmosphere of Serbian or Greek teams, unfortunately we never will.
>>69371519
>>thousands of suicides
lad...
>>69371498
Do they stall in the half court or just try to constantly fast break? Yanni is really good in the open court (half court too but he needs shooters to space the floor and plays to run) so I guess trying to do a fast break heavy offense is justified. That said I hope he's playing point, it causes such a good mismatch, at least in the nba
>>69371502
Fine, good supporters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j_Sh-RMnHE
>>69371610
giannis looks stressed
he is not playing like he played in the nba
>THIS fucking refball
wow
>>69371600
im talking about suicides since the crisis began
they have skyrocketed
>>69371519
>says italy
>>69371639
>that song
we have pretty good adaptation :^)
>>69371653
nah its not we deserve to lose
>>69371519
I went to Venice once
Smells like shit
well, 9 pts with only 90s remaining
can Croatia choke this?
>>69371706
That's because Venetos are subhuman scum desu
They need to be kept under control
>>69371712
literally impossible
Game was lost at the beginning of 4th quarter, and then all hope was killed at the 2 missed 3 points by bourousis and papapetrou
croats deserve victory for keeping their calm in the end
>>69371698
Cheeky cunt aren't ya :^)
>>69371712
Don't even ask how much we can joke. Ask Serbro about last second half court threes
ZA DOM
>>69371834
More like za doma spremni after Italy rapes us again
ZO DOM SPREMNI
Damn, the level of European national teams is so weak compared to what it was a dozen years ago...
>>69371854
actually this
it will be decades when a euro team manages to win usa again
>>69371854
All the money goes to football. Ofc I mentioned this previously taht ppl care about Basketball here, but when the most successfull Europan Basketballer gets paied like what , 3-4 mil la year ? And a footballer gets 20-25 mill per year , money goes where the money goes.
>>69371900
>ywn see that Diamantidis, Spanoulis, Papaloukas squad beat the USA again
>>69371900
No Lebron, Curry or Kobe these olympics though
It may be possible lads, just give all meme magic energy to >our team.
Does the loss mean we are out of the olympics?
>>69372059
Yep
Try again in 3 years lad
>>69371653
It's not that.
We thought that once we completed the comeback and had our first lead the game was over.
But we had only done half the job and rested on our asses.
That allowed the Croats to get back on their feet and rekt us fair and square.
Are >we the best team who have weaponized meme magic?
>>69372059
it's over lad
Only thing to do is to rip the fucking coaching team a new one. They have never accomplished anything of note with one of the best rosters around, as lauded by enemy teams themselves.
Stream link plz
How long before euroleague turns into memechucking?
>>69372294
It already is. NBA salary cap has already dismantled part of Real Madrid. Everyone else will soon follow as the remaining loyalist European gems flood the NBA. Power level difference between euroleague and NBA will widen even more. It's over.
>>69372294
Idk not many teams can afford to have good enough shooters for that.
Puerto Rico 77 - 70 Latvia
Latvia out, then
>mfw Porzingis will never play for Latvia
>mfw Bertans will never play anymore for Latvia as well
what the fuck Greece, i wanted to meet you in the finals, not Battle of Fiume 2.0 electric boogaloo
>>69371519
*tips M5S pin*
>>69374869
this Mexico team isn't bad
they have very good attitude
>mfw we hopefully have both Bjelica and Bobi for the olympics along with this team
Melli has stepped his game the fuck up since the Euros
Germany did wonders to him
http://live.robinwidget.com/livematches/free-live-video-streaming-italy-mexico-basketball-352145.html
Italy 53-41 Mexico
>41 pts after 3 quarters
>have to beat Italy in front of home crowd
See you all in 4 years
>>69376548
we've only conceded 101 points in the first two matches
Messina has done an incredible job concerning defending
>>69376564
i think it'll be close, closer than the group match
>time triple dubs
hot damn
Bobika signed for Pistons, hopefully Djordjevic will call him for Rio. We cant do shit with current small roster.
