OT - Olympics Day 8 (Live/Spoilers)
Lithuania just hit a 3 to go up two with 6 to go. Now up 2 with 5:45 to go.
Some pretty terrible defense by USA throughout. That and poor three point shooting have made this one a barn burner.
EDIT: US pulls away after finally hitting some threes.
EDIT 2: Changed title to cover all Olympics for the day.
And how about Serena making Sharapova look silly?
August 4th, 2012 at 11:10 AM ^
I don't think you have to put spoilers in the title since this is the only time it is going to be on TV.
August 4th, 2012 at 11:11 AM ^
Does it hurt?
August 4th, 2012 at 12:20 PM ^
August 4th, 2012 at 11:11 AM ^
US finally starts hitting threes. That and a couple turnovers has put them relatively safely ahead 7 with 2:29 to go.
Dream Team this is not, however.
August 4th, 2012 at 11:40 AM ^
I think this team could run with the 1992 dream team. The 1992 was much bigger on the post, but the 2012 team is more athletic.
One international player that the dream team cannot stop is Sabonis who was basically unstoppable when he can move. He was the team but if he had some NBA players like Spain, Argentina has now, it would be a much closer game
Yeah, people don't understand how much international basketball has improved since 1992. Eleven of the 12 teams in this tournament have NBA players on their rosters (only Tunisia doesn't). Even the terrible Nigeria team has two.
While the competition is worlds better, this US team is still fundamentally flawed. To over-simplify, they play lazy defense. They get killed by the pick and roll and there's rarely weakside rotation.
That coupled with their streaky outside shooting... they have issues.
Streaky outside shooting? The 2012 team is shooting 44.1% from downtown through four games. The 1992 team shot 37.3%.
The '92 team had weaknesses, too. It was even more streaky from the perimeter (Barkley shot 7-8, the rest of the team 34% from downtown). There were a lot of guys on that team who frankly didn't didn't play much defense (Bird, Magic, Barkley and Mullin come to mind). They would have a size advantage over the '12 team, but the '12 team has more athleticism. It would be a close contest.
August 4th, 2012 at 11:58 AM ^
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August 4th, 2012 at 12:08 PM ^
I don't understand how he can compete in this and then the Paralympics. Shouldn't he be only eligible for one or the other?
August 4th, 2012 at 12:22 PM ^
I don't see the issue. Just because he is a world-class athlete doesn't mean he shouldn't be able to compete in the Paralympics.
August 4th, 2012 at 12:31 PM ^
He may qualify technically, but it seems to me like it violates the spirit of the Paralympics to let him back in there when he's competing in the regular Olympics. If you're able-bodied enough to compete in the regular Games, that should be it.
August 4th, 2012 at 12:34 PM ^
I imagine Pistorius is lauded as a hero for the Paralympics.
You both have excellent points and the entire topic makes for an interesting discussion.
Are the Paralympics a “secondary” event for only people less able to compete, and does competing in the Olympics give an unfair advantage over other Paralympians in the Paralympics. Sounds like a good topic for a thread itself.
August 4th, 2012 at 12:05 PM ^
I'm sad that this is the last day of swimming. Best part of the Olympics IMO. There's something about watching people compete in a pool that is soothing.
August 4th, 2012 at 12:41 PM ^
What a tournament for USA Tennis. Serena Williams obliterated Sharapova for gold in Women's Singles, and now the Bryan twins take gold in Men's Doubles. And they will be playing for at least 2 more medals tomorrow (possibly 3) in Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles.
So THAT's why trampoline is an Olympic event - to give Canada a gold medal.
Seriously, congrats to our neighbors to the north.
Interesting development in cycling. After getting off to a bad start in the team sprint, a British cyclist (Philip Hindes) crashed, allowing the team to re-start. The team then rode a flawless race and won gold. After the race, Hindes admitted he crashed on purpose. The IOC is letting them keep the gold. Good decision?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2183171/London-Olympics-Philip-…
Now that the IOC has thrown out badminton players out for sabotaging themselves to get a better draw, it seems like this has to be reviewed, but apparently it won't be. Double-standard for the host country?
Double-standard for host country.
This is so wrong. How can they not be DQ, especially after what just happened in badminton? If he really admitted to it, they should be out. It sure cheapens the win.
August 4th, 2012 at 10:40 PM ^
A similar kind of thing happened in rowing. A British team got off to a bad start and started complaining that their seats in the boat were loose. The whole race was restarted, and they ended up getting the silver.
The Brits are a bunch of scammers.
Looking forward to ROK (South Korea) v. the host country, Great Britain
Ready to crack open an IPA sitting in the fridge.
In the interim, 4th qtr of UTL on ESPNU!
Korea sustaining pressure. Nice save by the Britain goalkeeper, and a unmarked header just over the bar.
GOOOAAAL Korea!! From just outside the left front of the box.
Looks like the British goalie misplayed a slight knuckler.
Crap PK for Britain, handball in the Korea box.
Russia upsets Spain in men's basketball. Russia is now likely to win Group B and could be our opponent in the gold-medal game. 1972 rematch, anyone?
The Spain-Brazil game two days from now will be interesting. The winner will be in 2nd place in Group B and the loser 3rd, but in this case, finishing 3rd means avoiding the U.S. in the semis. Both teams might try to tank.
Damn. Huge save by Korea goalie on a 2nd PK.
Man I cannot find a stream for swimming, and as long as I'm calculating the time difference correctly, PHelps' last event starts in 5 minutes. Someone please help me out on this and you'll have my eternal gratitude.
Edit: Found one: http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/133775/1/watch-olympic:-swimming---finals.html
It's a CTV stream which I'm not thrilled with but oh well, I just wanna be able to see it live.
Edit 2: I think there's a slight delay in their coverage. Medal ceremony for the Men's 1500 is on right now and according to the BBC schedule, that ended like 20 minutes ago.
Awesome, good to know, thanks.
Entertaining 1st half: 1-1 draw. Korea opens the scoring, 2 successive PKs for Britain (handball, sloppy tackle in the box) results in G.Bs equalizer.
USA wins Men's 4x100 swimming. Japan had the lead going into Phelps' leg, and Phelps gave the US the lead, and Adrian absolutely crushed the final leg.
Phil Knight investment pays off? Oregon Duck track pulls a shocker.
Gold in Women's Heptathlon, Men's Long Jump, and Men's 10,000m. Quite a night for the host nation.
Big night for Nike too. Alberto Salazar trained both Mo Farah and Galen Rupp at Nike Oregon Project.
Based on the way those first two PKs were taken, I am not feeling optomistic if this goes to PKs
Korea's 1st goalie is out.
Sucks it had to come down to PKs; Korea had a couple of chances in extra time.
2-2 pks.........
Korea marches on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mansei!!!
Mansei!!
Mansei!!!
That is all
Man the British suck at PK's.
Dathan Ritzenhein is my boy from high school (family friend) and he did well in the 10k. However, Galen Rupp is a beast in the 10k. First taking down Pre's 10K american record and now winning silver.
Well, it's the eighth day of competition.