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Sep 10, 2010, 3:48 pm
First of all my views on yesterday's game. Kemzūra did everything that was necessary to win this game. But more importantly the players made it happen on the court. Three-point shooting was excellent but only in the first half. We shouldn't forget that. It was the first game when we took the lead early in the game and really dominated.
This win was certainly among the best wins of all time for several reasons:
1) Lithuania misses more than half of the 'A' team in this WC.
2) This was the first time that we made to the semi-finals of WC.
3) We thrashed Argentina (not just won by a last shot or by a low margin), a team that always plays hard till the end. They missed Manu and Nocioni but that's nothing compared to the list our absentees (I'm talking about the numbers here).
Argentina will have to rebuild if they want to be a contender in 2012. But do they have enough new talents?
Please don't take the following comments personally but I couldn't ignore those posts.
Why is that? Because we won our group. Yes, all five games that we played, including the win against Spain. Or should we have lost on purpose, like Greece did, to get other teams in the knock-out stages?
And now Argentina is extremely weak?
Then you must admit that you aren't objective either as you often tout Greek players as "the best at [enter skill] in Europe". If you need examples, I can find them to you. In almost every comparison of any two players you make, the Greek player is better. So much talk about objectivity.
What makes Serbia, Greece and Spain much better than Argentina, USA, Lithuania? How do you determine that?
As for the last sentence of your post, so if we, say, lose in the final would that make us a bad team? It must be nice to know the future.
This win was certainly among the best wins of all time for several reasons:
1) Lithuania misses more than half of the 'A' team in this WC.
2) This was the first time that we made to the semi-finals of WC.
3) We thrashed Argentina (not just won by a last shot or by a low margin), a team that always plays hard till the end. They missed Manu and Nocioni but that's nothing compared to the list our absentees (I'm talking about the numbers here).
Argentina will have to rebuild if they want to be a contender in 2012. But do they have enough new talents?
Please don't take the following comments personally but I couldn't ignore those posts.
Quote:Lithuania is playing in an extremely weak bracket. I can't believe you don't grasp that.
Why is that? Because we won our group. Yes, all five games that we played, including the win against Spain. Or should we have lost on purpose, like Greece did, to get other teams in the knock-out stages?
And now Argentina is extremely weak?
Quote:I think you are one of the biggest Greek haters I have ever seen. You have no objectivity at all. Serbia, Spain, Greece are all much better than Argentina, USA, Lithuania.
Lithuania won't even win the EuroBasket on the their home floor. They simply got an extremely favorable bracket in this tournament.
Then you must admit that you aren't objective either as you often tout Greek players as "the best at [enter skill] in Europe". If you need examples, I can find them to you. In almost every comparison of any two players you make, the Greek player is better. So much talk about objectivity.
What makes Serbia, Greece and Spain much better than Argentina, USA, Lithuania? How do you determine that?
As for the last sentence of your post, so if we, say, lose in the final would that make us a bad team? It must be nice to know the future.