Turkey vs. Serbia game thread

[DRoseOwnsACamry]

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http://www.interbasket.net/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/krstic-marcgasol.jpg

Discuss.

[DRoseOwnsACamry]

Link (http://atdhe.net/23393/watch-serbia-vs-turkey)

[UNCNY]

If we face Turkey tommorow what a crazy atmosphere it will be.

[TonyD]

Anyone else not getting sound on the espn3.com stream?

Edit: Sound has kicked in now.

[Nelson14]

cmon turkey, go HEDO!

[Nelson14]

gimme that 3 hedo!

[VishaltotheG]

Go Omer Asik!

[Samurai Swoosh]

When is the gold medal game?

[el_locoteee]

When is the gold medal game?

Tomorrow I think.

[ProfessorMurder]

That is Erden on Turkey right? Who will be on the Celtics this season.

[UNCNY]

Lol three fouls in 10 seconds. Nice

[brownmamba00]

That is Erden on Turkey right? Who will be on the Celtics this season.
Yes, he isnt NBA good tho.

First half score: 35-42

[mrhoopfan]

I respect the passion and ball movement but the constant hacking and illegal screens just makes the game harder to watch. Btw,..........Fran Faschilla is such a european basketball homer:rolleyes:

[ProfessorMurder]

Yes, he isnt NBA good tho.

Thanks. Yeah he didn't really impress me in summer league.

[SourPatchKids]

serbias looking good

[artificial]

I bet Teodosic's blood is way colder than the average person's.

[brownmamba00]

We're playing bad D.

Trailing by 8. Teodosic is killing us

[bdreason]

Ugly game.

[SourPatchKids]

DAMN milos

[SourPatchKids]

raining threes everywhere.

[brownmamba00]

3rd quarter ends 58-61.
We need to get Ilyasova involved.

[SourPatchKids]

whats up with turkeys ft shooting?

[50inchvertical]

Why doesn't Nads play that tough here? All he does for us is shoot 18ft jumpers

[brownmamba00]

Sick block by Asik but he misses the tip in on the other end:facepalm

[Nelson14]

jesus turkey can't buy a free throw

[ProfessorMurder]

Teodosic is sick.

[SourPatchKids]

lol at turkey fans.:lol

[SourPatchKids]

serbisas 12-23 from 3.:eek: :bowdown:

[Nelson14]

strong move

[LJJ]

game is tense. :applause:

[SourPatchKids]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

[Nelson14]

Dagger!!!!

[brownmamba00]

Yeeesss, Tunceri with a reverse layup and then a sick 3.
We're 1 point up

[artificial]

Turkey finally getting a lead.

Both teams hitting amazing clutch shots. Great game!!

[SourPatchKids]

usa's getting scared.

[Nelson14]

big free throws coming up

[ProfessorMurder]

I feel like both teams are settling for threes too much. But this is intense.

[SourPatchKids]

I feel like both teams are settling for threes too much. But this is intense.
exactly how i feel.

[SourPatchKids]

ilyasovas done.:applause:

[Nelson14]

how the **** was that a foul?

[Nelson14]

hedo with a horrible shot :facepalm:

[SourPatchKids]

dunk of the tournament baby.

[ProfessorMurder]

Serbia is up!

Can't believe that three that was jacked up. :hammerhead:

Oh now Turkey is up!

[brownmamba00]

Erden :bowdown:

[Nelson14]

bullshit call on kristic

[ProfessorMurder]

Oh shit!

[DaBigReality]

Oh man this game.

[SourPatchKids]

turkey down 1 4.3 secs left. my hands are shaking as i type:lol

[artificial]

That turkish center that was sub'd before his ft's better not be faking.


And in the play Krstic fouled out, it was a great play, but not a foul. Amazing play afterwards for Serbia! Last play for Turkey... Wow, an exciting game!

[SourPatchKids]

Omgomgomgomgomgomg

[Nelson14]

oh... my... god.. that was ugly

[ProfessorMurder]

Terrible f*cking defense.............

[IlliniFan]

LOL at the commentator's voice.

[Dwade305]

Sloppy ass International ball

[gts]

that areana is going to explode no matter how this game ends...

[jonathan]

Haha crazy end. But these commentators are simply awful.

