August 4, 2012 - USA vs. Lithuania

lets win this one by 90

kobe with 2 fouls in the first 2 minutes of the game

Kinda cray to pick up 2 fouls against a team that you'll blow out. Oh well.

bumrusherer wrote:Kinda cray to pick up 2 fouls against a team that you'll blow out. Oh well.

not looking like it so far

This is a pretty good game. Lithuania is making all their open shots.

Too many switches on D , too many gambles ...

time for kobe to take over

CaCHooKa Man wrote:time for kobe to take over

hopefully he does in the 4th

LOL....they look very mortal right now.

USA Offense:
1. Fastbreak
2. Three Pointer
3. Post Up/Drive
4. ISO

Lot of bad habits they rely on...and if they aren't allowed to play physical D, they can get in trouble.

Lot of selfish, 1on1 ball, jacking up threes...funny part was Kobe willingly deferring to LeBron.

karacha wrote:

CaCHooKa Man wrote:USA Offense:
1. Fastbreak
2. Three Pointer
3. Post Up/Drive
4. ISO

And you're actually being generous here.

I think Coach K is a little overrated...I see very little coaching, and the inmates basically run the asylum.

lebron helped separate the USA from lithuania at the end but i still dont like how he plays the game 90% of the time

Coach K is totally overrated , he should start 5 guards for the next game ... funny each time they played small they looked bad since the start of the exhibition games , yet he keeps playing more and more smallball ...

Lithuania had a great gameplan on both ends though ... no easy baskets for the US , packed the paint , PNR and exploit the mismatch on the other end

CaCHooKa Man wrote:lebron helped separate the USA from lithuania at the end but i still dont like how he plays the game 90% of the time

He took over when needed ... only consistent players on Team USA are Lebron , Melo and KD ( a total liability on D though) ... all others players have huge ups and downs from one game to another .. Kobe looked terrible today on both ends

Lithuania played a great, well organized, team game....they had a bunch of NBAers in there too. Not a disorganized joke squad like Nigeria.

Kobe needs to stay away from the Brazilian Women's Soccer Team or whatever extracurricular activities he has going on... 7-28 is not acceptable on Team USA with that many other scorers out there.

edit: sorry, read stats before watching game on replay... Thought that seemed odd.

^Kobe shot 7-28?

Kobe shot 11-26 for the first 4 games... Where did you get 7-28 from?

Tragic wrote:^Kobe shot 7-28?

I think that is in the olympics so far