The 6 point possession where Jokic picked up his 4th foul by pushing AD and KD hits the three and trips over AD. Instead of an AD free throw, US gets possession side out and Booker hit a three. Went from 78-67 to 78-73, turning point.
Well, that's the problem with USA basketball experts, right there. You cannot give well-deserved credit to the other Serbian guys that aren't playing in the NBA and call them "minor leaguers". Like, if you are a basketball expert and have a platform to talk about it like a critic, then be it. You have to watch multiple leagues to be aware of the quality of international basketball because watching just the NBA is limiting your perspective. Those Serbian guys are well-respected Euroleague players, and yesterday they proved that the quality gap between the NBA and the Euroleague is closer than you think. Having all those NBA superstars, and winning the game in the end close is telling me that even if you put one class below players, Serbians would win. So the conclusion is that those "minor league" players not just can play in the NBA, but some of them can be well-respected players there. So give them the respect they earned. Congratulations to the USA win!
Respect to Serbia! The European players and their coaches play a system treat most of their players like in a platoon . Most players play about 20 minutes a game, they are asked to be has versatile and physical has the next guy. Regardless of talent any team can be beat.
Basketball IQ ??? The bench's depth, Jokic in foul trouble and one or two critical generous calls for team USA in the 4th quarter changed the momentum. There was no IQ in team Usa game. They just had Curry in a hot night and great Lebron and Embiid. The IQ was with Serbia !
I am a Serb and don't buy "high IQ talk" about Curry, Durant and Lebron. If Curry didn't shoot this well, you would be done. I only tip my hat to the patience and calmness those three had. That's some mature bball right out there. As for the Embiid, never thought about it, but yeah, no Embiid, no win for you, basically you brought an African guy in your team just for Jokic 😂. If that's not a compliment of recognition of greatness, I don't know what it is.
The only thing I would say, is that usually Jokic cooks Embiid, so I dunno how much of an advantage that was, although Embiid had one of his better offensive games
@@anthonyanderson9303 no I haven't. I said that they are patient and experienced, not some high IQ tacticians everybody is making them to be. It's not like you outsmarted us, or played some great scheme. It came down to excellent shooting and being calm in the storm.
@@lakemnster9495 Embiid was great advantage, because Jokic isn't very good at defending him, historically speaking. Plus Jokic got in foule trouble and had to stay on the court, so he really needed to be soft with Embiid, and that's when Embiid got going. I mean, common, you had Davis, Adebayo and Embiid. Sooner or later, Jokic was supposed to slow down.
That was a good game against a great opponent. Why does everyone think the US squad should win by double digits just because we have big names on our side. Those days are gone. The rest of the world has caught up.
The world has not caught up in terms of talent. The problem is other teams actually play better basketball than we do & we rely too heavily on our talent. If Team USA came out the gates playing as they did in the 4th quarter, they would have won by 20+ points. Instead, they came out flat, stagnant on offense, & discombobulated on defense as Serbia just rained threes on their heads. Look at the DEFENSIVE intensity & urgency they had in the fourth compared to the first three quarters. It was literally night and day.
@@Cahluvca you really confused me :D 16/32 (50%) USA / 15/39 (38%) Serbia for 3. Serbia was prepared for this game, played great but US team depth (and great Steph night) won. Props to USA
@@atlien1988lol tipical American. World cought up. Look at the best 10 players in Nba. There is just 3-4 US players there. In the past it was 9-10. Other thing is that your best players are old. You are in advantage because you have 340 milion people, and Serbia has only 6 milion.
Me too… And I have watched a lot of basketball over a whole lot of years. I had not been on my feet in the 4th quarter like today since the Bulls beat Portland in the Finals.
I'm a Serb. The only gripe I have with our coach is that he held Milutinov instead of Petrusev too long in the fourth and that he put Avramovic on the bench for the whole fourth. Milutinov and Jovic had a high temperature and did play poorly or not at all (Jovic), but still, not happy with the selection. But it is what it is. Good game we almost won.
