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    Go For Five! BigBigSpur's Avatar
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    "Había que ganar, por eso nos sentimos más aliviados"
    Por Manu Ginóbili
    Miércoles 13 de agosto de 2008
    http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1039204
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    PEKIN.- Me dijeron que estuvo Kobe (Bryant) en la platea, no lo vi, pero que me deje un poco en paz ese muchacho ¡Me tiene cansado! Tendría que haberse ido a dormir en vez de venir a vernos a nosotros. Bueno, broma al margen, me parece que contra Australia mejoramos mucho en casi todos los aspectos. Era una final, había que ganar y ahora nos sentimos más aliviados.

    Fueron clave Luis Scola y Fabricio Oberto, ellos marcaron diferencias desde el arranque y pudimos hacer un juego más claro. Encontramos más espacios que contra Lituania. Está claro que éste fue otro rival, aunque nos propuso un juego muy duro y nos tuvimos que fajar bastante. Inclusive, en algún momento, cuando se puso muy áspero, como tenemos un par de jugadores muy picantes que se prenden en ésa, tuvimos que hablar entre nosotros para no perder la concentración. Creo que eso tiene que ver un poco con la experiencia. Después de ese momento, todo se encaminó; Delfino estuvo bien en la base, yo me sentí más cómodo que en el debut y me dediqué a crear un poco más de juego para los pivotes. Sobre el final, sí, nos aflojamos. Siempre ocurre cuando un equipo gana por una gran diferencia: el que está abajo sigue presionando para que la derrota no sea tan abultada.

    También creo que es una de las pocas veces que dominamos un partido durante casi todo el tiempo, por lo menos durante este proceso. Movimos bien la pelota, no nos desordenamos y mantuvimos la intensidad. Además, no fuimos un equipo tan corto; hubo varios suplentes que sumaron buenos minutos y eso viene bien para que vayan entrando en ritmo de competencia. Siempre tratamos de darles la bola para que hagan su juego y tomen confianza. Ellos saben que tienen que brindar lo máximo en los cinco o seis minutos que les toca estar en la cancha.

    Croacia es un rival durísimo. Mañana nos jugamos la clasificación. No vi nada de ellos todavía, pero sé que están muy derechos en triples. No creo que puedan mantener esa eficacia (20 de 31) porque en un torneo largo, al final las cosas se normalizan. Tampoco tienen tantos especialistas tripleros, son dos o tres jugadores. Pero, repito, todavía no los vi, aunque sé cómo juegan. Lo importante es que se ganó bien, que seguimos en carrera, que la esperanza sigue intacta y que volvimos a la Villa Olímpica con otro ánimo, sin frustraciones, satisfechos por el partido que hicimos.

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    why is Kobe is stalking Manu?

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    “We had to win, that’s why we feel better now”

    http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1039204

    By Manu Ginobili

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    Beijing – They told me Kobe (Bryant) was in the stands, I didn’t see him but the guy should leave me alone man, I am getting tired! He should have been sleeping instead of coming to see us. Well jokes aside, I think against Australia we got a lot better in almost every aspect of the game. It was like a final for us, we had to win and now we feel alleviated.

    Luis Scola and Fabricio Oberto were key on this game, they were the ones setting the tone from the beginning and we could play a clearer game because of that. We found more spaces than we did against Lithuania. It is very clear that this is another kind of rival, but they proposed a tough physical game and we had to hustle a lot. At certain moments, it got a little dirty out there, as we have a couple of “ y” players that get into that kind of game (I bet he was referring to Noce lol), we had to talk in between us not to lose our composure and focus. I think that goes along with the experience. After that moment everything went our way, Delfino was great playing PG, I felt more comfortable than in the first game and dedicated myself to create plays for our bigs. At the end, yes, we ceded our intensity. It always happens when a team is winning by a big difference; the one that is behind keeps pushing for the loss not to be a blowout.

    I also think that is one of the few times that we dominated the game the entire time, at least during this process. We moved the ball well, we didn’t get dispersed and we kept our intensity at a high peak. More so, we were a not so “short” team; there were several subs utes that gave us good minutes off the bench and that comes very handy so they start catching up with the kind of intensity needed for this rhythm of compe ion. We always try to give them the ball for them to get their game back and have confidence. They know they have to give their “all” in the 5, 6 minutes of playing time they get.

    Croatia is a very tough rival. Tomorrow, advance to the second round will be in play. I haven’t seen anything about them yet, but I know they are shooting lights out from 3. I don’t believe they will keep such a high percentage (20 of 31) for the whole duration of the tournament, at the end things get normal. They don’t have that many shooting specialists, two or three of their players are. But, I repeat, I haven’t seen them yet but I do know how they play. The important thing is that it was a good win, that we are still in the race, that our hope is intact and that we came back to the Olympic village with another kind of mood, without frustrations and satisfied for that we did.
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    @ Manu's Kobe comments.

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