Game Blog :: Argentina vs. Lithuania :: Bronze Medal Game

[spurschick]

Starting at 11pm CST on CNBC here in the States.

I started this thread here because Manu and Fabricio are still Spurs, even though there seem to be quite a few ready to trade Manu for a box of Krispy Kreme donuts.

Countless men and women died for my freedom to cheer for whoever the hell I want, so I'm rooting for Argentina to win the Bronze Medal. Anyone who has a problem with that can kiss my red, white and blue ass.

:downspin:

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Go Argentina

[spurschick]

Someone needs to sit on Manu so he'll stop standing up.

[Ice009]

Is ther any links for people outside the US to watch this game?

[Jobbs]

this game is pretty physical so far

people cut open
hard fouls
and a lot of hard picks

[Jobbs]

it's raining 3s

[baseline bum]

Crap, I didn't know this was televised here. Thanks for posting. I hope Oberto and Scola have monster games.

[baseline bum]

Nocioni for 3!

[baseline bum]

Scola just got fucking hammered, no call

[Spurs Brazil]

Argentina up 46-34 at the half

Manu is happy

[timvp]

Damn, Manu can barely walk. He's limping massively just trying to get up and celebrate.

Somebody bring in a couch and strap Manu onto it.

[spurschick]

Is ther any links for people outside the US to watch this game?

http://www.stoogetv.com/player.html

[spurschick]

Damn, Manu can barely walk. He's limping massively just trying to get up and celebrate.

Somebody bring in a couch and strap Manu onto it.

I keep yelling "sit down!" at the tv.

[AnotherArgie]

Are you guys going to see USA-ESP later?

[AnotherArgie]

Damn, Manu can barely walk. He's limping massively just trying to get up and celebrate.

Somebody bring in a couch and strap Manu onto it.

He'll be flying straight to SA after the game. The rest of the team will go back to Argentina.

[Jobbs]

Manu is cheering his team on from the bench

edit: is it me, or is the halftime entertainment the same thing for every game

[spurschick]

Are you guys going to see USA-ESP later?

It's on NBC after this game.

[mytespurs]

Manu is cheering his team on fom the bench

Cool! I figure if he couldn't play, he'd be there to cheer them on....to let them know he's there in spirit even if he's not on the floor!

[E20]

Looks like Argentina will win w/o Manu.

[Jobbs]

Cool! I figure if he couldn't play, he'd be there to cheer them on....to let them know he's there in spirit even if he's not on the floor!

to be honest, it looks like they don't even need him tonight. Argentina is a great team because they'll dish it in the paint and kick it out to the open man. It's been working so far. Make you wonder what game plan they would've had vs. the US if Manu was injured vs. Greece.

[Jobbs]

hmmm the Argentina coach is more focused on talking with Manu rather than the game.

Manu has no air boot or cast on. Might bee wrapped up under his jeans but nothing that sticks out

[ducks]

Damn, Manu can barely walk. He's limping massively just trying to get up and celebrate.

Somebody bring in a couch and strap Manu onto it.

he is going to have to have surgery

atleast surgery he will be out and rested for playoffs

[timvp]

Scola has lost a lot of weight. He used to be chubby. Now he's a well oiled machine.

:pctoss

[baseline bum]

Damn, sure would have sucked to have Scola putting that last move on the Lakers in the WCF.

[baseline bum]

Damn, Manu can barely walk. He's limping massively just trying to get up and celebrate.

Somebody bring in a couch and strap Manu onto it.

So he can pull an Oden and be out the whole season? :bang

[Cherry]

Nocioni monster game (in one leg)

[pad300]

On a non-argentinian tangent, is Javtokas doing anything of note?

[carina_gino20]

Manu is so happy. :lol Best cheerleader!

[Cherry]

Nocioni Is a STUD in one leg :elephant

[timvp]

On a non-argentinian tangent, is Javtokas doing anything of note?No. The Argies beating him up. It's pretty embarrassing, actually.