He scored really well while simultaneously giving up 4 offensive boards and failed to protect the rim consistently. That was a couple minute stretch, too
Serbia average age 24. USA average 33. Gru against the Avengers. Serbia best white team in the world, they have no foreigners like USA Mr. Cameroon. USA has over 2 billion dollars in contracts. Serbia has 7 million population, basketball super power. 4 MVP's Vs 1 MVP Gru.
@@vincente4570USA 335 millions, white, blacks, very rich and gave citizenship to Joel, because everything mentioned was enough to beat Serbia which has 6.5 millions, exclusively white citizens...every quarrel is pointless....
Physical rules change the game ENTIRELY. So like us old heads can admit the skill level of shooting and dribbling is better today, understand the 80s and 90s made it much harder to be efficient and score. Hand checking and not calling a million fouls is a different game. Personally I wish this style of play was in the NBA
We saw a bit of this during the playoffs. When guys actually played hard and the refs let them play a bit, look at the final scores of alot of those games. They were below 100 alot of times. People act like guys in this era are world beaters and they are not
you cant hand check a moving ball... 80s and 90s basketball was simply BAD basketball. They focused on ISO ball dominance in order to make stars and market the game. ..Nike and the NBA wanted to sell the star so they built a game that makes stars shine the brightest.....24 second shot clock, 1 player has the ball for 17 seconds.... that's TERRIBLE! ... MJ, Iverson, Kobe(RIP) etc.... as great as they were individually, they played TERRIBLE team basketball. In this era, the BALL is the star of the game not the players. That is what America is starting to realize. You can being hand checking back if you want, that won't stop a smart coach like Prime Pops, Eric Spoelstra from running a HEAVY ball movement style of basketball that will always outshine Ball Dominant hoops. Hand checking is not the only reason why the modern game looks the way it does, analytics has figured out that a PASS is more valuable than a Dribble.
Serbias coach Pešić messed up! He could throw Alexa Avramovic in last minuts in 4qt, but he left him in the bench... Micic as a playguard was just horrible in last few minutes of the game
@@diasgad no. I have a problem with Americans needing to get an international player to beat us even though US is at least 40 times bigger nation than Serbia. I like how you see racism everywhere 😂😂
It's not basketball IQ. Everyone on that court has thousands of books of basketball IQ in their pinky. This game showed how important TEAM CONTINUITY is and has been in these types of tournaments. Grant Hill is going to have think deeply about how to construct these teams and his next HC because having teams full of guys who are always The Guy is a problem in an NCAA style tournament. This team does NOT have nearly enough shooters, not scorers, shooters. Other than Curry and KD, none of these guys are legitimate long-rang marksmen. It only takes a couple of guys to get hot from 3 on the other side for things to get dicey really quickly.
if Avramovic was fielded in the last 5 minutes of the game instead of Micic, Serbia could have won the game. Avramovic was excellent throughout the game both offensively at defensively
The world has ALWAYS had great players from Dirk, Yao Ming, Ginobli, Parker, Sabonis, Gasol brothers. What has changed is the game is far less physical and less emphasis on defense. That's has evened the playing field.
Stop the damn cap. People tryna say the world has caught up to us are straight trippin'. The rest of these teams play together for YEARS and we put a team together in 90 days and beat them all. What would happen if we put our best players on a team and kept it together for years? Huh? They can't beat a team of our best that has NEVER played together as a unit until literally WEEKS ago. What would they do with our guys if they stayed together for 6 months? 1 year? 3 years? 6-8 years? The ONLY reason the other countries can even be in the same gym with us is the time together. Eliminate that and they have NOTHING . Less than nothing. They haven't 'caught up '. They ain't close. They ain't gettin' close. STOP THE CAP!
