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Get rid of that stupid sig or GTFO.
Fun fact: If GB wins against Spain today Spain is out.
Get rid of that stupid sig or GTFO.
I'll get rid of my sig when I want. We always start with wins.Get rid of that stupid sig or GTFO.
Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Hurrah for Slovenija!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good game.
Dragic is not quite there yet, but he could be good one day. I hope he keeps it up and doesn't get sidetracked.
But above all: Great defense team Slovenia!
Great game. It was nice seeing Smodis, but it almost cost us, it shows he hasn't been training together with the team as much.
And LOL at everyone who written out Lakovic, especially Kamnik.
That would be nice, but hard though. I dont believe GB can beat em
Slovenia Stay On A Roll
08 September 2009
By Simon Wilkinson
Game Summary
Turning point: Erazem Lorbek hit a three-pointer from the top of the key early in the third quarter to put Slovenia up by 17, 47-30, and at the other end, Primoz Brezec swatted away Stefan Markovics lay-up attempt to let Serbia know it just wasnt going to be their day.
Hero: Bostjan Nachbar made big buckets time and time again to end Serbias several attempts to rally back. Whenever Duzan Ivkovics men came too close, you could count on the swingman to hit a clutch basket.
Stats: 33 that was Serbias shooting percentage as they scored only 29 points in the first half. They made just eight of 22 attempts from two-point range and three of 11 from beyond the arc.
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Slovenia used a three-point barrage to take a 13-3 lead and never looked back as they cruised past Serbia 80-69 in EuroBasket Group C.
Jaka Lakovic buried two three-pointers and Bostjan Nachbar knocked the other one - despite being defended closely - to set the tone as Slovenia took their first double-digit lead just three minutes into the game.
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According to this thread on british basketball forum Kamnik&co are making us proud up there in Poland.
I take back what i said, GB can beat themThat would be nice, but hard though. I dont believe GB can beat em
according to this thread on british basketball forum kamnik&co are making us proud up there in poland.
Gb 73-71 3:50 to play. Come on GB you can do it...
oh wow!
Spain 75-73 with 2:10 to go
Eh, they're done... 78-73 with 1:23 to go
it's just start for Slovenia
last year we had 3:3 score after the group games
so... don't be happy to early
It is just a start true, but I am still happy for the good one.
A big o to everyone from Warsav!
I will write in broken paragrafs because my thoughts will jump around as i write them for sure...
-Atmosphere before/betwen and after the games is INSANE as far as Slovenian fans are considered. My throat (and bassicallz from everyone) is completely sore from screaming and singing... simply fanatical.
- I have to admit I was dead wrong with Lakovic. He sucked ass on all the preaparation games but here in Poland he plays as well as we can wish. I guess he was horribly tired before or something because I simply dont get it....
-Our weakest link looks to be Brezec... You guys had some praise from him but as far as fans here are considered (including me) he is our weakest link. But as Smodis and Slokar will come back our frontline will be insanely good. ERAZEM IS A BASKETBALL GOD! Everytime he gets the ball you know something good will happen.
- Spanish fans suck... there is aproximately 500-700 of them imo but today they were basically outperformed by 50 british fans who are also very nice. There is also very little Serbian fans as many of them couldnt get visas. Basically Slovenians cheered for both of them against the Spanish who seem lame, players and the fans.
-Fans start gathering 2-3 hours before the game... the atmosphere andf full scale cheering start aproximately 1,5 hours before the game. Thousands of liters of beer drank :P
-Slovenian designated pub SUCKS. The only nice thing about it is the location in the center of Warsav, which is a beautiful city btw... at least the parts we seen. I didnt expect it... Also the people are nice allthough their english skills usually suck or are non existent. Anyways... the prices in this pub are practicaly the most expensive in Warsav. Also the staff cheats you out of money on regular basis with an excuse they dont have change to return. I paid 20 euros or so yesterday for 3 jager colas and 1 beer to give you and idea. In other normal pubs beer is something like 1,5 euros.
