World Championships

USA vs. Puerto Rico tonight at 1 A.M. anyone gonna watch it?

 

USA 111 Puerto Rico 100

 

When they play next?

 

Beat China 121-90. They play next at 6:30 A.M. on Tuesday against Slovenia who is pretty good. We'll get to see Primoz in action.

 

USA whipped Slovenia this morning.

Italy up next.

 

94-85 over Italy. I turned on the T.V. and we were down 12 in the third. After that we ran train and started playing really well. Brand, Carmelo and Dwayne Wade dominated Italy in the second half. Chris Paul was turning the ball over more than Bobby Frasor. He was driving the lane without an idea of what to do with the ball and then getting stuck surrounded by Itai's. I think they had a trapezoid lane and moved the line back to the NBA 3 then we would be crushing these teams. They are good at shooting mid-range jump shots that would be 2 points in the NBA but are 3 in FIBA. Euro's suck at driving the lane. Dwight Howard and Brand destroyed them down low and Battier was drawing charges all day. We are having trouble with perimeter D. If we could actually make a free throw we would've won by 25. The foul shooting today was absolutely terrible. Since Brazil lost to Australia and Australia gets to play Qatar (weakest team in the pool) next we are more than likely playing Australia in the 1st round of the 16 team tournament. In the Australian professional league, Duke's Chris Carrawell was one of its best players and his team won the championship two years ago.

 

Cool, when I left for work the US was down 11 and playing like crap. Good to see they turned it around.

 

USA kicking Senegal's ass at halftime.

BTW, Tar Heel fans may remember this Senegal/former Tar Heel..

 

Caught a replay of it last night, starting at about that point. They just decided to turn it on. They should play like that the whole game!

 

USA beats Australia 113-73. Battier had 12 points on 4 of 5 shooting from three. All around great team victory.