Batum vs Claver, Sergio & Rudy! Today, 12:30pm ESPN 3, FIBA Game Thread!

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  1. BBert

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    OH.....I figured he passed up an open shot. ;)

    Still clutch though to make up for the miss....Amiright? :)
     
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  2. Eastoff

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    Batum with two great step back jumpers in the lane.
     
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    Pau Gasol has just looked amazing in the WC. If Kobe is watching (and knowing him, he probably is) he'll probably be feeling a little sick.
     
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  4. Eastoff

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    Nicolas with a quick steal and easy dunk!
     
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    Score?
     
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    61-48 for Spain.
     
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    After 1 quarter, Spain by 6. After 2 quarters, spain by 10. After 3, spain by 15. It seems we should be seeing Viktor Claver.
     
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    Spain just too good. Bill Simmons called them the favorite vs USA. He might be right.

    Nic in 27mins: 11pts, 5/14 FG, 2rebs, 0asts, 1stl, 0blk.

    Yuck. Not sure if they'll make the knockout round. That first loss to Brazil hurts.
     
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    Their defense looked very impressive.
     
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    Didn't realize that was Vic. lol he looks tan
     
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    They're a lot like that MEM team. And they seem to have amazing chemistry
     
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    Spain is loaded. France, not so much.
     
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    Nic looked as bad as he ever has in international play today. I really expected more from him this year with the opportunity to carry the team. Maybe he is a product of the people around him after all....
     
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    Batum has just not impressed at all for France. It reminds me of Summer League 2007: Petteri Koponen has looked really good and Batum has looked very meh.

    We can just hope that he's saving it for when it counts. After all, this is a group of six, four go forward, and two of them are Iran and Egypt.

    (Not that I expected France to beat Spain. Spain clobbered France the first time they met last Summer, and that was without Pau and with Parker.)
     
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    Oh I didn't realize four go forward. Here I thought for sure, France was done for.
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Are you claiming he has been bad on purpose? Or that his playing bad is a product of him not trying?

    Either way I'm not sure I buy in to that. I think it is more likely that Batum simply isn't used to/capable of being the first option.
     
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    Batum isn't a first option.
     
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    Pippen never was either. :)
     
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    I don't know about that. In the 93-94 season, Pippen was the number one option for the Bulls. They won around 55 games and made it to game 7 of the second round. Plus, he won All Star MVP that year.
     
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    ...and only lost that game 7 due to a phantom foul - which I loved as a bulls-hater.

     
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