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USA women could use another guard that can get into the paint and also push out on the break, I wonder who that guard might be...
 
Scoe said:
I give France the edge in the next Olympics as of now with a 24 year old Wembayana. Hurley has a lot of work to do to beat them. I doubt we'll have a 44 year old Lebron, a 40 year old Curry and a 39 year old KD.
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They better develop some guards and wings by then, if not I don't see them being a serious threat, they won't have homecooking to get them out of pool play like they did this year
 
UConn990411 said:
I’m pretty all set with both Kerr and Reeve. There needs to be a coaching reset ahead of LA.
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Kerr is off the hook we’ll see about Reave. Your top players also have to take over, the coaches can’t do that for you.
 
Aja starting to come alive defensively and no surprise it’s led to a USA run to put us back in front!
 
Wilson finally coming to life. Stewart needs to wake up when she gets back in there.
 
Madness that Sabrina didn't play at all until well into the 3rd, look how much better the offense looked with her in
 
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HooperScooper said:
Part of the problem, based on prior history and that we are sending the best guys from the best basketball league in the world, is everyone expects the U.S. to dominate like they used to. I think those days are over. The rest of the world has somewhat caught up. The U.S. is still the best basketball in the world but it's just not as dominant as it used to be.

Everyone needs to adjust their expectations and be happy to win the gold rather than looking at how close the games are and being disappointed. I will admit it was somewhat disappointing to see a guy like Yubesele for France playing so well against the U.S. when all I could think about was he stunk when he was with the Celtics and couldn't get off the bench. We're sending the best guys from the best league in the world and lower level guys from the NBA like Fournier and Yubesele are playing well against them. How does that happen? It's all about expectations sometimes. I do wonder if in 4 years the betting lines will be closer and the expectations more in line with reality.
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I do need to correct one item. $5k X 2 is five figures not six. Not sure how I got that wrong. Guess all the excitement of the moment got to me.
 
Say what we want about the coaching but a great coaching adjustment got the US back in the game

  1. Guards’ job is to pressure HARD
  2. If you get beat, Aja’s job is to protect the rim
  3. If you turn the ball over, you get pulled
 
aceboon said:
Madness that Sabrina didn't play at all until well into the 3rd, look how much better the offense looked with her in
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Griner also dominated in her brief stint and hasn’t seen the floor again. I don’t think Reeve has any clue how to use this roster.
 
And now the refs are taking over and trying to hand this game to France. Ridiculous officiating in the 4th.
 
UConn990411 said:
And now the refs are taking over and trying to hand this game to France. Ridiculous officiating in the 4th.
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Exactly why Currys 3s we’re so clutch yesterday this is something the US is just gonna have to overcome.
 
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HUGE BAILOUT CALL FOR THE US

Out on Aja, called US ball, and Aja hits a midrange off the top of the backboard to go up 3!
 
Oof. US up 3 with 2 minutes left and take a quick shot. Get the offensive board and take another quick 3. Could have burned an extra 20 seconds, and Gabby Williams hits a jumper in Stewie’s face

1 point game!
 
This has been an all-out rock fight. Collier has been doing yeoman's work: 7 pts, 11 rbs (five offensive) while Wilson has been carrying the team (20 pts, 12 rebounds, 6-14 FGs while the rest of the team is shooting under 30%).

Gabby Williams w/ 14 pts, 7 rbs, 3 ast, 3 stls has been amazing. She was probably my favorite player when she was at UConn and she's playing the same style game tonight.

What a game! Stewie needs to step up!
 
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Need to move the ball here especially with Gabby Williams pressure and the officials won’t call a foul.
 
BREANNA STEWART GAME SAVING BLOCK!

Aja hits 1 at the line ( :( ), up 4 with 17 seconds left
 
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GABBY WILLIAMS AT THE BUZZER AND WE GO TO OT!!!!

But……foot on the line.
US WINS BY 1!!!!!!! GOLD
 
storrsroars said:
First half not a ringing endorsement for women's BB. Both teams shooting under 28%. US already has more TOs in a half than Geno's teams do in a full 40. Neither Stewie nor Wilson can finish.

Never been much of a Griner fan, but I think US can use a bit more of her in 2nd.

I think US will win, but geez, this is icky hoops.
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Way too physical for a non-contact sport.
 
What gets to me today is that Gabby and Collier are two of the best players in the world but when they were at UConn an inferior player got all the attention.
 
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Waquoit said:
What gets to me today is that Gabby and Collier are two of the best players in the world but when they were at UConn an inferior player got all the attention.
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KLS?
 
Matrim55 said:
Yeah. Of course, KLS averaged 17/4.5/3.5 on 49/42/85 shooting splits for her career, so it'd pretty easy to understand why she got so much pub.
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She compiled big numbers against the JV teams while the other 2 did the dirty work. Gabby Williams made more big shots in the last 10 seconds of today's game than KLS did in 4 years at UConn.
 
Watched the game yesterday, wow Curry really is the 3 ball master. That last one was like a pure circus ball but somehow I knew it was dropping.
 
aceboon said:
They better develop some guards and wings by then, if not I don't see them being a serious threat, they won't have homecooking to get them out of pool play like they did this year
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Exactly, KD, Lebron and Curry aren't gonna be around to lift team USA forever. Dont be suprised if France hires Luke Murray on their staff especially if Hurley is the next Olympics coach.
 
Scoe said:
Exactly, KD, Lebron and Curry aren't gonna be around to lift team USA forever. Dont be suprised if France hires Luke Murray on their staff especially if Hurley is the next Olympics coach.
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Lol I'm talking about France, not the USA, their guards and wings are subpar. We're fine.
 
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