8/12 Olympics (spoilers)

Submitted by jmblue on

Serbia hanging in there in basketball.  90-85 U.S. with 3 minutes to go.

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panthera leo fututio

August 12th, 2016 at 8:30 PM ^

Right, defense in the NBA is the worst...except for every other basketball association in the history of the sport.

I mean, you can always point to some guys getting lazy on the weak side on a non-playoff squad in March, but the defense played in the modern NBA is way better than what you see in college, way better than in previous eras of the NBA (go back and watch old Golden Era '80s games if you don't believe this), and way better than any other modern pro league.

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jmblue

August 12th, 2016 at 8:09 PM ^

I just looked up the population of Serbia: 7.1 million.  That's all?  I would have guessed it was a lot more than that.  They seem to be good in a lot of sports for a population that size.  The state of Michigan is almost 30% more populous.

 

 

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goblue224

August 12th, 2016 at 8:13 PM ^

Refering to the USABMNT as a "team" is an insult. They look like 12 guys who volunteered to spend a few weeks playing pickup basketball against the rest of the world. There's no defense, a serious lack of ball movement, and it doesn't look like anyone wants to rebound. They're getting by on pure talent, but once they get out of group play they could easily get bounced from the tournament.

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jmblue

August 12th, 2016 at 10:21 PM ^

I don't like how these announcers say things like "he won by three one-hundredths of a second".  It's hundredths.  The "one" is implied.  You wouldn't say "three one-quarters" of something.

 

 

 

 

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Wolverine In Iowa

August 12th, 2016 at 11:46 PM ^

Well I certainly wasn't expecting the complete and utter dominance of the US swimming team this year.  I even made a comment prior to the Olympics that I thought we were going to suck.  Now we have more gold medals than the next country has total medals in swimming.  Just outstanding!  USA USA USA USA

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M-Dog

August 13th, 2016 at 10:07 AM ^

Ledecky has never lost an international race.  She has never heard a national anthem other than her own.  

That's insane.

You would think she would want to lose a race once, just to see what it's like.

Who knows, she may be as bad a loser as Hope Solo.       We will probably never know.

 

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