A: ITS OVER
B: ITS NOT OVER YET
A: ITS OVER
B: ITS NOT OVER YET
A: ITS OVER
B: ITS NOT OVER YET

what the hell.... they're just as amateur as the fiba referees

[Kujo]

Wow, that was an EPIC defense breakdown by Serbia. :roll:

[brownmamba00]

0.5 left

[Grinder]

Jeezuss, this Serb team is loaded with talent.
Teodosic IMO is the best player outside the NBA and would be. a top 10 PG/SG. Dude has ice in his veins and can shoot the lights out. I have a feeling he'll stay in Europe and be happy with Euro legend status.

Wow, matador defense from the Serbs. :lol

[artificial]

How the f*ck did he cut in from that mess? The place went crazy when that shot went in.

0.5 secs remaining. Turkey better not foul.

[brownmamba00]

OMG

ERDEN :bowdown:

[SourPatchKids]

greatest block ever. :bowdown:

[LJJ]

Good job Turkey!

[Nelson14]

turkey vs Us, is going to be soo good

[bdreason]

I like our chances against Turkey. Serbia scares me with their 3 point shooting.

Final should have an awesome atmosphere. Grats to Turkey for making the Finals at home.

[wang4three]

Fantastic game.

[ProfessorMurder]

Jesus... What time are the games tomorrow?

[TonyD]

Home team takes it, can't wait for tomorrow. Atmosphere will be even crazier then.

[SourPatchKids]

im looking forward to serbia vs lithuania.

[Simple Jack]

Jesus... What time are the games tomorrow?

2:30 PM EST

[Go Getter]

The guy with the inhaler was classic:oldlol:

[ProfessorMurder]

Jeezuss, this Serb team is loaded with talent.
Teodosic IMO is the best player outside the NBA and would be. a top 10 PG/SG. Dude has ice in his veins and can shoot the lights out. I have a feeling he'll stay in Europe and be happy with Euro legend status.

Wow, matador defense from the Serbs. :lol

I agree. I'd like to see more of him, he's clutch, kind of unstable with the temper, a little reckless, and he can play.

[ProfessorMurder]

2:30 PM EST

Thanks man.

[swe_suns]

yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

[tommy3]

The guy with the inhaler was classic:oldlol:
this

[AJ2k8]

Kinda happy i couldn't sleep now...what a finish:bowdown:

[alwaysunny]

absolute classic :bowdown:

[gts]

great win for the turkish faithful and team, once in a lifetime chance/experience for the players... home court advantage for the title game

[artificial]

Great, great game. So nice to have some good basketball. Congrats for the Turks!! Must be a great atmosphere to have the local team reach the finals (and hopefully, win them).

:banana:

[brownmamba00]

I hope they lower the ticket prices or something.
Let the real fans come instead of the rich boring crowd.

It will be sick Turkey vs USA

[Rolando]

Great Great game.....Home team gets to the finals!

[PaPaK]

bullshit refereeing they gifted it to turkey

[Kujo]

Little confused with that ending. How did Serbia get the ball back with 0.5 seconds? They quickly in-bounded the ball down the court after the winning basket was scored by Turkey. I thought it went out of bounds off a Serbian player.

I'm guessing the pass was deflected by a Turkish player? So much chaos happened after the basket, it was hard to follow.

[brownmamba00]

Little confused with that ending. How did Serbia get the ball back with 0.5 seconds? They quickly in-bounded the ball down the court after the winning basket was scored by Turkey. I thought it went out of bounds off a Serbian player.

I'm guessing the pass was deflected by a Turkish player? So much chaos happened after the basket, it was hard to follow.

It got blocked by Erden if thats what you mean?

[ZenMaster]

The refs affected this one, I don't like it.

[AJ2k8]

Little confused with that ending. How did Serbia get the ball back with 0.5 seconds? They quickly in-bounded the ball down the court after the winning basket was scored by Turkey. I thought it went out of bounds off a Serbian player.

I'm guessing the pass was deflected by a Turkish player? So much chaos happened after the basket, it was hard to follow.

timeout was taken? hence why the ball was taken at halfcourt:confusedshrug:

[Kujo]

It got blocked by Erden if thats what you mean?


Before that possession. After Turkey scored the winning basket, I saw one of the Serbian players quickly lob the ball down the court. I thought it went off a Serbian player. Or was timeout called?


timeout was taken? hence why the ball was taken at halfcourt:confusedshrug:

I guess. Perhaps a timeout was given before the Serbian player in-bounded ball. Anyway, it's irrelevant now.

[artificial]

Little confused with that ending. How did Serbia get the ball back with 0.5 seconds? They quickly in-bounded the ball down the court after the winning basket was scored by Turkey. I thought it went out of bounds off a Serbian player.

