USA-Spain basketball game (gold medal) my personal report

[EKBATAN]

The US's biggest problem was lack of inside presence. Dwight howard is nowhere near what a true center should be which kinda explains the [B][U]

thats why haddadi fits in nba perfect

[futbol>>>IRAN]

fack fack fack!!

So close!! owell well deserved dream team they worked hard and did it.

[Osasunist]

Dream team? Better say "deal team".

[Milad-69]

Great showing indeed.
Dominance at its finest.

[Farhad-7]

watched it. the best game so far in olympics basketball I've seen IMO.

you normally don't see this kind of high scoring game in international basketball with both sides going over 100 compared to NBA.

loved watching the 17 year old Spaniard, Ricky Rubio. He will go on to be an amazing figure in world basketball.

and finally USA break the curse and win gold in basketball great showing by them this time around!

[persianbruin]

Wow what a game it was !!!

The first half, Dwade was on fire. He was all over the court stealing the ball and scoring at will . He was in that amazing form when he put shaq's fat ass on his back and won the heat a championship.

Second half, Kobe finally put his mark on the game. Its very safe to say the americans would have lost this game if it wasn't for Kobe. In the 4th quarter after dwight howard got POSTERIZED on a fabulous dunk by ricky the americans looked dazed and confused. The spaniard cut the lead to 91-89. The following is the cut and paste from ESPN play by play box:

8:16 91-89 Rudy Fernandez made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ricky Rubio.
8:13 Official TV Timeout. 91-89

7:58 Kobe Bryant made Two Point Jumper. 93-89 (one of those crazy ass circus shots ONLY he can make!!)


7:44 Foul on LeBron James 93-89
7:36 93-89 Rudy Fernandez missed Three Point Jumper.
7:36 LeBron James Defensive Rebound. 93-89
7:27 Deron Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant. 96-89
7:10 Foul on Dwyane Wade 96-89
7:03 96-89 Rudy Fernandez missed Two Point Layup.
7:03 LeBron James Defensive Rebound. 96-89
6:49 Dwight Howard made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Kobe Bryant. 98-89
6:28 98-89 Rudy Fernandez missed Three Point Jumper.
6:28 98-89 Felipe Reyes Offensive Rebound.
6:22 98-92 Rudy Fernandez made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Felipe Reyes.
6:02 Kobe Bryant made Three Point Jumper. 101-92

He basically had a hand in all 4 usa baskets.

Then when the spaniards cut it down to 5 points again this is what the play by play from ESPN shows:

3:34 104-99 Pau Gasol made Two Point Jumper.
3:12 Kobe Bryant made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dwyane Wade. 107-99
3:10 107-99 Foul on Rudy Fernandez
3:10 Kobe Bryant made Free Throw. 108-99

this last one was a 4 point play which made the entire team usa and the stadium go wild!!!!
The US's biggest problem was lack of inside presence. Dwight howard is nowhere near what a true center should be which kinda explains the TWENTY EIGHT 3 pointers they had to shoot!!!

Both Kobe and Wade amazing which brings up the Q: should shaq even get half the credit he gets for all of those championships?? I mean except his rookie year the guy has ALWAYS had a dominant guard on his team!!