FIBA Eurobasket 2017, 31/8-17/9

[Androslav]

Gameday 6 phase B



Phase of 16 pairs



From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroBasket_2017#Qualification

My shot at predicting the elimination round:

France (Germany 30%)
Spain

Slovenia
Latvia

Lithuania (Greece 30%)
Croatia (Russia 1‰ (35%)) edit

Italy (Finland 40%)
Serbia

[ederson]

Russia 1‰ ? 

a bit of homer ?

[greece66]

At this stage, there are only teams I like and teams I don't.

[Androslav]

Russia 1‰ ? 

a bit of homer ?

Pure homerism
I do think we are a better team, 65%:35%.

[greece66]

Gameday 6 phase B



Phase of 16 pairs



From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroBasket_2017#Qualification

My shot at predicting the elimination round:

France (Germany 30%)
Spain

Slovenia
Latvia

Lithuania (Greece 30%)
Croatia (Russia 1‰ (35%)) edit

Italy (Finland 40%)
Serbia

I had a look on betting sites and these are the favourites they give too.

Among the outsiders, the most likely to make an upset are Finland, Russia and Greece (in this order), followed by Germany and Montenegro. And then you have Turkey, Ukraine and Hungary - which are  very unlikely.

Odds apart, I will watch Turkey-Spain unless it becomes a blow-out. Having the crowd on your side is a significant bonus in Eurobasket, although Turkey's roster is obviously weak.

[greece66]

Slovenia-Ukraine 79-55

Doncic 14 pts, 10 rebs, 6 assists in 24 mins.

[Birdistheword]

Theis looks terrible, can´t even defend Lauvergne...

[ederson]

He won't be asked to play a lot anyway ....

People here should stop overestimating European players especially when they can't watch them actually play

[Androslav]

Theis looks terrible, can´t even defend Lauvergne...

Theis is amazing in the 2nd half

[Somebody]

Theis looks terrible, can´t even defend Lauvergne...

Theis is amazing in the 2nd half

Can you give some positives that he did? I'm really intrigued with his potential as a cheap 3rd stringer.

[saltlover]

Theis looks terrible, can´t even defend Lauvergne...

Theis is amazing in the 2nd half

Can you give some positives that he did? I'm really intrigued with his potential as a cheap 3rd stringer.

He posterized Diaw at one point. 

https://twitter.com/sportando/status/906507495526596608

[Somebody]

Theis looks terrible, can´t even defend Lauvergne...

Theis is amazing in the 2nd half

Can you give some positives that he did? I'm really intrigued with his potential as a cheap 3rd stringer.

He posterized Diaw at one point. 

https://twitter.com/sportando/status/906507495526596608

Thanks man.

[ederson]

I watched the last period and he made important medium-long range shots. 22p (8/9!!) 7r  26 effieciency in ~30m

Boris Diaw in 31m had 15p (6/8)  9r 5ass 26 efficiency.....

[ederson]

Italy is destroying Finalnd at the moment 44-25 5min in the second period!

update : 4min to go Italy up 11 Markanen just scored his 4th point ! So far he had 22ppg !!!!!!!!

[Darío SpanishFan]

Theis has been amazing today. Doing the little things (screens, good positioning) and the stat line is impressive, apart from the monster dunk.

I didn't think he would play minutes with us, but if he keeps this way...he may shut my mouth. I wish.

However, he's had a busy summer and now training camp is coming. I don't know if rookies are prepared for an NBA season without much rest.