I'm guessing the pass was deflected by a Turkish player? So much chaos happened after the basket, it was hard to follow.
Serbia had the ball with 0.5 secs left, because that's what the clock showed after Turkey's game winner layup went in. And Serbia called a timeout after the shot went in. The refs checked the clock, made the call and Serbia inbounded with an alleyoop.

[Kujo]

Serbia had the ball with 0.5 secs left, because that's what the clock showed after Turkey's game winner layup went in. And Serbia called a timeout after the shot went in. The refs checked the clock, made the call and Serbia inbounded with an alleyoop.

Got it. Thanks.

[Miki]

What happened with Asik? Is he okay? :roll: :oldlol:

Brilliant performance by him, he deserves an Oscar... :lol

[PaPaK]

The refs affected this one, I don't like it.
its a ****ing gift to the home crowd, every time Serbia would take the lead the refs would get the turks back into the game

[brownmamba00]

its a ****ing gift to the home crowd, every time Serbia would take the lead the refs would get the turks back into the game
lol Serbia couldnt defend late in the 4th quarter.

And btw Asik got hit in the eye , he wasnt acting

[MayCeltics]

its a ****ing gift to the home crowd, every time Serbia would take the lead the refs would get the turks back into the game

All serbia had to do is defend. 8point lead with 3 minutes remaining should be game over. If they knew how to defend. nonetheless great game by the 2teams.

[PaPaK]

true, the defense was bad especially on the last play but refereeing was disgraceful in most of the second half. 2 times the turkish players slapped the serbians and no technical

[PaPaK]

All serbia had to do is defend. 8point lead with 3 minutes remaining should be game over. If they knew how to defend. nonetheless great game by the 2teams.
shouldve never been close anyway, gifted game.
the only other medal the turks ever won in basketball was when the came second (behind Serbia) in 2001 eurobasket and guess what, it was played in Turkey

hope they get mauled by the USA

[ProfessorMurder]

And btw Asik got hit in the eye , he wasnt acting

Yeah he got hit in the eye, but he was ACTING badly.

[ZenMaster]

lol Serbia couldnt defend late in the 4th quarter.

And btw Asik got hit in the eye , he wasnt acting

That touch foul on Krstic was crap, especially when they didn't call a harder hit down at the other end on the next play. Serbia could have been up by 2 instead of 1 there at the end.

[mgeise]

Anyone have a link to good video highlights from this game? I missed the game and I'm having trouble finding any.

[tommy3]

The refereeing was extremely badly. Krstic was fouled out for nothing. They called touch fouls on the Serbs and no technicals went on the Turks even though one guy (didn't really see who) pushed Teodosic initiating a fight. Serbia is the more quality team from these two but it's just where home court happens.

[millwad]

The refereeing was extremely badly. Krstic was fouled out for nothing. They called touch fouls on the Serbs and no technicals went on the Turks even though one guy (didn't really see who) pushed Teodosic initiating a fight. Serbia is the more quality team from these two but it's just where home court happens.

I don't get some of you guys... Maybe you're from Serbia or something but as an unbiased fan I thought the refs were decent, not great and not terrible. Ilyasova got just as many bad foul-calls as Krstic so it was pretty equal and Turkey had 1 player with 5 fouls, one with 4 and 5 players with 3 fouls so they sure got alot of foulcalls towards them... And don't forget the fact that Turkey were more aggressive, while the serbs relied on their 3-pointshooting, the turkish players played mostly in the paint.

And yeah, the push wasn't nice but it sure as hell wasn't a flagrant. And talking about fights, in my honest opinion Krstic shouldn't even had been allowed to play in WC after the dude threw a freaking chair at the greek..

It will be a nice final tomorrow, I don't care which team wins as long at it's a good game.

[whatever666]

shouldve never been close anyway, gifted game.
the only other medal the turks ever won in basketball was when the came second (behind Serbia) in 2001 eurobasket and guess what, it was played in Turkey

hope they get mauled by the USA

Well if you serbs didnt support your dictator then maybe we would still had our Yugoslavia and be dominating European & International basketball like we used to considering we had back then the luxury of picking the best players from entire balkans.... :P

[PaPaK]

too bad for the finals as Serbia wouldve had a much better shot at the Americans.. the Turks will get demolished

[PaPaK]

Well if you serbs didnt support your dictator then maybe we would still had our Yugoslavia and be dominating European & International basketball like we used to considering we had back then the luxury of picking the best players from entire balkans.... :P
sorry but we dont need you :D serbia won shitloads of medals since '95
altho the yugo team wouldve won even more

what did you think of the officiating as a neutral?

