Canada Serbia - streaming

[UcMiami]

FYI - at 1:15 Canada/Serbia WBB is streaming at NBC:
Women's Olympic basketball group phase: Canada vs. Serbia

 

[j66kicker]

Yikes - Canada down 15 in the middle of the 3rd. Low-scoring game 47-32.

 

[EricLA]

Nurse with 17 points so far and 2 assists, but Canada is in trouble - down 11 with about 3 min left in the 3rd...

 

[MilfordHusky]

Serbia is pretty good. I'm pretty sure they are ranked higher than the Maple Leafs.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Kia now has 23. She's forcing the action as Canada tries to mount a comeback.

Shades of the PanAm games. Nurse to the basket, then to the foul line. She now has 25.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Tie game!

59-59 with 4:09 left.

 

[EricLA]

Huge comeback by Canada - they outscored Serbia 14-2 so far in the 4th quarter. Heck of a game by Nurse.

 

[j66kicker]

Canada leads 63-61!!

 

[MilfordHusky]

Nice baseline drive by Kia and pass to the corner for a three.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Bad officiating here too. Plouffe made a clean block and got called for the foul.

 

[hoopsdiva]

Score? Time left?

 

[EricLA]

Whoever loses this game will be devastated. Canada up 1 68-67 with 30 seconds left...

 

[MilfordHusky]

71-67, Canada wins.

Kia had a nice dribble penetration then a kick out for a three to put the Canadians up 4.

 

[EricLA]

Canada wins 71-67! What a comeback for them and a great great win for Team Canada!

Ken (Milford) made a bold prediction - Kia Nurse will be the leading scorer from UCONN in the Olympics. Could be very true - she had 25 points today. Forced a lot, but it seems her team needed her to do that...

 

[Zorro]

Over. 71-67 Canada! Kia with 25.

 

[Nuyoika]

Crazy... thanks for putting up the link UcMiami. Happy for Kia... that one went down to the wire.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Dabovic and Petrovic, among others, can play. Serbia is pretty good. We see them on Wednesday,

 

[Wbbfan1]

Canada next plays Senegal on Wednesday, so they should be undefeated when they play Team USA on Friday. Have to think Stewie will tell her teammates shut down Kia and don't let her go off like she did in the Pan Am Games. Canada plays Spain on the 14th and that will be a huge game as most likely both teams will have one loss. I like Spain in that match up as I think they have the better and more experienced guards.


Good win by Canada over a gutsy Serbia team.

 

[Geew1992]

Canada wins 71-67! What a comeback for them and a great great win for Team Canada!

Ken (Milford) made a bold prediction - Kia Nurse will be the leading scorer from UCONN in the Olympics. Could be very true - she had 25 points today. Forced a lot, but it seems her team needed her to do that...

I don't think that's a bold prediction. I mean, she's Canada's best scorer.

 

[Geew1992]

Canada next plays Senegal on Wednesday, so they should be undefeated when they play Team USA on Friday. Have to think Stewie will tell her teammates shut down Kia and don't let her go off like she did in the Pan Am Games. Canada plays Spain on the 14th and that will be a huge game as most likely both teams will have one loss. I like Spain in that match up as I think they have the better and more experienced guards.


Good win by Canada over a gutsy Serbia team.

I would think GENO would tell them that.

 

[Blueballer]

That's GREAT for Kia. She has tremendous competitive spirit!

 

[bags27]

I thought the fact that she didn't score in the previous game and came back to have a monster game today shows a great amount of character. We've seen that from her in UConn, too, although one time there were tears followed by a calling-out from Geno. That she can bounce back now shows that she got the message and bodes so well for her final two years at UConn. Definitely one of everyone's favorites.

 

[EricLA]

I thought the fact that she didn't score in the previous game and came back to have a monster game today shows a great amount of character. We've seen that from her in UConn, too, although one time there were tears followed by a calling-out from Geno. That she can bounce back now shows that she got the message and bodes so well for her final two years at UConn. Definitely one of everyone's favorites.

Agreed. My one and only "complaint" (such a strong word but I don't mean it as such) is that it seems during her 1st 2 years at UCONN that when she drives to the basket, she puts her head down and has already decided that's what she's going to do regardless of whether there's a defender in her way or not.

Often, it seems to my untrained eye, that she has been called for a charge. I've noticed her drive and then kick playing for team Canada - in fact, the 3 that iced the game with under 30 seconds left was Kia driving to the basket, but then kicking the ball out to a wide open teammate who drained the 3. She's a tenacious defender, but isn't as quick as Moriah so IMHO she needs to play slightly smarter. Again it's such a minor thing and something I noticed so I don't want it to seem like I'm criticizing her, but sometimes she does feel like the proverbial bull in the china shop... Hockey background I guess LOL

 

[rugbymate]

Kia plays somewhat like Lindsay Whalen. They both use their physical strength as an asset against their defender. Imo, Kia started to get away from offensive foul risk by the second half of last season. She seemed to learn to take what her defender gave her. While she won't average 20 at UCONN, if Geno wanted her to, she would.

 

[Kibitzer]

I will no be surprised when this Canadian Badass becomes an All-American as a UConn Husky.