@@eric1061 did you not see the defense against Jokic denying the ball something that you couldn’t do back then bc of the rule change. It’s always been a key part of winning it’s just everybody nowadays can shoot 3s or is a threat and stretches the defense no matter how good it was and old school bigs would have to guard in space like the best bigs do nowadays. Times have changed.
That wasn't basketball IQ, that was desperate last ditch all or nothing because they were about to lose to SERBIA. Credit to Steph Curry for saving Team USA. That was a close call.
its about time curry stepped up, because he's been literally playing like trash in all the previous games before that, lol & it was his teammates who saved & carried him to the previous victories, when he played poorly, & even in most of the exhibition games as well
@crazyvideotape245 So what's your point? Anybody else score 36pts in the previous games? Hell NO! So, stop the f*ckin' hate! We won the game as a damn TEAM.. He came thru we he was needed to, and that's all that matters! 🤬🤡💯
Now we know. The HOPEFUL TEAM IS NOT BETTER THAN THE DREAM TEAM!!! They lost to a team that doesn't even have a inside gym!!! And they barely beat a Serbian team!!!
You knob heads obviously don't know how to read. Lebron flipped the switch, which activated everyone. It was obviously embiid, Curry and kd who made clutch buckets. But they all looked defeated until lebron cranked up the intensity, leading by example. No glace. Bron has been my Celtics opp since day 1.
USA Basketball nationwide for the younger players that will be there in 2028 need to develop and improve because in 2028 they won't have the greatest shooter of all time (Curry), the greatest plug and play offensive player (KD) and the greatest point forward (Lebron) of all time bailing them out against these teams who will comingnfor them the way Serbia did today.
I'm a Serb and you are right. The decision to not play Avramovic more and keep Milutinov in game more in 4th costed as a game. Petrusev and Avramovic should have played more instead of Milutinov and Micic, respectively.
Exactly, Micic is a point guard for slow tempo play...plus he's a bad defender, cant keep up with the fast players. Coach Pesic forgot about Avramovic who played amazing, especially in the defence.
@@qq7647 problem is Micic is "bigger name" in Europe, he was Euroleague MVP, while Avramovic didn't have too big of a carrier. In Europe those things sometimes delude the coach's decisions. Coaches play people with bigger names than players with better fit. It is what it is. Still a good game, though
@@Kodreanu23 also Guduric got benched when he was red hot. And Jovic barely played. Im sorry but your coach made a lot of mistakes. Why did he wait to foul so late in the game?
@@Jebedia2236 Jovic and Milutinov were sick, both had high temperature. I don't mind benching Guduric, Dobric was also red hot. The mistakes were Milutinov and Micic. About late foul, I agree. Still, that's already late in the game. But we didn't have any time outs to organize anything
@@davinnicode That's my point. 3s are low percentage shots once you have an 11 point lead with about 7 minutes to go in the game you should be taking higher percentage shots. They had no situational IQ as to when to take certain types of shots
It did today. When they all agreed to forget about that playbook and play USA Basketball, they dominated. Our style of play IS what makes us special. We can play fundamental team ball with the rest. They can't play iso ball with the best.
@@talkenhead87 Team USA doesn't play fundamental basketball. They rely on talent and athleticism. The reason the game was close it cause they're playing the Lebron system where he dominates the ball and controls everything which diminishes other players on the court
@@talkenhead87considering its mostly the older heads that kept this game afloat, Team USA is in trouble after curry KD and lebron are retired. These newer guys need to step up. Oh, and kerr gotta play tatum and hali smh
@@talkenhead87 that was far from a guaranteed win buddy that took a heroic effort to come back. That was supposed to be a blowout according to Vegas and usa fans and it was anything but that
They ain't the 1992 Dream Team, but they are awesome in winning against a very formidable team which is Serbia, which MJ and company in 1992 never ever experienced playing against. Teams now are tough and efficient. They will win if the USA slacks but A WIN IS A WIN. One more, respect to France, but this ain't last year's Germany beating the USA, this is the greats of NBA representing the USA routing a win, which will be France, for the GOLD. Lessons: Tatum, Haliburton, Edwards, and whoever dudes in the next four years should be good or better than Bron, KD, or Steph because USA will be stomped by these tough teams if they don't play for the GOLD. The old dudes wins this gold. Period.