[whatever666]

sorry but we dont need you :D serbia won shitloads of medals since '95
altho the yugo team wouldve won even more

what did you think of the officiating as a neutral?

Hehe, just whining... but damn we was dominant back then, just stacking up the team with ridicilous talent from all over the place, like Drazen Petrovic, Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja, Bodiroga, Vlade Divac, Djordjevic, Danilovic and so on... Throughout Yugoslavia's short basketball history in my opinion produced some of the best basketball players ever!

PS: I never complain about officiating, i am used to it after all this time... officiating is probably the toughest job on the floor, no officials can make the right calls thru out the course of even a single game.... might aswell live with it.

[PaPaK]

slovenia croatia and serbia have very good teams, even montengero have pekovic.. wouldve made a nice squad

in my opinion if yugo team played together in the 90s with divac radja petrovic kukoc djordjevic danilovic all together, wouldve made it interesting for the dream team.. maybe even beat the '96 US team

[millwad]

too bad for the finals as Serbia wouldve had a much better shot at the Americans.. the Turks will get demolished

Ok, you're getting a bit silly..
Serbia lost to freaking Germany in the groupstage, the same Germany even lost to Angola... It's not like Serbia were unbeatable and were crushing every team before they met Turkey...

Turkey has been great, this far they've crushed Slovenia, France, Cote D'Ivoire, China and have had good wins over Puerto Rico, Greece, Russia and they have yet to lose..

I'm not claiming that Turkey is like top of the top because they're not but you are talking like the serbs are damn much better which they're really not..

[UNCNY]

shouldve never been close anyway, gifted game.
the only other medal the turks ever won in basketball was when the came second (behind Serbia) in 2001 eurobasket and guess what, it was played in Turkey

hope they get mauled by the USAI don't think the refs rigged the game. The Refs have been terrible and inconsistent the whole tourney so this is nothing new.

[PaPaK]

Ok, you're getting a bit silly..
Serbia lost to freaking Germany in the groupstage, the same Germany even lost to Angola... It's not like Serbia were unbeatable and were crushing every team before they met Turkey...

Turkey has been great, this far they've crushed Slovenia, France, Cote D'Ivoire, China and have had good wins over Puerto Rico, Greece, Russia and they have yet to lose..

I'm not claiming that Turkey is like top of the top because they're not but you are talking like the serbs are damn much better which they're really not..
pretty sure that krstic was suspended when they lost to germany, maybe even teodosic i dont remember. also they demolished the turks 2 teams before the tournament, you know without the home court officiating

also pretty sure the serbs are 5 times more talented and have a better coach, but still inexperienced which showed in the last 5 minutes

[millwad]

pretty sure that krstic was suspended when they lost to germany, maybe even teodosic i dont remember. also they demolished the turks 2 teams before the tournament, you know without the home court officiating

also pretty sure the serbs are 5 times more talented and have a better coach, but still inexperienced which showed in the last 5 minutes

Yadi Yadi Yadi... Dude, Turkey won, get over it. And if they'd be 5 times more talented they wouldn't have lost, even how "bad" the ref would be.

Btw, if they're so damn talented, how come they couldn't win against a crappy Germany when Milos and mr chairthrower were suspended? Serbia is great, don't get me wrong and I'm not claiming that Turkey are god's of basketball, I really just watched the game without cheering for anyone and I loved the game, it was great.

And the importance of a pre-torunament game is absolute zero, that's doesn't mean crap.

[broy]

Serbia > Turkey > Serbia without Teodosic

Teodosic missed a 3pt shot at 4th quarter and then lost his focus on match. Teo is great talent but sometimes when things go wrong, he can't handle the game. Then he tries other -dirty- ways like provoking players in order to win. He failed this time.

[PaPaK]

k k youa re probably right, im just pissed off. turks werent that bad and serbia did play shit defense on that last play.. this will be good experience for the youngsters

[plowking]

Neutral supporter here and it was blatantly obvious who the refs wanted in the finals. I mean come on. The only times the Turks have beat Serbia is in Turkey. lol...

Funny how the calls started getting lopsided at the end of the game. It's a general trend I've noticed throughout the whole tournament. Serbia and USA getting the rough end of the officiating, both getting hacked on layups and no calls, both getting pushed off the ball and occasionally even getting offensive fouls when they're the ones getting killed by the defensive player.

Very undeserving finalist in Turkey IMO.

[New York Knicks]

What a surprise. Turks go undefeated as the host country. Too bad no amount of ref rigging will help them win vs. USA. Prepare to get exposed.

