We're watching the USA game LIVE - spoilers be damned
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Kings Faithful
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Does it so affect your life that you have to notify me of that? Do i care? Go Spain. Im out.
6th
Homer Fan Since 1985
First half impressions:
Sure looks like Spain will pull out all the stops to try and get TEAM USA out of its game.
If the pace continues in the second half, I see a Spanish meltdown on the bench. I've heard about how ugly some Euro games can get - if the USA gets back a good double-digit lead I don't think the Spanish team will be able to resist more physicality.
I applaud the selection committee for the balance they've got on this squad. And what can you say about Coach K? He's found a way to bring out the best of each of our players and they've all apparently left their egos back here...
Sure looks like Spain will pull out all the stops to try and get TEAM USA out of its game.
If the pace continues in the second half, I see a Spanish meltdown on the bench. I've heard about how ugly some Euro games can get - if the USA gets back a good double-digit lead I don't think the Spanish team will be able to resist more physicality.
I applaud the selection committee for the balance they've got on this squad. And what can you say about Coach K? He's found a way to bring out the best of each of our players and they've all apparently left their egos back here...
PurpleHaze
All-Star
Back to the game (at halftime). USA shooting lights out, but so is Spain. Refs early on called a lot of tic tack fouls but it was on both teams. Both teams complained but USA seems more flustered going into the half only up by 8. Spain can win if they go zone and USA goes cold from the outside. Once again, USA lack of an inside game could result in a silver, not gold metal.
Right; it's such a foregone conclusion that it's an eight-point game at the half.
Furthermore, a lot of people can empathize with the situation the United States Men's team is in: ever since 2002, international fans from all over the world, and Europe in particular, have never passed on any opportunity to belittle USAB, and some of it has been fair, but much of it has been cheap shots. The United States has been embarrassed in the last three major international competitions it has competed in, and wasn't even favored in the last one. And now that they are favored to win at the Olympic Games, some people still want to minimalize it...
And let's not pretend that international posters won't show up from out of nowhere to make their thoughts known if the United States loses tonight, some whom have hardly posted since the last time the United States lost an international competition. Many of those same posters, if the United States holds on to win, will just pop in with a dismissive "Oh, they were supposed to win anyway," if they even bother to say anything at all. The United States is damned either way in the eyes of many, and I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm personally tired of it. I guess it really is like Wilt said back in the day: nobody likes Goliath.
PurpleHaze
All-Star
Spain's biggest problem is no Calderon and now a banged up Rubio. Fernandez really picked up the slack. They have very good depth, but maybe not enough. Second half about to start - back to the boob tube.
Rockmeister
All-Star
I think I need to start a pot of coffee. I am sleepy. Hurry and start the 3rd quarter.
BritishColumbia
Bench
Nice game .... two equal teams so far
PurpleHaze
All-Star
Oh my!!! USA better foul out Fernandez quick or.... else... USA going cold, settling for outside shots. Non existant inside game. Oh my!!!
jon e
Bench
You can't just say
"Go USA #10!!!!"?