Basically most of the fans would like to know who was the brainpower behind the choosing of this pub and smack the out of him. After games less than 200 out of 2500 fans actually go there because it sucks.
-Spanish seem in a bad shape... they lack defensive players to back their great offensive talent they have in Navarro, Gasol and Rubio. They probably have the best 5 offensive players on the floor but they lack hustle.
-I loved the officiating as it lets the game to be rough and the number of free throws is not too excesive. Insane loudness of the places and 2500 screaming their loungs out seems to be helping our guys to get away with some rough defence that could result in calls.
-Our hostel is full of Slovenian fans and a few british... Drinking starts early and ends late as you can imagine. :P Even though 2 games and 8 hours of being crazy through the day really drains the energy out of us and we cant keep up the pace late into the night....
-Some of my friends had some contact with players after todays game... Erazem Lorbek and some serbian players were great and friendly but Nachbar was y and not too nice.
-Police in Warsav is quite tolerant to the fans as we really break loads of small laws. Especially loudness/public drinking :P Also the Polish employees of the hotel are really really friendly and dont complain about anything. Not to mention it is also very clean and nicely organised. Golica is being played a lot in the hostel pub
So much for now... I hope everyone is enoying the games and it is as loud and crazy at home as much as it is here.
SLO
VEEEE
NIIIII
JAAA!!!!!!
Most of our guys also thought this... but me and another friend stayed until the end and joined the GB fans who are extremely loud considering there is only 50 of them.That would be nice, but hard though. I dont believe GB can beat em
GB was actually really really close to beat them. You could see Spanyards got extremely nervous and started missing even more shots when Brits took the lead by 4 points a few minutes until the end.
Unfortunately it showed they are quite unexperienced and they had some unnecessary turnowers at the end. Basically.... Put Ben Gordon on the GB team in those last few minutes and they would surely win because Spanyards started to their pants when they were close to a humiliating defeat and a trip home.
This GB win would be almost as sweet as the Slovenian victory was
Last edited by Kamnik; 09-08-2009 at 08:58 PM.
Haha nice read, I got to tell this to everyone here...According to this thread on british basketball forum Kamnik&co are making us proud up there in Poland.
Even the security guards were scared less during the game at times when 2000 people start jumping with ^Kdor ne skace ni Slovenc^... I guess they are not used that indoor sport games are like this.
Football in Poland is sport number 1 by far. Most of people in Warsav are clueless that there is an european championship going on.
Oh... funniest thing ever. A guy stoped a group of our fans and told them they must be crazy because ^the game^ will be in Maribor on wednesday!
Oh... funniest thing ever. A guy stoped a group of our fans and told them they must be crazy because ^the game^ will be in Maribor on wednesday!
Keep up the good work!
Last edited by velik_m; 09-08-2009 at 11:32 PM.
This is also a blog from british basketball fan, lots of praise of slovenian fans in here: http://markbritball.blogspot.com/
Star's Brothers Proving Their Worth
08 September 2009
By Simon Wilkinson
Erazem Lorbek and Beno Udrih have helped Slovenia make great strides in basketball over the years, but in the early stages of EuroBasket 2009 in Warsaw, it is their unheralded brothers who deserve all the praise.
Erazem may have led all players with a game-high 19 points but it was Domen Lorbek and Samo Udrih who combined for nine of Slovenia's 22 fourth-quarter points as they pulled away to beat Great Britain 72-59 on Monday and get their campaign off to a winning start.
Samo made his bow in an official senior international compe ion in the win and his astute play down the stretch almost made everyone forget about his older brother's absence from the tournament.
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Very close (with wrong team names
Samo will be pleased to hear that he is younger than Beno.Samo made his bow in an official senior international compe ion in the win and his astute play down the stretch almost made everyone forget about his older brother's absence from the tournament.
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