Guys this the very reason there is very few LeBrons. At early age somebody took time and actually drill being fundamental sound aka IQ along with his physical tools and athletic abilitys. U created the King.
Serbia was very close to victory. I felt sorry for Serbia. Victory belonged to Serbia. Serbia proved that it is possible to defeat the American team big respect to Serbia 👍💪
This team is an embarrassment to the NBA and the US. The nerve were better than the dream team. Or. The Kobe led teams. Can we just stop trying to make this team more than what they are. They got lucky. It wasn’t IQ.
@@vintagemonte Croatia had 5 NBA players and all of them are in the basketball Hall of Fame fool....Drazen Peteovic was on of the best shooting guards in the NBA but he died in a car crash at 28....Dream Team beat them by 32....go read about it before you make a fool of yourself ...
@@jakeequality8065 Joker is the best player on the planet with top 10 all-time potential. Giannis is 2nd in that. Luka is 3rd. Wemby RIGHT NOW is better than all of those players you named. The world is better at basketball in comparison to the 90s. Implying they faced tougher competition back then just doesn’t make sense. Of course the Dream Team looked dominant against them.
Its some serious teaching and coaching going on in the rest of the world and thats why they catching up slowing but surely. Check your MVP list in the NBA for the last 6yrs.
Serbia literally couldn't miss a shot for a little over 3 quarters, US has poor defensive intensity until the 4th, steph is the only reason they stayed alive or it would have been a 30 point game at halftime. Also, basketball IQ aside, there is no shooter better than steph, no go get a bucket player better than KD, no better floor general than Lebron, even at the age they are at.
Lebron learned at a early age sure u can score all the points,but its a Team Sports. Sounds like a man that won 11chips in 13yrs and is the real GOAT. Not just being the best player on his Teams,but allowing his teammates to do what they do best for the cause also. Thats how u win in a Team Sport.
Pulling up and just shooters Jumpers has ZERO to do with Basketball IQ. One team couldn't not miss in the End while the other team could not throw in the Ocean. Credit goes to the REST of the TEAM for stepping up after Curry literally Carried the team for Most of the Game. Curry efforts would have been for naught if the TEAM did not step up in the closing Quarter.
If you watch and pay attention to NBA, and the construction of this team..Ephraim is absolutely right about Embiid. This was his game and matchup. If AD stays out of foul trouble, he'll have more playing time against France. USA is built to matchup against any type of team.
The Serbians played the game of their lives. They were making crazy contested 3s. It’s sports sometimes some players get possessed and have the game of their lives. If we play then 10 times we beating them 10 times one or 2 games would be close but that’s if they shoot like prime curry.
Exactly. There’s a reason we have 7 game series. People say it’s embarrassing for the USA to barely win cause they have so much talent, but in bball an underdog has an infinitely higher chance of stealing one game than they do winning a series.
It was necessarily IQ, it was experience over the younger players. The experience of being in high pressure moments, on the largest stage, and having to deliver. Every player on the US is great but Serbia had them on the ropes and some of the US players looked uncomfortable. On another note I don't know why Steve Kerr went with the full team substitution in the 3rd right when the US were climbing back in the game smh.
Chris... 'I got exactly what I wanted today'. Bro! You weren't glued to the screen!! It was a close and scary game, with rear ends puckering. This was the proverbial escaping by the skin of the collective US teeth. It would be unfair to say that Team USA were lucky due to the amount of talent on the team however exile and revoked passports were seconds away for staff and players. It was a close shave with lots of nicks. Phew!!!
