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Game Thread: USA v. Spain World Championship Game, Sun. ESPN2 & WatchESPN, 2:00 p.m.

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Breanna gets in and fouls Sancho at the key...vertical arms and no foul in reality but Sancho at the line...
 
Long 3 by Rodriguez and 75-59 with under 2 minutes...Spain on an 11-0 run...
 
Sancho buries a 3... Garbage time narrowing the score to 77-64...now Lyttle steals on a bad pass to Breanna
 
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Lyttle puts up an airball from 3...Nichols misses over Griner and Spain fouls with 30 seconds left...Griner tries a slam but takes a foul...at the line for two...77-64 as Odyssey freezes out the last few seconds...
 
This game had none of the drama provided by the Opals or the Serbs...Spain matches up poorly with the US....
 
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easttexastrash said:
Love it. Nichols undercut her while she was running down the court. Nichols is frustrated because she can't score on BG.
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from my angle looked more like Griner ran over her. then jumps up and goes chest to chest with Nichols. Griner really is a jerk at times.
 
Announcers said the "cut in front" is a typical international move. Griner unfamiliar, and obviously didn't appreciate it.
 
boontonbomber said:
from my angle looked more like Griner ran over her. then jumps up and goes chest to chest with Nichols. Griner really is a jerk at times.
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Nichols is the Spanish player dedicated to getting into your head with physical play...Brittney did a much better job controlling her emotions in this game than she did in the semifinal; but she still guaranteed that she'll see more of this at the Olympics in two years...probably a lot more...
 
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Wbbfan - I agree. Griner was very good and I am sure led the competition in blocks, but Charles played really well - lead the team in rebounds and was a defense force as well. No big deal, but ...

Have to say I preferred watching the Fiba broadcasts and listening to their announcers and not having all the non-basketball promos.
And hello ESPN - guess who is watching this game ... WBB fans - how about something about WBB during half time?!!
 
M.O.P. of the game. I have no issue with Moore being chosen, what an awesome talent.

For me, the best player in the world was the clearly the M.O.P. Eight assists and Geno kept her on the court well into the second quarter She is what she always has been a POINTS PRODUCER rather than a scorer. And as spectacular as some of the game play was, nothing matched the precision and flow of Bird, Taurasi, Moore, Charles, and Griner.

2016 will change with the probable additions of at least the "healthy" veterans of Parker, Cummings, and Fowles. Yet, I am left wishing that our team had more time to practice.
 
OneTrickPony said:
Nichols is the Spanish player dedicated to getting into your head with physical play...Brittney did a much better job controlling her emotions in this game than she did in the semifinal; but she still guaranteed that she'll see more of this at the Olympics in two years...probably a lot more...
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j66kicker said:
Announcers said the "cut in front" is a typical international move. Griner unfamiliar, and obviously didn't appreciate it.
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yes, I can just hear Spain's coach telling the 6'2" Nichols to take the next opportunity to cut in front of the 6'8", 200+ lb. Griner so that she could be run over by her.
 
Wbbfan1 said:
Tina Charles should have made the All Tournament team instead Griner.
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Why "instead" of Griner than "along" with Griner?

Griner was second in scoring, 1st in blocks and 1st in FG % for the US, and had the best FG% of ALL players in the tourney.
 
Mostly, because of the position Taurasi plays as relates also to Moore. Diana has the ball in her hands often. Diana brings intangibles that accentuate the play of EVERYONE while scoring when most needed or creating the score when most needed. And who guarded Torrens most of the time.?!!
 
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