Men's Basketball FIBA World Cup 2019

[Bearas 542]

Good game by Lithuanian team. Hopefully will transfer this to games against Canada and Australia

[Wanderer 1,738]

  On 9/1/2019 at 1:42 PM, LDOG said:

Ok, now I'm having a bad day. I mean I guessed all the winners (thats a bit easy) but my point differences are way off in most. In particular Senegal, I just predicted 10pt loss  now that I think I have no idea why I did.

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 @Vektor got additional point for point difference, everyone else got points for the correct winner only in SEN-LTU match  

[Griff88 1,971]

Apparently this World Cup generated quite an interest in Indonesia because.... we have an Indonesian referee

 

 

[Vektor 3,326]

  On 9/1/2019 at 1:58 PM, Wanderer said:

 

 @Vektor got additional point for point difference, everyone else got points for the correct winner only in SEN-LTU match  

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That's funny considering that I had no idea what to expect from these teams (which is why I was last after D1) 

[OlympicsFan 860]

Absolutely horrible match by Germany, 4 points in the first quarter and only 20 points in the first half!

I am not sure what it tells us about the french team that Germany still could have won this match ... ?

The main reason for the loss were Gobert's amazing defense and the horrible german 2 pt shooting (15/47 = 31.9 % from 2 pt range).

I am a bit surprised that Voigtmann (25 points and an efficiency of 28) was so much better than the 2 NBA players Kleber (6 points and an efficiency of 4) and Theis (7 points and an efficiency of 7), maybe he should start over them in the next matches.

I also can't help but wonder whether it was the right decision to leave Bonga (who is a good defender and probably could have done a better job against Fournier (who scored 26 points today) in this match) and Pleiß/Hartenstein (who are physically better than all other german centers and probably could have had more defensive impact today) at home.

 

After the first, way too early, impressions i would say that Lithuania should definitely make it out of the 2nd group stage and Australia and France should battle for that 2nd spot. Spain and Serbia are a lock for the semifinal, USA should also make it and i think Lithuania and Greece will fight for the 4th spot.

Edited September 1, 2019 by OlympicsFan

[LDOG 2,432]

  On 9/1/2019 at 4:45 PM, OlympicsFan said:

 

 

After the first, way too early, impressions i would say that Lithuania should definitely make it out of the 2nd group stage and Australia and France should battle for that 2nd spot. Spain and Serbia are a lock for the semifinal, USA should also make it and i think Lithuania and Greece will fight for the 4th spot.

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Serbia yes, Spain I'm not so sure. They lost a friendly to Russia (possible QF opponent) by 20 points last week, also our team was really close to them in the same preparation. 

 

Also, I don't really know about this USA... I can easily see Australia, Lithuania or France beating them in a bad day.

[OlympicsFan 860]

  On 9/1/2019 at 4:54 PM, LDOG said:

 

Serbia yes, Spain I'm not so sure. They lost a friendly to Russia (possible QF opponent) by 20 points last week, also our team was really close to them in the same preparation. 

 

Also, I don't really know about this USA... I can easily see Australia, Lithuania or France beating them in a bad day.

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Not sure about France. I always have the feeling that the french team is less than the sum of its parts, while it is the complete opposite with Serbia or Lithuania for example. I think preparation games dont mean much, results were all over the place. Germany lost against Japan and then a couple days later Germany easily won against Australia, while Australia won against the US. I still see the US as a safe finalist and i would be surprised if they would lose against a team other than Serbia, but maybe i am biased considering that they have Donovan Mitchell on their team who is one of my top 3 favorite players currently ...

I think the weakness on the guard positions will kill every team except for maybe France in a match against the US. The american guards are just far superior athletically to the lithuanian or australian guards for example.

[ChandlerMne 1,098]

Iran lost again.

As Nigeria did. Two good nations almost out.

[Benolympique 2,398]

  On 9/2/2019 at 10:42 AM, ChandlerMne said:

Iran lost again.

As Nigeria did. Two good nations almost out.

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tunisia qualified for tokyo

[ChandlerMne 1,098]

  On 9/2/2019 at 10:48 AM, Benolympique said:

tunisia qualified for Tokyo

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Well done! First qualified team. 2 teams from Africa qualify? Then Senegal has a chance.