[baseline bum]

Chinese cheerleaders <<< Silver Dancers

[Jobbs]

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2299/snapshotj200808240003ml6.th.jpg (http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snapshotj200808240003ml6.jpg)

Manu in the pic

[baseline bum]

Awesome steal

[TMTTRIO]

hmm interesting. They just showed Tom James in the crowd. I wonder if he's been here the whole time? Manu got a little too excited with that dunk

[baseline bum]

Game over. Congrats to Argentina for medaling.

[carina_gino20]

He's acting like he's playing and just dunked on three people. :lol I'm glad he's happy. I wish he'd sit though.

[ThunderStix®]

I hear Agrentina is leading big, What's the score?

[Leo_ARG]

Said on the bench

Manu: Terrific Chapu! (props to Nocioni)

Someone: we just killed them :hat

[baseline bum]

68-47

[romad_20]

They should have never lost to this team. If they had pulled their heads from their asses in the first game they could have had silver and maybe Manu wouldn't have injuried his bum ankle. Woulda, coulda, shoulda.

[ThunderStix®]

68-47

Thanks.

[timvp]

Ever since Manu got hurt, the Argies have turned into a machine. Most teams would pout when their best player went down but the Argies have instead united even more and played even better.

Damn impressive :tu

[Cherry]

No. The Argies beating him up. It's pretty embarrassing, actually.

Lithuania 49
Argentina 68

Ok, this is getting humiliating...

[Jobbs]

Manu seems ok. He's not limping badly like he was at halftime. Plus him not having a boot or crutches signals to me that this injury isn't as bad as we think.

[Cherry]

Said on the bench

Manu: Terrific Chapu! (props to Nocioni)

Someone: we just killed them :hat

It was Nocioni : "we will kill them" :ihit

[timvp]

Argentina is so fun to watch. The only player who doesn't follow their team concept is Delfino ... and even he isn't as wild as he used to be.

[Cherry]

Delfino 333333333333333333333 :D

[timvp]

They just said Manu talked to Pop right after getting hurt. I'd pay good money to hear that convo.

:lol :cry

[baseline bum]

They just said Manu talked to Pop right after getting hurt. I'd pay good money to hear that convo.

:lol :cry

You think it was anything like the conversation Pop had with Tony Parker in game 6 of the 03 Lakers series when he fouled Fisher on a three point shot?

[AnotherArgie]

Liths are back in the game. I smell a close ending.

[Cherry]

They just said Manu talked to Pop right after getting hurt. I'd pay good money to hear that convo.

:lol :cry

Manu call and Pop was very supportive but ask him to go back to SA yesterday and Manu says "no, i will stay here for one more day for the bronze medal game." and Pop was agree.

[baseline bum]

Nice finish by Delfino

[Cherry]

In 5 minutes, Manu is a Coach :lol

[Jobbs]

http://www.stoogetv.com/player.html

channel 1

[baseline bum]

Damn, this is a physical game

[carina_gino20]

Manu's having a fit.

[baseline bum]

Crap. Scola out, Nocioni with 4.

[Jobbs]

wonder if Oberto is the go to man now that Scola is out

[ThunderStix®]

Liths are back in the game. I smell a close ending.

Score?

[baseline bum]

Bailout call there

[Ice009]

Man Manu is acting exactly the way I act when I watch the Spurs.

[baseline bum]

Argentina 80
Lithuania 64

2:57 left

[carina_gino20]

84-60 Arg

[TMTTRIO]

Manu's just going nuts on the bench :lol

[Cherry]

Score?


ARG 80
LITH 66

[TMTTRIO]

Someone's going to have to glue him down pretty soon :lol

[AFBlue]

Bronze medal is for pussies....just ask Lebron, who is going for gold in a few short hours!

[bigdog]

84-60 Arg

umm, that can't possibly be the score when the screen reads 82-66 arg

[ThunderStix®]

ARG 80
LITH 66

Thanks, I'm watching the final minutes live online now.