[AirTupac]

That dude is just mad that Turkey won and that the coach of Turkey (and assistant are both Bosnian) and if you know a bit about history Serbs have a huge history with Turkey and Bosnia.

With that being said it's funny how whenever they lose they start throwing excuses. Great job Turkey! :applause:

[plowking]

That dude is just mad that Turkey won and that the coach of Turkey (and assistant are both Bosnian) and if you know a bit about history Serbs have a huge history with Turkey and Bosnia.

With that being said it's funny how whenever they lose they start throwing excuses. Great job Turkey! :applause:

Umm, it has nothing to do with that. Several objective supporters not going for either team have pointed out that Turkey got terribly favored.

It's really not a coincidence that the only time the Turks have beat them is on home soil.

[AirTupac]

Hehe, just whining... but damn we was dominant back then, just stacking up the team with ridicilous talent from all over the place, like Drazen Petrovic, Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja, Bodiroga, Vlade Divac, Djordjevic, Danilovic and so on... Throughout Yugoslavia's short basketball history in my opinion produced some of the best basketball players ever!

PS: I never complain about officiating, i am used to it after all this time... officiating is probably the toughest job on the floor, no officials can make the right calls thru out the course of even a single game.... might aswell live with it.

Hell if Yugoslavia still existed today, they would be FIFA World Cup Champs and FIBA Champs as well. Talk about Domination!

Even look at it now for the Euro qualifications (soccer), #1 teams in the different groups were Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Montengro (Slovenia was 2nd). :cheers:

[AirTupac]

Umm, it has nothing to do with that. Several objective supporters not going for either team have pointed out that Turkey got terribly favored.

It's really not a coincidence that the only time the Turks have beat them is on home soil.

Honestly, even if the game was reffed perfectly, someone would use an excuse to make up for the loss.

[PaPaK]

Bogdan Tanjevic is Serb you ****ing imbecile. There are shitloads of Serbs in Montenegro and Bosnia and he is one of them (as am I).

[PaPaK]

I'm glad that most neutrals here confirm that the refereeing was shameful and that the turks are undeserving finalists


Hell if Yugoslavia still existed today, they would be FIFA World Cup Champs and FIBA Champs as well. Talk about Domination!

Even look at it now for the Euro qualifications (soccer), #1 teams in the different groups were Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Montengro (Slovenia was 2nd). :cheers:
yugo team would be great but there would be no ****ing bosniaks in it coz they are all shit. bosnia doesnt belong in this convo

[kaktus14]

I'm glad that most neutrals here confirm that the refereeing was shameful and that the turks are undeserving finalists


yugo team would be great but there would be no ****ing bosniaks in it coz they are all shit. bosnia doesnt belong in this convo

True that, like Slovenians dont belong in footie talk from countries of former Yugoslavia:D

And yeah Turkey was pushed by refs, but it was a very good game,Tunceri on one side and Keselj+Teodosic on the another were ****ing amazing,its ridicolous how young and how good Serbia is,when Tripkovic is back they will score 20 three pointers in average per game:D

and I'm Croatian so this is even more annoying for me:D

[Flamboyant]

Umm, it has nothing to do with that. Several objective supporters not going for either team have pointed out that Turkey got terribly favored.

It's really not a coincidence that the only time the Turks have beat them is on home soil.

:facepalm

If only I didn't know you're a poster for a long time: When did you start watching basketball?
They defeated Serbia in EuroBasket 09.

Plus even if it was true it shows that they had fan support, not that refs rigged the game. If the refs were rigging the game, why did they let things come down to final seconds, and even then give Ke

[AirTupac]

I'm glad that most neutrals here confirm tht the refereeing was shameful and that the turks are undeserving finalists


yugo team would be great but there would be no ****ing bosniaks in it coz they are all shit. bosnia doesnt belong in this convo

You are a moron. There were tons of Bosniaks in the Yugoslavian team when they were winning championships. The only reason why there aren't an abundance of Bosnian stars is because the country is new and the system is weak to produce such. It's okay to be mad that Turkey dominated Serbia like usual. History tends to repeat itself and Turkey did just that. Showed its dominance to Serbia.

Last time i checked some of the best stikers in Europe are Bosniaks so if you are talking about soccer as well, you are sadly mistaken.

Ps- Bogdan is from Bosnia and so is the assistant coach

[NY-Knicks]

KD :oldlol:

[NY-Knicks]

Nice couple of plays by the USA.

[AirTupac]

Nice to see Lithuania get the bronze.

[NY-Knicks]

whoops, wrong thread.