>>69376525
>give a lot of gametime at high level to a player
>suddenly, said player improves
it's like true magic
That's the reason why the Italian NT plumeted in the mid-00's: the Italian league was the first in Europe to allow an unlimited number of US players in the early 00's, denying all the Italian players any gametime at high level. It killed the Italian NT for almost a decade, and it's only starting to recover since 2 or 3 years.
>>69376688
I hope that's Bogdanović's score at the end of the match.
Listen, Croatia's gonna lead first quarter, gonna slightly choke in second, completely flop the third enabling Italian comeback to +7, and then miss every free throw in fourth enabling Italian victory by +5
Feel free screencap this.
>>69376713
maybe Raznatovic will cuck you once again and prevent him to play
welp, gg Mexico
>>69376804
I hate that greasy cunt.
>Find thread
>Grab stream
>Check score
>It's 73-50
Welp.
>>69376752
true, also the league completely went to shit because of the crisis
Treviso, Virtus, Fortitudo, Cantù, Varese all faced severe economic problems
failing to qualify for Euro 2009 was our lowest point
>>69376889
the guy is just too powerful in European bb right now
he can literally do or undo teams by himself, even national teams
why even qualify? you certainly won't win gold.
gg wp Mexico
>>69377034
We went close enough in 1980 and 2004.
>>69377034
with the team you're bringing anything is possible
>>69377110
the team they're bringing is better than the 2014 WC team that annihilated everybody else by +30 on average, actually
Serbia 96 - 72 Czech
tomorrow:
France - Turkey
New Zealand - Canada
>>69377110
we're still the top contender as always, regardless of who we throw out there.
>>69377182
Fair enough, doesn't mean we shouldn't try.
In the 2004 olympics >we actually did better than >you.
>>69377034
Because Canada hasn't qualified since 2000 and I want Canada Basketball to tell Wiggins to fuck off if he wants to join the team for the Olympics
>>69377141
Thompson, Irving and Green will be ded, especially the two warriors
putting them aside, i don't think it's better than the 2014 one
also the Olympics is a shorter tournament so upsets are more likely and it's sooner than the WC
>>69377182
that goes without saying, it's just not a complete lock
i mean, who the fuck can stop KD on a good day outside of the US?
>>69377219
there have only been 4 or 5 olympics where a team has done better in basketball...
and 2004 was just a bad year at the Olympics for the states
>>69377219
KD can probably carry a team comprised of few schlubs at the local court to a semi-finals berth in the olympics...
I think he can bring home the gold with an nba roster just fine.
>>69377268
>i mean, who the fuck can stop KD on a good day outside of the US?
well, noone can stop a good-day Durant in the US either anyway
serbian ball movement looks amazing, is the nba truly just athlete babbies or what? Even the literally who bigs are setting great screens and moving and creating a ton of space on the floor with a lot of vertical movement on the floor
>>69377370
very true
i'm tempted to bet my house on the GSW winning next year, they just look three heaads above the competition
>>69377456
that's just the Serbian basketball accademy
they've always played like that
>is the nba truly just athlete babbies or what?
a significant number of franchises are like that, yeah
that doesn't mean all of them are, far from it, but yeah it still relies a lot on isoball and brainless ballchuckers à la Anthony
it comes with its strengths and weaknesses
>>69377583
>a significant number of franchises are like that, yeah
I can't fucking stand Minnesota, that team is literally the king of "gibs me ball and watch"
bump, I guess
Hoping that both Serbia and Croatia go to Olympics and get to one group
Also bump
Canada about to eat some kiwis for breakfast senpai
>>69391789
>the Lithuania curse strikes again
pls no
Why do shit teams like Venezuela, Nigeria and China get to make it and the euro power houses don't
The way Bennett plays international games makes me belive he can still be a quality nba player
>>69392081
Because they're their respective continental champions?
>Canada
>25% at 3pts on the tournament
ok game so far
Getting btfo so far
All new Zealand do is memechuck
Oh shit Canada winning now
>>69377456
NCAA players are getting worse and worse at knowing how to play actual basketball
It's not gonna change anytime soon either
>>69392065
Eternal revenge for 2004 semis to be honest
God France is going to kill either of these teams
That or Turkey bribes their way to the Olympics
DAT BLOCK
>>69392735
France is inconsistant as fuck, though, I'm not that confident. Old geezers Parker & Diaw (well, Parker, mainly) don't want to relinquish a leadership they can't assume anymore, and they hurt the team more than anything now. Can't wait for Parker to retire.