@@Prowoman-ck4zg nah that was daylight robbery. But its ok. i mean , France is also getting carried. Officiating in general during these Olympics has been really bad
With basketball becoming more popular day by the day will The US be able to compete for gold in 2028 considering the majority of the Players on this team will be retired??? Lets look at the potential 12 man roster.. Starting 5 Bam Adebayo Jayson Tatum Jaylen Brown Anthony Edwards Jalen Brunson Bench- Chet Holgrem, Zion Williamson, Paolo Banchero, Tyrese Hailiburton, Ja Morant, Devin Booker, Cooper Flagg Other potential players... Jalen Duren, Jalen Williams, Tyrese Maxey, Cade Cunningham, Trae Young, Scottie Barnes, Evan Mobley
I didn't understand the hype around Anthony Edwards, but now I get it. It's one big manifestation. What do we think will happen in the future. The whole of America is just manifesting right now.
The 6 point possession where Jokic picked up his 4th foul by pushing AD and KD hits the three and trips over AD. Instead of an AD free throw, US gets possession side out and Booker hit a three. Went from 78-67 to 78-73, turning point.
In basketball it just takes 1 mistakes or successful play to change everything
@@adub92199It's really like that in all sports
Bucket good and possession I seen in Serbia versus aussies
Agreed. That was the turning point.
Indeed, crazy rule
One of the most exciting basketball games I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching.
Seeing LeBron, KD, and Steph lock in all at the same time was insane
That’s what you get in a knockout round and not a 7 game series which is only there to make money off
@@davinnicode exactly playoffs and finals should do it to like nfl. Thats why the in-season tourney was good
Well, that's the problem with USA basketball experts, right there. You cannot give well-deserved credit to the other Serbian guys that aren't playing in the NBA and call them "minor leaguers". Like, if you are a basketball expert and have a platform to talk about it like a critic, then be it. You have to watch multiple leagues to be aware of the quality of international basketball because watching just the NBA is limiting your perspective. Those Serbian guys are well-respected Euroleague players, and yesterday they proved that the quality gap between the NBA and the Euroleague is closer than you think. Having all those NBA superstars, and winning the game in the end close is telling me that even if you put one class below players, Serbians would win. So the conclusion is that those "minor league" players not just can play in the NBA, but some of them can be well-respected players there. So give them the respect they earned. Congratulations to the USA win!
Respect to Serbia! The European players and their coaches play a system treat most of their players like in a platoon . Most players play about 20 minutes a game, they are asked to be has versatile and physical has the next guy. Regardless of talent any team can be beat.
thanks. But I am still not happy with holding Milutinov on court for that long in the 4th. Should've gotten him out of there.
The grandpa's carried the whole team. Congratulations to serbia on teaching them how to play team basketball.
The referee's IQ brought the victory. We watched the game!
Thank the judges that you are in the final at all
Traveling to the finals!
SRBIJA❤
Basketball IQ ??? The bench's depth, Jokic in foul trouble and one or two critical generous calls for team USA in the 4th quarter changed the momentum. There was no IQ in team Usa game. They just had Curry in a hot night and great Lebron and Embiid. The IQ was with Serbia !
I am a Serb and don't buy "high IQ talk" about Curry, Durant and Lebron. If Curry didn't shoot this well, you would be done. I only tip my hat to the patience and calmness those three had. That's some mature bball right out there.
As for the Embiid, never thought about it, but yeah, no Embiid, no win for you, basically you brought an African guy in your team just for Jokic 😂. If that's not a compliment of recognition of greatness, I don't know what it is.
You contradicted yourself
The only thing I would say, is that usually Jokic cooks Embiid, so I dunno how much of an advantage that was, although Embiid had one of his better offensive games
@@anthonyanderson9303 no I haven't. I said that they are patient and experienced, not some high IQ tacticians everybody is making them to be. It's not like you outsmarted us, or played some great scheme. It came down to excellent shooting and being calm in the storm.
