Brazil vs. Uruguay - FIBA Americas 2009 Game Thread
by silverandblack_davis on Sep 3, 2009 10:26 AM CDT
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It's Day 3 of the Quarterfinal round of the FIBA Americas 2009 Championship. Tiago Splitter's performances have been subpar for the first two games of the quarterfinals. Today, Brazil squares off against Uruguay. I don't know who the hell is playing for Uruguay. Anyway... c'mon, Tiago. Let's get this game for Bruce.
Hack recap and preview, plus your game thread after the jump.
I'm going to breeze through this one like a Brazilian Blur. Need for speed, baby. Can you keep up? (click on score line to see the boxscore for that game)
Quarterfinals Game 1:
Lay-up, TP-style.
This was a beatdown right from the very beginning. Sans Romel Beck, Mexico just didn't have any chance. Beck who? Not the Loser, of course, but the player who was in the San Antonio Spurs' summer league team a couple of months ago.
According to this article, Beck was sent packing because he tried to pull off a Kobe. No wait, check that, the dude was Kobe-Bryanting. Definition: "selfishly being unselfish to prove a point." Can we get somebody from Webster's to include the word next year? It would make a lot of basketball fans happy, seriously.
Back to the game, Leandro Barbosa and Anderson Varejao again provided the goods for Brazil. Tiago's minutes were limited probably because it was a blowout. He scored just 5 points, all in the 1st quarter, and grabbed 6 rebounds. Okay, Tiago I will forget this blunder if you do good in the next one.
Quarterfinals Game 2:
Absolutely, positively NOT the FIBA Americas.
Steve Nash is Canadian. But he's old now, so he would rather play people that he can beat up on... like Chinese, for example?
We will remember this game as the game where Leandro Barbosa went nuts: 31 points - almost half Brazil's points - on 69% shooting. That's it. Oh okay, stop making me feel unkind - he also had two steals and one assist. The rest of the team? PG Marcelo Huertas was the only other Brazilian to score in double-digits with 10, but he also dished out 6 turnovers. Yep, he dished the rock to the other team. Hurrah!
Meanwhile, Tiago had a Splitting headache in this game, hence he was a non-factor. I wonder if he got suffocated by Varejao's hair. Anyway, Splitter's untidy line included 2 measly points on ZERO made field goals, 4 turnovers, 5 rebounds and 5 fouls. He fouled out, just in case you didn't know that there are only 5 fouls in international play. Bugged by foul trouble, he was, hence the reason for getting only 22 minutes of action. Tiago was the leading assist man (3 assists) for Brazil, if that makes you happy.
Also, a commenter from 48MoH who watched the game said that *gasp* Tiago injured his knee in the first half but came back to play in the 2nd, although he clearly wasn't his normal, whirling dervish self.
Lastly, with the win, Brazil has already qualified for the 2010 World Championships. Woohoo, more Tiago Splitter for us!
Game Preview:
Quarterfinals Game 3 - Brazil versus Uruguay
 BRAZIL |
vs |
 URUGUAY |
 Alex Garcia |
PG |
 Gustavo Barrera |
 Leandro Barbosa |
SG |
 Mauricio Aguiar |
 Marcelo Huertas |
SF |
 L. Garcia-Morales |
 Anderson Varejao |
PF |
 Martin Osimani |
 Tiago "Edward Cullen" Splitter |
C |
 Esteban "Beckham" Batista |
Who? What? Who? When? Who again?
I kinda know someone now who plays for Uruguay. His name is Esteban Batista. Sorry WWE fans, it's not the wrestler. Batista once played for the Atlanta Hawks during the usual seasons when the Hawks were mediocre and close to imploding. But in fairness to the guy, he's been a beast so far this tournament, averaging close to 18 points and 11 rebounds per game. You might want to put your respective microscopes on him during the game.
Barbosa should score at will against Uruguay's defense. Heck, he will score easily against any defense in this tournament because either that's how good he is or the defense in this tournament is just non-existent. The only chance Uruguay will win this game is if Bruce Bowen flies to Puerto Rico and renounces his US citizenship for a Uruguayan passport. Believe.
Uruguay finished the eliminations with a 2-3 record, while Brazil was a spotless 5-0. I rest my case. And don't go saying that an upset is still possible. That's like telling Kobe Bryant that he can win a championship without Pau Gasol. We're not done with you yet, Chris Wallace.
Tip-Off:
Says in the FIBA Americas website that the game starts at 18:30, GMT -4. I suck at timezones. If my prognostications are correct, the game starts in my country at 2:30 AM. Anyone want to take a guess where I'll be at that exact time? (okay, mebbe I'll try to wake up and find some feeds) Game time in Texas is probably 1:30pm? See, I suck at this. If somebody can give me the correct times, I will honor you for the rest of this game thread. If you get me some feeds I will bestow upon you god-like powers in this thread only.
Of course, you can always pony up some cash to watch the games in FIBA's official broadcast site. Not that you'd really want to cough out hard-earned money to watch non-NBA'ers go at it. I was told that the games will also be shown on ESPN 360, although I'm not sure if it's for free. Probably not.
But if you wanna go old school (and cheap) like boxscores, you can get them here.
