2006-09-01 03:37:28 · 25 answers · asked by ogiwrgos 2 in Sports ➔ Basketball
Giati einai giotades ta koloamericanakia
2006-09-01 04:10:42 · answer #1 · answered by giannismitsios 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Watching the game, I noticed a few obvious problems. One biggie was that the USA shot poorly from the FT line. Another was poor shot selection. The guys that can shoot from outside (Melo, Hinrich, Battier, Johnson) were not the guys taking the shots. Wade and Lebron were bricking away. Also, as in the NBA, they could not stop Greece's pick-n-roll. They had no answer for Sofoklis "Baby Shaq" Schortsanitis. Now, he isn't good. I saw nothing from him that suggested that the Clippers should call him in, but in this game, he was just too big. He bullied Brand and Bosh. The only guy that gave him trouble was Dwight Howard. That leads to another reason they lost. The coaching. Coach K didn't make the necessary adjustments until a few minutes into the 4th quarter. His adjustments helped the USA cut into the lead, therefore, it is plausible that had he adjusted sooner, they could have won. The roster was a problem, too. The key guys on the team are not suited for FIBA ball. If you had never seen Lebron, Wade & Melo play before, it would be easy to assume that Melo was the best of the three. Melo's game is better suited for the international game. Lebron and Wade are penetrators that don't shoot well. They both were exposed. They finished with good scoring lines, but Wade scored off of a lot of dunks and Lebron scored on the occasions he was able to get inside. When both of them pulled up from outside, they looked horrible. This is NBA blashemy, but Arenas and Morrison would have been more useful than Wade and Lebron. Finally, the Octopus Man is freakin' awesome. Dimitris "Octopus Man" Diamantidis and Houston Rockets draftee, guard Vassilis Spanoulis, were just too good and too much. They got hot and the whole team fed off of there energy. USA lost because at this point in time Greece is a better T-E-A-M.
2006-09-01 03:58:01 · answer #2 · answered by 13 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
some information. Greece has gained 2 circumstances the Europe championship and is regularly interior the main suitable 4 of Europe's championship.(and Greece honestly got here in Japan using fact the Europe champion( it gained the 2005 Europe championship) And it is the fourth time that Greece performed interior the worldwide very final 4. Is it a threat that US underestimate a powerful group?
2016-10-01 04:22:13 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it a possibility that US underestimate a powerful team?
A lot of people don't know that Greece is one of the best teams in the world!
Some information.
Greece has won 2 times the Europe championship and is nearly always in the final four of Europe's championship.(and Greece actually came in Japan as the Europe champion( it won the 2005 Europe championship)
And this is the fourth time that Greece played in the world final four.
2006-09-01 05:15:32 · answer #4 · answered by ragzeus 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Greeks shot the ball well, and good shooting has been the downfall of the U.S. team lately.
Also, a lot of credit should go to Greece. They played very well, and they are a great team. It's not like the Americans lost to a bunch of nobodies - Greece is one of the best teams in the world.
2006-09-01 03:44:12 · answer #5 · answered by Craig S 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think because Greeks were very disciplined and played the game as a whole team whereas the Americans were just wondering in the game thinking what to do. Maybe, they underestimated their opponent. Americans seem to see basketball as a show whereas in Europe it is a sport and Europeans take their job seriously.
Maybe it's time that US players realized that they're not the ultimate basketball players in the world.
2006-09-01 06:05:42 · answer #6 · answered by Earthling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the greek team had strategy, heart and played like a team.
Whenever a national greek team is playing, the players know that 20 million greeks are mentaly with them and they play for more than victory and fame, they fight for Greece.
2006-09-01 14:41:28 · answer #7 · answered by Spartan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Greece played better than the Americans. American can not win everything all the time. I am an American.
2006-09-01 08:20:02 · answer #8 · answered by RY 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to many people on the us team trying to be stars all at once, when greece played like an ACTUAL team
2006-09-01 04:08:07 · answer #9 · answered by Josh 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Greeks executed pick-n-roll perfectly time after time. Just look at their shooting percentage in late second quarter and the entire third quarter. US team need to learn how to shoot freethrows. I mean, c'mon, Shaq and Ben Wallace were not even on the team.
2006-09-01 06:26:05 · answer #10 · answered by tienyutai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