Based comfy basketballbro from France. Remember watching german league finals with him last season or season before.
>>69392081
>>69392276
that being said, China and Nigeria just got BTFO by what is more or less the 4th France team
>Mozgov will get 64 millions in LA
>meanwhile, Birch will stay in Greece
how did greece manage to fuck up this with such a quality roster? I mean Bourousis, Antetokounmpo??
>>69392801
nando de colo though?
>Zubac isn't playing for Croatia
>Bender isn't playing for Croatia
>Slavica isn't playing for Croatia
>Rudež isn't playing for Croatia
>Ukić is playing for Croatia
Why even qualify
>>69368829
I just hope we qualify for the Olympics
Even if nobody wants to play for the NT because muh NBA contracts
What do you think of Spain's pre-selection for the Olympics?
Centers/PF's: P. Gasol (Spurs), M. Gasol (Grizzlies), W. Hernángomez (Real Madrid), Reyes (Real Madrid), Mirotic (Bulls) and Claver (Lok. Kuban).
SF's: Rudy Fernández (Real Madrid), Álex Abrines (Barcelona) and San Emeterio (Valencia).
Guards: Navarro (Barcelona), S. Rodríguez (Real Madrid), Rubio (Timberwolves), Llull (Real Madrid), Calderón (Lakers), Ribas (Barcelona) and Vives (Valencia).
>>69393017
That's, like, my own opinion, but I don't think their roster is that impressive. Pretty much all their old leaders retired at this point (last ones being Spanoulis and Zisis), and their current ones (Papapetrou, Agravanis, Mantzaris...) are nowhere near as good, Calathes is vastly overrated for me, the Antetokounmpo bros don't fit really well in the usual Greek style, Bourousis is really a hit-or-miss player with his NT. Plus Printezis and Sloukas were injured (I don't really know for Pappas).
Stop fucking shooting threes
You're terrible at them
welp, that's the game here
>Petrovic (Croatia's coach) already claiming refball
jesus christ i hate that cunt, he already spent the whole group match complaining
Canada is playing with a very short players' turnover. It will probably be costly for the last game, considering the very tight schedul of the tournament.
>Canada shooting 45% on FTs
>>69393387
It's why I've been saying the entire time that they stand absolutely no shot against France
>>69392208
He just need more playing time. Some Euroleague teams should give a chance on him.
>>69393273
>jesus christ i hate that cunt
You, and everyone else. He's a dumbass.
Is Petrovic related to Petrovic?
http://www.batmanstream.com/basketball-live-streaming-video-2016-3.html
>>69394346
yup, older brother
What the fuck are you doing France
>>69394346
Yes. Wrong one died tho
Aleksandar is just piggybacking on Dražen's success and is an awful basketball coach.
might not be the expected walk in the park for France
>>69395018
i take this back, Turkey is absymal
really bad match so far
Super small ball going from -10 to +7 against the Turks. Nice.
good, good
just keep going on
Ataman's head is JUST as fuck
75-63
Heurtel>Parker
>>69396925
he needs a lot of gametime to be effective, though
also, he's so bad in defense that even Harden would look away in disgust
bump
Italia-Hrvatska in 10 mins
SIAMO PRONTI ALLA MORTE
L'ITALIA CHIAMÓ
SÍ
what the fuck is going on
>16 point lead after 5 minutes
Feels good tbqhwaoy famalams
AY AY AY AY AY
PUERTO RICO
it's ogre
>>69401902
I want us to keep them under 10 points for the quarter senpai
>italian infrastructure
>>69401927
nooooo, 11 points
>Puerto Rico
Jesus Christ we are destroying them, not to talk any shit about Rico
we're finally back
that was annoying
>>69402164
>>69402164
>>69402164
>>69402164
GET IN HERE
Cusin stepping up big time
>>69402194
why make a new thread? this isn't even halfway through
Beli pls
