bogdan did not like receiving the "found out" end of the business at game's end. best not to taunt a courtside melo when lebron is on the floor, fella.
the serbian coach was justifiably angry about the no calls. In fact the bias in that 4th quarter was rather obvious to everyone in the world except, apparently, US fans. Serbia got jobbed.
Basketball nirvana. There have been times throughout these Olympics when the US has so overmatched their competition that I was laughing about it, like opponents having to wait out the starting lineup to get to the Edwards/Durant/Davis/Bam/White bench unit. Yet to see this collection of legends *actually* pushed, as they will be in every Olympics now no matter how good the roster, raises the stakes to such an immensely satisfying degree. To see LBJ, Steph, Embiid and KD dig deep and pull out that win is what we hope from an All-Star game but of course will never get because there are zero stakes, even when it's close and the action gets a little frisky down the stretch.
Also: Jokic + shooters is a very workable formula for winning basketball games.
Excited for the game and the extra newsletter. It hasn’t been reported much but Chris Chavez had a tweet that Quincy Hall strained his leg in his race (which seems obvious with his grimacing) and he still came back from 5th in that last 100m. Legend
bogdan did not like receiving the "found out" end of the business at game's end. best not to taunt a courtside melo when lebron is on the floor, fella.
the serbian coach was justifiably angry about the no calls. In fact the bias in that 4th quarter was rather obvious to everyone in the world except, apparently, US fans. Serbia got jobbed.
Basketball nirvana. There have been times throughout these Olympics when the US has so overmatched their competition that I was laughing about it, like opponents having to wait out the starting lineup to get to the Edwards/Durant/Davis/Bam/White bench unit. Yet to see this collection of legends *actually* pushed, as they will be in every Olympics now no matter how good the roster, raises the stakes to such an immensely satisfying degree. To see LBJ, Steph, Embiid and KD dig deep and pull out that win is what we hope from an All-Star game but of course will never get because there are zero stakes, even when it's close and the action gets a little frisky down the stretch.
Also: Jokic + shooters is a very workable formula for winning basketball games.
Excited for the game and the extra newsletter. It hasn’t been reported much but Chris Chavez had a tweet that Quincy Hall strained his leg in his race (which seems obvious with his grimacing) and he still came back from 5th in that last 100m. Legend