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You were close. It’s a 5:30 start here.
We specialize in misinformation around here. Facts and stats just get in the way.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Sep 3, 2009 10:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks, Wayne. A 1:30 game would’ve been brutal to this thread.
by silverandblack_davis on Sep 3, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Noiiice game thread, Davis.
Straight from the No-Stat Zone to your computer!
Dunkin' Cheerleaders
by LatinD on Sep 3, 2009 10:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I did not know that barbosa could play center :-)
"If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert"
- DBG
by LasEspuelas on Sep 3, 2009 11:09 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I hate your keen eye, LE. Fixed.
by silverandblack_davis on Sep 3, 2009 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just nit picking thanks for the preview
"If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert"
- DBG
by LasEspuelas on Sep 3, 2009 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you can also watch here
but there’s a storm near Puerto Rico so there’s a chance that they put the news on instead of the game.
I hope that the storms go away, I already have tickets for tomorrow’s game.
by spursfan87 on Sep 3, 2009 11:50 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks man. Take some good photos and share it to us, pretty please?
by silverandblack_davis on Sep 3, 2009 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So much for the game, Brazil wins this one handily, 82-62.
by silverandblack_davis on Sep 3, 2009 7:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Tiago Splitter did not play, probably because they wanted to rest him after the injury he sustained against Canada.
by silverandblack_davis on Sep 3, 2009 7:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Also, Barbosa didn’t play – that’s how much Uruguay sucks.
by silverandblack_davis on Sep 3, 2009 7:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And Argentina won. Yay!
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by LatinD on Sep 3, 2009 9:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yay for Argentina. But what’s up with your fellow South Americans? The Asians totally kicked your collective ass in the “Where You At” poll. Way to go, Filipinos! (I have no idea if I spelled that correctly.)
My people call it "sarcasm." - Lauri
by CapHill on Sep 3, 2009 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There’re only 36 million Argentine. That’s like a neighborhood in China. We can’t compete.
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by LatinD on Sep 3, 2009 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s really no excuse. You think Manu would say “But the Chinese are so much more numerous, therefore I can’t dunk this chit.” I think not.
My people call it "sarcasm." - Lauri
by CapHill on Sep 3, 2009 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You think Manu would say "But the Chinese are so much more numerous, therefore I can’t dunk this chit."
Total Score.
Superman wears Manu Ginobili pajamas to bed. - CMoney
I don't like chatty. I don't do chatty. I like quiet. Quiet and mean. Those are my people. - Nurse Jackie
by bellasa on Sep 4, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think we’re fast-approaching, if not already at 90 million. We win.
by silverandblack_davis on Sep 4, 2009 12:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, you spelled that correctly.
I doubt fans in China would root for THEIR team’s interstate rival. Then there’s Western and Central Asia, who (if you count Turkey as Western Asia) would seem to be fans of either Toronto or Memphis. That leaves us with Asian countries in the Far East (“Far East,” to you guys; but “This-Is-It-and-It’s-Not-Far East,” to us). Japan, maybe, would go for the Clippers; while Korea, the Bucks. I was referring to South Korea, of course. North Koreans, perhaps, would go for the “Rockets.” Most other countries in Asia don’t bother with basketball, being too busy with Cricket, Soccer, or Martial Arts.
Thus leaving us with Filipinos. I think we voted Asia into the top non-US PTR block. Of course, there’s always my theory: Perhaps, other Filipinos, voted the way I did, and went to every internet shop around the block and vote for “Asian” ten times!
"Yes, it's important that I have good numbers, and I'm well-respected as a player. But I think it's more important that I'm respected as a man." - Some Tall Guy Who Wore #50
by theonlyromeo on Sep 4, 2009 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah, many Filipinos are Californians by heart (dunno why, but, going with experience, five of my closest friends and my sister lives there now), so they might root for Hollywood’s team. Not that team, silly.
Also, there’s Miami, whose coach, Erik Spoelstra, once lived in a house that was bought from a friend’s friend who had a cousin that used to go out with a dude who went to the same school as a Filipino (just kidding, his mom’s a Filipina). So many Filipinos could be fans of those two teams, too.
Oh, and the team of The Son of Nike as well.
But still, I’d go with the internet shop theory.
"Yes, it's important that I have good numbers, and I'm well-respected as a player. But I think it's more important that I'm respected as a man." - Some Tall Guy Who Wore #50
by theonlyromeo on Sep 4, 2009 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, Davis, dunno if you’ve seen it worn here, but it’s a shirt. You might have to navigate through the site (it’s near the bottom of his page, a few pictures above the comments), Krazykyle made a shirt that says, “Mom, Kuya’s Kobebryanting all the ice cream.”
[For non-Filipinos, “Kuya” is an older brother]
"Yes, it's important that I have good numbers, and I'm well-respected as a player. But I think it's more important that I'm respected as a man." - Some Tall Guy Who Wore #50
by theonlyromeo on Sep 3, 2009 10:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Haven’t seen anyone wearing it yet, but thanks for the link, romeo. Hah, the use of the word Kobe-bryanting makes perfect sense.
by silverandblack_davis on Sep 4, 2009 1:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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