FIBA World Cup 2023

Who won??

 

Canada

 

Donatas Urbonas
@Urbodo
Luka Doncic made a money sign gesture toward the VIP tribune where the FIBA executives were seated.

This gesture followed a highly emotional reaction from the crowd and the Slovenia team due to a foul call on RJ Barrett

 

Was going to say after above that Brooks must have gone into his superstar baiting act, like with LeBron, to get Luka tossed? But sounds like below they were separate events?

 

SGA got every whistle and more ,
Doncic and the Slovenian national team complained all game .
Doncic wasn't treated like super star
I want to see what will happen with refs if USA- Canada play in final

 

So “why” did Luka (and lesser interest) ****face get tossed?

 

I think Luka was fouled

 

Wish we had kept Schroeder: big believer in chemistry in the NBA and unlike the first stint him and his teammates really gelled as the year went on

 

I don't know looks like Dort just stood his ground there with Luka initiating the body contact

 

Some really fun games:

 

He complained all game long (as usual)... but he also got fouled a whole lot without a whistle... all while you couldn't breath on SGA. I would snap as well, especially since Brooks is a dirty POS. At least fans booed him (DB) every time he touched the ball, made me feel a little bit better.

 

looks like luka was claiming olynyk hit his arm, which seemed plausible but a bad angle.

btw, if SGA is going to get 2006 wade treatment, canada will definitely beat us.

 

Oh yeah that seems far more likely and plausible - Dort was in good position but you definitely see olynk reach with his arm going down

 

Yes.Olynik hit him .
And first T Doncic received after they didn't call foul on Brooks
in 4 quarter Slovenia had 5 fouls after less than 2 minutes.

 

Will be a couple tough games for Team USA to take the Gold.
Serbia might be our toughest challenge, just due to their size.

 

Luka crying put aside ( should work on his midrange and post up game instead of crying for fouls which , most of the time , aren't there) , the refs have been on Canada's side for the whole tournament .

Brooks and Dort have been allowed to be very physical on ballhandlers whereas the opponent teams have been called for touch fouls .

SGA is getting an insane treatment indeed ..

 

Thought I read after loss to Lithuania that at least they were the team that presented the biggest hurdle size wise for us? Are these guys as big or bigger?

Just so they don't come out of the gate going 9-9 from deep. Kerr has to have adjustment plan in mind for their size advantage after what he saw in our loss.

 

Serbia is much bigger than Lithuania.They have 4 bigs : Jovic ,and Flip Petrusev who was selected by 76 and couple centers from Euroleague who's 7 feet .
I hate Steve Kerr small ball with Draymond as a center