@@lakemnster9495 Embiid was great advantage, because Jokic isn't very good at defending him, historically speaking. Plus Jokic got in foule trouble and had to stay on the court, so he really needed to be soft with Embiid, and that's when Embiid got going. I mean, common, you had Davis, Adebayo and Embiid. Sooner or later, Jokic was supposed to slow down.
@@Kodreanu23 being calm in the storm as you put it shows emotional intelligence
That was a good game against a great opponent. Why does everyone think the US squad should win by double digits just because we have big names on our side. Those days are gone. The rest of the world has caught up.
The world has not caught up in terms of talent.
The problem is other teams actually play better basketball than we do & we rely too heavily on our talent. If Team USA came out the gates playing as they did in the 4th quarter, they would have won by 20+ points. Instead, they came out flat, stagnant on offense, & discombobulated on defense as Serbia just rained threes on their heads.
Look at the DEFENSIVE intensity & urgency they had in the fourth compared to the first three quarters. It was literally night and day.
Shooting 3s and making them at a high rate can cancel out athletic ability.
@@Cahluvca you really confused me :D 16/32 (50%) USA / 15/39 (38%) Serbia for 3. Serbia was prepared for this game, played great but US team depth (and great Steph night) won. Props to USA
@@atlien1988lol tipical American. World cought up. Look at the best 10 players in Nba. There is just 3-4 US players there. In the past it was 9-10. Other thing is that your best players are old. You are in advantage because you have 340 milion people, and Serbia has only 6 milion.
they're just not as good as the dream team was
KD, Lebron, Curry at the end was like Thor, Captain America and Ironman vs Thanos (Jokic)
It was scary to see 3 of the top 15 all-time players on the court for Team USA. But will the next generation of Americans be nearly as good?
@@MrBimirud Didn't seem to scare Serbia.
@@MrBimirudThey have 4 years to get ready.
Thanos? Bro has one chip in 10 years pipe down🤣
LeBron ain't do nothing in the second half
One of the best games I ever seen
Me too… And I have watched a lot of basketball over a whole lot of years. I had not been on my feet in the 4th quarter like today since the Bulls beat Portland in the Finals.
It is easily the best Olympic basketball game ever played.
@@TheManFromKansas I got to agree
@@Greego I'm with you
Serbia didn't execute down the stretch we hit big shots. The 6 pts in 2 secs was big. Serbia lost the game but both games were great
Refs were totaly on your side
@@midghiro734Go check the rule book.. they called it right
@@midghiro734 when a team loses, always blames the refs.
@@porddaed my friend, hope you have that same spirit when France throw at you 42 freethrows refs on their side too ;)
I'm a Serb. The only gripe I have with our coach is that he held Milutinov instead of Petrusev too long in the fourth and that he put Avramovic on the bench for the whole fourth.
Milutinov and Jovic had a high temperature and did play poorly or not at all (Jovic), but still, not happy with the selection. But it is what it is. Good game we almost won.
Give more credit to embiid he gave team USA some hope even if team USA is down.
He shouldn't be playing !!!!!!
He scored really well while simultaneously giving up 4 offensive boards and failed to protect the rim consistently. That was a couple minute stretch, too
@@proudtobe9932glad you’re not the coach
True. And ppl aren't talking about the defense he played on Jokic. Jokic only had 9 points and 3 Rebs. That's a big reason USA was able to come back
Greatest team ever assembled barely beats Serbia 3 players...
Jordan’s team played actual plumbers
Greatest Team ever assembled was the 92' DREAM TEAM Period!- Google them. You must not have been born yet.
@@jejo63660 Proof please. I need all of their license numbers and work history.
This U.S. team is amazing but the dream team on was another level
@@jejo63660 you have proof of that ?
Referees IQ😂😂😂😂😂
They on the nba payroll
Losers always cry refs but was up 17 talking shxt 😂😂😂
They are not giving Joel Embid the love he deserves.
