FIBA: France vs Spain: 3 PM CST

[ace3g]

4:00 PM ET

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France 0


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Spain 0

[Brazil]

:lol gonna be a good ass kicking

[Fireball]

No chance in hell for France ...

[Dex]

Hopefully France puts up a better fight than Brazil did.

[spursparker9]

Today is when all remaining Spurs in the FIBA meet their end.

[eric365]

I would still bet on Spain even if France was fully healthy
Parker / De Colo / Batum / Diaw / Noah vs Rubio / Navarro / Rudy Fernandez / Marc / Pau

[hater]

Damn tons of NBAers in this game :wow

[hater]

:lol Ibaka playing for Ethpana :lol

what a joke

:lol Spanish announcers forgetting their racism and rooting for Ibaka :lol

[hater]

:lol refs letting Thpanish maul them Frenchies

[hater]

:lmao Ibaka chuking up bricks like Westbrook wearing La Roja :lmao :lol

[hater]

this game is not a good matchup for them Thpanish. gonna be gud

[Chinook]

Much prefer the FIBA announcers to the American ones. It was nice to hear everyone's names pronounced correctly.

[lefty]

Much prefer the FIBA announcers to the American ones. It was nice to hear everyone's names pronounced correctly.
Abakah !

Diaaaaoooo

[hater]

dayum Gobert

sign him up RC!

[hater]

:lol Ibaka keeps chuking :lol

[Chinook]

Announcers really biased against Spain. Like the US needs us fans behind them to dominate those guys.

[Dex]

Close match so far. Would love to see France pull the upset, but Spain probably pulls away handily in the 2nd half.

[Dex]

Diaw with the slick pass to the cutter.

[Dex]

Calderon showing why he never passes, throws the worst lob of all time, then fouls the 3-pointer on the other end.

[hater]

Pau hurt? Spain is fucked with Ibaka tbh

[Dex]

Pau hurt? Spain is fucked with Ibaka tbh

But I thought it was impossible for a team to lose with a healthy Ibaka?

[hater]

damn refs screwing France

[Dex]

Damn, that three by Diaw looked good.

France up 32-26, Spain at the line.

[Dex]

France up 35-28 at the half. Not bad.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Great defense by France, awesome to see. Spain aren't playing anything close to their game, they're really uncomfortable and already starting to be nervous. If France can avoid a run by Spain in the 3rd they'd have a great chance to win.

[hater]

Diaw disecting them and Batum shutting niggas down

:lol Spain

[smaka]

20 more minutes, France, pleeeease! I really hate those ugly Spain mofos :lol

[smaka]

With fair reffing France would be up even more. I'm concerned refs are gonna blow their whistles one way in the 2nd half.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

With fair reffing France would be up even more. I'm concerned refs are gonna blow their whistles one way in the 2nd half.

:lol true. Watch France get whistled for 5 quick fouls in the begining of the 3rd.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

On a side note, awesome to see Boris owning the Gasol brothers. He's forcing Spain to put one of them on the bench :lol

[smaka]

Damn, bad and nervous start for France.

[Chinook]

There are the fouls.

[Dex]

Refs with back-to-back ticky-tack calls against France.

[smaka]

Lamonica should wear red jersey, this guy is the worst ref in Europe period.

[remon]

The same happened in the 2007 Eurobasket in the Spain Greece semifinal. Theatrics and bad refereeing.

[Obstructed_View]

Refs finally showing up in the second half for Spain.

[Dex]

Tie game, 39s at 5:00 3rd.

[Chinook]

This is absurd. Now I see why Spain nationalized Ibaka. It was to bring over the Thunderefs.

[Dex]

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

[smaka]

How is that not unsportmanlike foul for diva Pau?

[Chinook]

Flopping Llul.

[Robz4000]

DESTROY DIE KILL

[remon]

This is absurd. Now I see why Spain nationalized Ibaka. It was to bring over the Thunderefs.

Nah, they always had those in Europe. Plus, that dive Llull just did is usual for them. They do stuff like that in close big games.

[smaka]

Wow, Pau shoves a player, in the end Spain gets rewarded with 2 FT and posession. Wish they reviewed stuff like in NBA.

[smaka]

And :lol @ people thinking this Spain stands any chance against USA.

[Robz4000]

Jesus Christ, neither team can score.

[SpursFan86]

France looked like complete dog shit that quarter.

[Splits]

Poor Tony, bet he's dying to put on the uni right now

[Baam]

Abortion ball for France when Boris is not on the court, he's a much better PG than Diot and Heurtel...

[smaka]

Bobo!

[SpursFan86]

Diaw with the 3! Good shit

[Robz4000]

Diaw with the goods

[Dex]

333333333iaw!!!!!!!

[Chinook]

Time out so that the refs can come up with a strategy.

[Splits]

On a side note, awesome to see Boris owning the Gasol brothers. He's forcing Spain to put one of them on the bench :lol

And forcing Abaka out of the paint just like the WCF

[Chinook]

Ibaka complaining about a goaltend. Justice is served.

[Dex]

:lol Ibaka calling for a goaltend. You're playing FIBA buddy.

[SpursFan86]

Two missed opportunities there for France

[remon]

That might have been a goaltend. Who cares?

[Dex]

Second time Diaw has caused a shot-clock violation by refusing to shoot.

[Robz4000]

France choking it away

[cjw]

Nice dive by Rubio. Typical Spanish style of play.

[smaka]

Gobert with a great game so far. Det D.

[Chinook]

That's what happens when you complain so much. They stop believing you.

[Robz4000]

Diaw vs Gasol has been fun

[szkorhetz]

I Love this Diaw.

[smaka]

Diaw for +5

[Robz4000]

Game

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao Thpain

[smaka]

Thomas fkn Huertel, huge 3!