[bigdog]

Bronze medal is for pussies....just ask Lebron, who is going for gold in a few short hours!

its in an hour

[Jobbs]

lol @ Manu

[ace3g]

someone I know was watching the game and thought he heard the commentators say Delfino is trying to get out of his contract that he signed overseas? can anyone confirm they heard this comment

if so, maybe somehow manu persuaded Delfino to take that offer with the Spurs, Oberto just got a nice block

[Cherry]

Huge Block By Oberto

[bigdog]

wow, thats the only time I've ever liked something Oberto has done

[carina_gino20]

Shit Manu! Stop jumping on one leg!

[ThunderStix®]

Bronze medal is for pussies....just ask Lebron, who is going for gold in a few short hours!

:tu

USA

[Cherry]

Bronze medal is for pussies....just ask Lebron, who is going for gold in a few short hours!

i don't care :lol

[baseline bum]

Come on Argentina: pour it on these assholes. Rub some salt in Lithuania's wounds after punkass Kleiza's touhguy act.

[bigdog]

Pop just downed 10 bottles of wine watching Manu jump around.

[AFBlue]

its in an hour

Holy shit for real? I'm staying up!

[bigdog]

Holy shit for real? I'm staying up!

yes sir! 2:30 eastern time, 1:30 central

[kolko]

Argentina won the Bronze!!!

[AnotherArgie]

Major props to Lithuania for fighting until the last second.

[ThunderStix®]

yes sir! 2:30 eastern time, 1:30 central

USA Basketball.com says the game is on at 2:15 AM Eastern, or 1:15 AM Central.

[Cherry]

Heart
Passion
Adversity
PODIUM
This is the second medal in Argentinian olympic Basketball history.

[bigdog]

USA Basketball.com says the game is on at 2:15 AM Eastern, or 1:15 AM Central.

Ah, ok. I guess I heard wrong on tv when they announced it.

[AnotherArgie]

LOL @ Manu jumping in one foot while celebrating.

[Erikita]

Manu looks hot in Jeans. :oink

[bigdog]

Dammit Manu, stop doing that.

[Mr. Body]

Awesome to see Argentina so excited to win it.

[baseline bum]

Congrats to Team Argentina on the bronze. Kind of sad this could be the last time we get to see this team together.

[Jobbs]

congrats to Manu, Scola, Oberto, Noci, Delfino, Gonzo, and the rest of the Argentina team

[AFBlue]

Okay people....stop posting b/c I'm making a forum run....got damn near every forum section covered!

[bigdog]

congrats Argies, looks like this might be the end of your Olympic run, but good job.

[E20]

It would have been awesome to see Manu play agains the US. Fuck I think Argentina would give them a run for their money.

[carina_gino20]

Ole, Argentina!

[spurschick]

They just said Manu talked to Pop right after getting hurt. I'd pay good money to hear that convo.

:lol :cry

Pop: "Hello?"
Manu: "Hey Coach...uh, how's it going?"
Pop: "Whatever." Click.

[timvp]

Great accomplishment, Argentina :tu

Backing up a gold medal with a bronze medal proves there was no fluke involved. Winning bronze with Manu injured and Nocioni banged up was very impressive. Bronze in this tournament is nothing to be ashamed about.

History will see this group of Argentines as one of the best international teams in basketball history. This team will undoubtedly be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

[E20]

BTW Scola is bad ass.

[T Park]

Congrats Argentina well deserved!! :toast

[Cherry]

Manu's jumping in one leg :lol
I'm so pround for my team. Sadly, i don't know if i will see a team like this again.

[timvp]

Pop: "Hello?"
Manu: "Hey Coach...uh, how's it going?"
Pop: "Whatever." Click.

I imagine it more like:

Manu: "Hey Pop, I just want to tell ..."
Pop: "I know what the !@#$ you want to tell me. I told your dumb !@# that this would happen. But no, you had to go try to be the !@#$ing hero and ignore the mother!@#$ers who are signing your !@#$ing checks. !@#$ you."
Manu: "Hey Pop my Time Warner cell phone is breaking up I call you back."

[T Park]

What team out of the north american region will replace Argentina do you guys think?

