Serbia is 0-3 and in danger of not making the Medal Round. This is a good team that should have beaten Canada and had their chances to win against Spain. USA played poorly on defense. Shouldn't have given up 12 3 point shots, many of them uncontested. USA constantly lost players on dribble drives, resulting in fouls called on USA. This USA team had too much offense today. Will be interesting to see what Canada is able to accomplish. Don't think Canada has the Outside Shooters that Serbia has.
2nd half Scoring USA 54 Serbia 50 Live Stats:
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You're right. Serbia is a very good team. These women can play ball!! Dabovic was an all-rookie selection in the WNBA last year, though she's played several years in the Euro-League.
Petrovic (15 points) plays with Maya in Minnesota.
I don't know this Milovanovic, but she registered 15 points as well, as Serbia hit 60% of its threes, and laid 84 points on the US.
The Olympics is showing us some first-rate women's basketball. Even though Serbia isn't making it through to the second round, they put on a very fine display of basketball.
One of the announcers remarked near the end that if the US had eliminated its first team (12 players), and put up a second team in the Olympics, it would also probably win the gold. You know, I doubt it.
Serbia, with three losses, had the score under 20 points in the fourth quarter. If EDD and Breanna and D and Maya weren't there, I think it could have been a rip-roaring game.
I, for one, would like to know a lot more about Euro-League basketball. I'm guessing there are some serious stars over there that we know nothing at all about.
Seems to me that women's basketball is going the way of men's basketball: it's becoming international, and other countries are churning out some first-rate players, talented and well coached.
Really getting interesting....