[Dex]

Upset cookin' :hungry:

[Splits]

:lol Spain
:lol Diaw matchup nightmare for Abaka/Gasol/Gasol

[KL2]

Diaw pwns Ibaka, in the nba and fiba, and LOL @ Pau.

No Parker, no problem hmmmm....

[smaka]

:lmao Abaka already crying

[SpursFan86]

"The tapas will not taste well tonight in Madrid"

:lol

[DesignatedT]

Money. Glad for France and Diaw.

[Dex]

:lmao Ibaka going all Tarkanian on his towel.

[ForeignFan]

I love this game.

[Kamnik]

Holy shit.... got to love Diaw!!

[Kamnik]

Congratz to the French!!!

[Venti Quattro]

Just give the title to the United States now

[smaka]

Yessir!

[r0drig0lac]

lol navaro's face

[smaka]

Just give the title to the United States now
Like those Spanish bitches could beat USA, lol.

[dabom]

:flag:

[romain.star]

Wow... That feels good!

Gobert was worldclass tonight

[Venti Quattro]

:lol France winning over Spain without Enrique

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Great game! Congrats to all french dudes on ST, a well deserved win despite the refs.

Also, whoever thinks Marc is better than Pau is batshit crazy.

[elemento]

WOW

Very nice surprise. France beating Spain without Parker. Boris beasting per usual :lol

[Budkin]

Diaw defeats Abaka once again!

[Sildegil]

No chance in hell for France ...

Good call mate!

[smaka]

France outrebounded Spain 50-28. Incredible stat. Otrebounding team with Gasols and Abaka, while your starting center is Lauvergne and you have D-leaguer as a backup, wow.

[hater]

this game is not a good matchup for them Thpanish. gonna be gud

:tu

[smaka]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxM9LuYIQAEbZMY.jpg

[hater]

LOL as soon as I saw Iker Casillas in front row I knew Spain was fucked :lol

[Venti Quattro]

LOL as soon as I saw Iker Casillas in front row I knew Spain was fucked :lol

:lmao :lmao :lmao

[Russ]

Is Parker tempted to jump on a plane right now?

[Venti Quattro]

LOL as soon as I saw Iker Casillas in front row I knew Spain was fucked :lol
509827553994244096

:lmao you just knew Spain wasn't winning shit

:lol lefty

[Josh810]

Lol @ Barkley continuing to fail at his predictions

[Venti Quattro]

Lol @ Barkley continuing to fail at his predictions

I'm sure no one in the whole of Europe thought that Spain would lose except the French

[hater]

509827553994244096

:lmao you just knew Spain wasn't winning shit

:lol lefty

:lmao

[hater]

:lol the racist Spaniards in sports forums are already blaming the loss on "el negro" Ibaka :lmao

[100%duncan]

LOL as soon as I saw Iker Casillas in front row I knew Spain was fucked :lol
:lmao

[ace3g]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/smgphotogallery/hoopshype/mu/gallery-the-best-of-day-13-of-the-world-cup/700/04.jpg

[cjw]

Kahn saving the five year max for the worst shooting PG in the league... gotta Love that

[Kasen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDSsQPqc0Pw&feature=youtu.be

[milkyway21]

OMG! what a game that was .
France :tu

Congrats.

[milkyway21]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDSsQPqc0Pw&feature=youtu.be

Diaw will be one good coach someday.

[Kamnik]

France outrebounded Spain 50-28. Incredible stat. Otrebounding team with Gasols and Abaka, while your starting center is Lauvergne and you have D-leaguer as a backup, wow.

Crazy!

[Fireball]

Good call mate!

Man, I tell you .. my predictions are as bad as Barkleys

[hyhy]

Diaw 2.0 is really the best teammate you can ask for. passes you the ball whenever you are open, shares and move the ball, and when you want him to take over, he takes over. even after the rebound he resets instead of chucking up a contested shot in the lane when he doesnt have the position, unlike almost all the centres you play with. Once they get the ball inside its like a blackhole.

[Vito]

The greatest game in the World Cup so far. Nobody believed in France but they did it.
Huge game by Boris and Heurtel.
Spurs must sign up Gobert by any means! :flag:

[MilesTeg]

I'm sure no one in the whole of Europe thought that Spain would lose except the French

I'm French and I never thought we had the faintest chance. I thought Spain would proceed to destroy everyone, USA included. It was their championship, the best (and last) opportunity of their golden generation, and let's be honest they're the only team in the tournament where all the players actually showed up.

Almost didn't watch the game... Glad I did!

[Venti Quattro]

I thought Spain would proceed to destroy everyone, USA included.

Excusez moi

[ceperez]

The greatest game in the World Cup so far. Nobody believed in France but they did it.
Huge game by Boris and Heurtel.
Spurs must sign up Gobert by any means! :flag:

Gobert was missed just one pick in 2013. Spurs had to settle for Livo!

[ceperez]

I'm French and I never thought we had the faintest chance. I thought Spain would proceed to destroy everyone, USA included. It was their championship, the best (and last) opportunity of their golden generation, and let's be honest they're the only team in the tournament where all the players actually showed up.

Almost didn't watch the game... Glad I did!

Spain's weakness was exposed! Solid defense both interior and in the wings. USA could be in real trouble if they come in with very poor shooting (just like Spain).

[Brazil]

:lol

great game
fuck spain
my nigga Boris

[Brazil]

Spanish media saying before they did not wan a win they wanted a beat down :lol

[PÒÓCH]

Serge Ibaka is from Spain just like Speedy Gonzales is Russian.

http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/200H/i/2013/206/d/9/immigration_finally_caught_speedy_gonzales____by_n intentoys-d6f4zbv.jpg