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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
US was up 1, then Paul made the 3 and the 2, now up 6. Marc still not in? I think he's just coming in now.
Rudy always guards the toughest guard. He went from Kobe to Paul instantly, got the steal and passed downcourt, and when someone missed the fast break layup, flicked in the rebound. He did it all on that play. US by 6. Sergio's been on the bench for awhile and the pace is much slower.
Good lord. These guys are unbelievable. JCN with a behind the back bounce pass to split the double team to a rolling Pau.