[T Park]

I imagine it more like:

Manu: "Hey Pop, I just want to tell ..."
Pop: "I know what the !@#$ you want to tell me. I told your dumb !@# that this would happen. But no, you had to go try to be the !@#$ing hero and ignore the mother!@#$ers who are signing your !@#$ing checks. !@#$ you."
Manu: "Hey Pop my Time Warner cell phone is breaking up I call you back."


:lmao

Thats how I would've answered :lmao

[carina_gino20]

http://3dflags.com/art/comps/arg0001/3dflags_arg0001-0003a.gif?1190074796

[Cherry]

congrats Argies, looks like this might be the end of your Olympic run, but good job.

It is. I don't know if i will se a team like this soon but i'm very happy.

[AnotherArgie]

What team out of the north american region will replace Argentina do you guys think?

Not north-american region, but Brazil looks promising if they can get their act together. They have the NBA talent at least.

[spurschick]

It is. I don't know if i will se a team like this soon but i'm very happy.

I don't know... I saw some good talent on the bench that could really kick some ass in 2012. I think that Scola and Delfino will be back, so they could still contend for the podium.

[timvp]

When is the gold medal game? That game will probably be boring but I'll at least listen to it. :sleep

[myhc]

that was a pleasure to watch the celebration at the end. congratulations to the Argentinian team for a very nice win and a medal! :toast

[ace3g]

I think as more international players join the nba and then play in the Olympics for their respective teams we will see multiple foreign teams with multiple NBA players on them and the gap will be closed forever and each olympics will be a question mark as to who wins the gold

[AFBlue]

When is the gold medal game? That game will probably be boring but I'll at least listen to it. :sleep

Read LJ...it's like 5 or 10 posts up.

[spurschick]

When is the gold medal game? That game will probably be boring but I'll at least listen to it. :sleep

1:30 CST

[E20]

I find it enjoying to see that Manu and Co. were ecstatic about winning the bronze and the geniune joy they had. If I were one of them I would be dissapointed.

[Jobbs]

like I said earlier, Manu not in a cast or boot means he's not all that hurt unless the team doctor has no clue what to do.

[Cherry]

Great accomplishment, Argentina :tu

Backing up a gold medal with a bronze medal proves there was no fluke involved. Winning bronze with Manu injured and Nocioni banged up was very impressive. Bronze in this tournament is nothing to be ashamed about.

History will see this group of Argentines as one of the best international teams in basketball history. This team will undoubtedly be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Maybe you don't get it but the objetive allways was to get a medal of any colour. This team was realistic all the time. We have no olympic history but this is our second medal. They wanted to be one of the best 3.

Lithuania is empty.

[Cherry]

I find it enjoying to see that Manu and Co. were ecstatic about winning the bronze and the geniune joy they had. If I were one of them I would be dissapointed.

It's more enjoyable when you come figthing from the adversity. :toast

[MannyIsGod]

Major Props to Argentina on their medal. Glad to see Manu get another medal for laying it all out on the line. Now I hope someone ties him to a Lay - Z Boy and doesn't let him up until the start of the Spurs' season.

[ThunderStix®]

That's weird, Team USA's website says the game was supposed to start at 2:15 AM ET. I guess the game is at 2:30 AM ET.

[duncan228]

I guess the game is at 2:30 AM ET.

It is.

[polandprzem]

When is the gold medal game? That game will probably be boring but I'll at least listen to it. :sleep

why bother?

[polandprzem]

it's just shity basketball

[carina_gino20]

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/2116/879254sp2.jpg
Ready. Set. Go.

[Cherry]

When is the gold medal game? That game will probably be boring but I'll at least listen to it. :sleep

Here's on tv now.
Go USA! kill the ÑBA :ihit

[polandprzem]

refs to save americans

[Cherry]

refs to save americans

there are afraid to do something wrong.

[polandprzem]

there are afraid to do something wrong.

americans payed them also as well

[polandprzem]

wade flops against himself and a foul

laughable

[polandprzem]

I think Howard is in roid rage

[polandprzem]

weak frickin floppers

amerifloppers

[carina_gino20]

Looks like Manu is writing an autobiography: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1042880