Argentina vs. Lithuania

[DPG21920]

Next game on the tele.

[mystargtr34]

Man im in Aus we get the Aussie game and the US but thats it...

Anyone watching this on the net,... and not on the Beijing official site.

[DPG21920]

Oberto better own Javtokas, and he is to start the game.

[DPG21920]

Damn, Oberto with some nice defense on the perimeter against a guard. I love how he plays with Argentina. He is so much more aggressive. Nice tip in by Oberto.

[DPG21920]

Sloppy game so far. Good defense for Argentina, but too many turn overs.

[DPG21920]

Argentina sucking terribly right now. They at least started playing good defense, but then they just let all the offensive woes trickle into their defense now. 14-11 at the end of the first in favor of Lithuania. I fully expect Argentina to settle down and start to take over.

[Slomo]

Man im in Aus we get the Aussie game and the US but thats it...

Anyone watching this on the net,... and not on the Beijing official site.

You can try this:
http://www.eurovisionsports.tv

But it only works with IE 6 or newer and Wmp. I also think they are filtering non EU IPs.

Otherwise that's a website where they show 12 raw streams from Beijing (only ambient sound - no commentary) , you can chose which one you want to watch. The quality is very good and you can't miss any event (even the more obscure ones).

[DPG21920]

Gino with a sick finish!

[DPG21920]

Awkward first half. Lithuania played pretty physical defense and rebounded well, but Argentina just looked lost. Everyone was passive and wild.

[GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI]

Nocioni can't hit a shot to save his life

[diego]

i found a really good resource for watching the olympic online, its the official country by country list of internet TV rights. some countries have better coverage than others, but because these are official they dont require logins or proxies or anything illegal.

http://www.cctv.com/english/20080806/106217.shtml

as far as this game, argentina has looked sloppy, but to be honest less than i expected. we just need manu and chapu to settle down, they're both trying too hard.

this is the hardest game in the group and if they manage to win this one they should win the group hanly.

[DPG21920]

Argentina looks like they are struggling because they have no point guard. Their offense is offensive.

[DPG21920]

This seems like one of those games that if Argentina gets the lead it is over

[carina_gino20]

mystargtr4, check your pm.

Hope Argentina comes up with the win.

[carina_gino20]

Nice play from Manu to Fab to Scola.

[Tippecanoe]

argentina looks awful today

[alamo50]

Manu about to take over this mofo.

[DPG21920]

They are sorely lacking a point guard

[Brox6]

any update on what is the score?

[Tippecanoe]

any update on what is the score?

last time i checked lithuania was up 10

[alamo50]

73-64 Latvia with 3 minutes to go.

[DPG21920]

ARG: 67 LIT:75 3 minutes left

[spurscenter]

http://www.nbcolympics.com/basketball/resultsandschedules/rsc=BKM400A02/index.html

[Cherry]

Argentina is in trouble. Lithuania is a beast

[DPG21920]

69-75

[DPG21920]

Lithuania with a mini meltdown: 75-71

[DPG21920]

gino with 10 points in the 4th

[Tippecanoe]

missed FT and dumb foul by LIT helping the argies out

[DPG21920]

2 point game

[Brox6]

is that the final score?

[DPG21920]

75-73 with 2 minutes left in the game

[Tippecanoe]

well, well, well. we have a game now.

[sabar]

All of a sudden it got interesting

[Brox6]

Fcuk...9pt game in 3mins then with one refresh click...2pt game with 2mins left..

[MannyIsGod]

Wow what a fucking game!!!!

[DPG21920]

ARG forces a shot clock violation have the ball and tie game on scola basket w/ assist from Gino

[sabar]

Wow Lithuania is folding like a cheap tent

[DPG21920]

Argentina's ball, tie game, 30 seconds

[Tippecanoe]

tie game!

[JK2]

Wow

[MannyIsGod]

Shittttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt ttttt - Sick 3. Someone left him wide open - sucks.

[DPG21920]

wow, dagger from Kleiza

[Brox6]

what happen to Lithuania...big time meltdown...

[MannyIsGod]

Dude Manu and Nocioni both forced those last 2 shots. Manu played awesome in the fourth but that shot at the end was poor IMO.

[Tippecanoe]

hahaha

[GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI]

Damn... horrible loss for Argentina

[DPG21920]

game over, Lithuania wins by 4

[MannyIsGod]

For what its worth I thought it was more Argentina getting their shit together rather than Lithuania choking. I think Argentina gave this game away and it might be a good loss for them in the end. Then again you'd think the losses they had before this tournament would have opened their eyes but apparently not.

[kupogrey]

manu takes a ill advised shot with a man just covering to hell



scola was wiiiiiiiiiiiiide open

[DPG21920]

Manu got raped at the end, this officiating allowed everyone to get murdered...

Next up, Russia v Iran, I am not even gonna start a thread for that game. I saw half the first quarter of this game and Russia was dominating early.

[sabar]

Kleiza was so wide open. Argentina needs to get their heads in the games, they played rather sloppy for most of the game.

[DPG21920]

Argentina should not lose a game like this. It was a combination of Lithuania playing with great energy, and the Argentinian team playing about the worst basketball I have ever seen. No point guard is going to be hard to overcome.

[DPG21920]

I really thought that that Argentina was going to get over the hump, especially once they grabbed the lead earlier, but wow

[AnotherArgie]

Fuck, I'm pissed. How the fuck we play without a point guard, this sucks.

[DPG21920]

Not just because he hit that shot, but I thought the Spurs could use a Kleiza type player. I know the Nuggets are high on him, they would not give him up to get Artest last year.

[AnotherArgie]

Nice win for Lietuva, btw, they play hard.

[Tippecanoe]

Fuck, I'm pissed. How the fuck we play without a point guard, this sucks.

please correct me if im wrong since I don't watch a lot of argentine basketball, but isnt Pablo Prigioni supposedly a pretty good PG??

[diego]

well that sucked.

manu and delfino both took some bad shots in the 4th. and dont even get me started on all the botched fastbreaks. we should have won this game.

can someone tell me why lithuania got the ball back after the go ahead 3? i saw a commentary-less transmission, and didnt see any reason for them to get the ball back.

there is still a long ways to go, and barring injury, we can only get better. at least the defense and rebounding were there for most of the game.

[AnotherArgie]

please correct me if im wrong since I don't watch a lot of argentine basketball, but isnt Pablo Prigioni supposedly a pretty good PG??

That's a very good question. Prigioni was an undersized SG in the argentinean league. He started to play point in Spain. I have no idea why he gets so many accolades in the ACB league, it's clear the guy is not a natural point guard, he's not very smart and he commits lots of turnovers.

To make it worse, the reserve PG is recovering from a knee surgery, so he's not even an option.

I'm pissed precisely because our basketball has a very long tradition of having good FIBA PGs. So bringing these pair to the olympics was ridiculous.

[DPG21920]

Argentina turned the ball over on the inbound pass

[diego]

another TO? that means about half of our TOs were between inbounds plays and fastbreaks!

:pctoss

[Brox6]

ARG must win all the remaining game in Eliminations..if they still want to go to the next round..

[Solid D]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/wires/08/10/2030.ap.as.oly.bko.lithuania.argentina/

Olympic basketball champs Argentina lose opener

BEIJING (AP) -Manu Ginobli's 19 points wasn't enough as defending Olympic champion Argentina stumbled to a narrow 79-75 defeat to Lithuania in its opening Group A match on Sunday.

In what had been a tight game, the San Antonio Spurs' shooting guard and the rest of Argentina were nearly shut down in the third quarter as Lithuania ran to a 51-45 lead. Ginobli and Houston Rockets forward Luis Scola were restricted to just two points each in the period.

Argentina rallied and, with 2:40 left, Ginobli sunk a pair of free throws to cut the deficit to four points. Quickly regaining possession, Ginobli bounced a three-pointer off the rim that was buried by Toronto Raptors guard Carlos Delfino to make it a two-point game, and with less than 90 seconds left, his pass connected with Scola inside the paint for the layup to even the score.

But with 2.1 seconds left in regulation, Linas Kleiza nailed the three pointer and captain Ramunas Siskauskas drilled a free throw to pull off the four-point win, setting off celebrations among the raucous flag-waving Lithuanian cheering section.

Kleiza led scoring for Lithuania, which placed fourth at Athens 2004, with 13 points. Robertas Javtokas, a 2001 Spurs second round draft pick, added 12. Delfino scored 13 points for Argentina and Scola 10.

[Buddy Holly]

How did Jav look?

[mystargtr34]

I was hoping Javtokas would own Oberto... but it looked pretty even

[Hemotivo]

Javtokas was impressive from the ft line

[CharlieMac]

Lithuania was incredibly aggressive. I don't mean that in a good way.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Kleiza > Manu :smokin

[mystargtr34]

Has anyone got a link for a replay of the game..

[DANILO DRASKOVIC]

pepe just made some enemies

[Trainwreck2100]

the end's on telemundo right now

[Spurtacus]

Argentina played very poorly in the first half. Delfino kept them in the game with his 10 points of their 30. Scola sucks. What exactly is his game? Spin around and throw up a wild shot. Ginobili didn't shoot the ball all that well but he had a nice second half.

[DANILO DRASKOVIC]

BOOM
OUTTA HERE

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/0e/fullj.4ff5f61483576c0503d31858002f212d/4ff5f61483576c0503d31858002f212d-getty-81972074xx022_olympics_day_.jpg

[Indazone]

Team USA better pay attention to this. I mean getting canon fodder China in their first game is nothing like having to play Argentina, Lithuania, Spain or Greece.

[Brutalis]

Like I said, they'll be out sooner than people think.

[ducks]

Dude Manu and Nocioni both forced those last 2 shots. Manu played awesome in the fourth but that shot at the end was poor IMO.

manu forces alot of shots :bang:bang:bang:bang:bang:bang:bang

[Brutalis]

Probably had something to do with Args but ugly uniforms too.

[Argiebabe]

Damn! we seriously need to get it together... and a PG!
I hope I am wrong, but I have the feeling that this is not going to end up well... we might go home soon :depressed