USA actually needs all of it's top All Stars to barely beat Jokic that's wild
plus non-American player
Nope….just Embiid.
@@oldschoolde5183 nope, he is African. You needed to bring in African guy into your team to beat us
They beat them 3 times in a month dude
@@Kodreanu23 He is a U.S. citizen. I don’t see the confusion.
Serbia average age 24. USA average 33. Gru against the Avengers. Serbia best white team in the world, they have no foreigners like USA Mr. Cameroon. USA has over 2 billion dollars in contracts. Serbia has 7 million population, basketball super power. 4 MVP's Vs 1 MVP Gru.
What’s your point?
By the way. Didn’t Joel lived in the states since being a teenager? So y u making excuses paaaaaaa👎🏿
We beat yall 3 times in a row in a month. The USA is yo Daddy 😂😂😂😂
@@redmoney4155 Thank you
I think everyone is dumber having read your post.
@@vincente4570USA 335 millions, white, blacks, very rich and gave citizenship to Joel, because everything mentioned was enough to beat Serbia which has 6.5 millions, exclusively white citizens...every quarrel is pointless....
Physical rules change the game ENTIRELY. So like us old heads can admit the skill level of shooting and dribbling is better today, understand the 80s and 90s made it much harder to be efficient and score. Hand checking and not calling a million fouls is a different game. Personally I wish this style of play was in the NBA
We saw a bit of this during the playoffs. When guys actually played hard and the refs let them play a bit, look at the final scores of alot of those games. They were below 100 alot of times. People act like guys in this era are world beaters and they are not
So how is the level of shooting and dribbling better today. Just saying so doesn't make it so.
Man stop it 😂😂😂😂 these teams are thrashing that era
@@jdilla4591 These teams don't play elite level defense, so they ain't trashing anyone.
you cant hand check a moving ball... 80s and 90s basketball was simply BAD basketball. They focused on ISO ball dominance in order to make stars and market the game. ..Nike and the NBA wanted to sell the star so they built a game that makes stars shine the brightest.....24 second shot clock, 1 player has the ball for 17 seconds.... that's TERRIBLE! ... MJ, Iverson, Kobe(RIP) etc.... as great as they were individually, they played TERRIBLE team basketball. In this era, the BALL is the star of the game not the players. That is what America is starting to realize. You can being hand checking back if you want, that won't stop a smart coach like Prime Pops, Eric Spoelstra from running a HEAVY ball movement style of basketball that will always outshine Ball Dominant hoops. Hand checking is not the only reason why the modern game looks the way it does, analytics has figured out that a PASS is more valuable than a Dribble.
Serbias coach Pešić messed up! He could throw Alexa Avramovic in last minuts in 4qt, but he left him in the bench... Micic as a playguard was just horrible in last few minutes of the game
One of the greatest basketball games I’ve ever seen
Don't miss sat's game against France
Took all these big names to beat Jokic + Serbia - that tells you how great Jokic is!! He’s MVP for a reason!!
You smoking dope
Without Embiid the USA would have lost. It was his best game of the tournament
yup, you brought an African in your team so you can beat us 😂
@@Kodreanu23 I'm not American !!! That "African" as you say was MVP of the NBA..🤷🏾♂️
@@diasgad so what if he was MVP? So was Jokic, Giannis, Dirk... Nobody of them played for USA
@@Kodreanu23 Oh I understand, so you have a problem with the fact that an "African" beat you. Deal with it....
@@diasgad no. I have a problem with Americans needing to get an international player to beat us even though US is at least 40 times bigger nation than Serbia. I like how you see racism everywhere 😂😂
Jason Tatum sat and watched the whole game
Lol. He’s not needed this year, he’s meant to be there and watch to lead the next time.
@@DaNewWaveLee he was the second best player in 2021…
@@jdilla4591 he was never second best player in the nba. He is extremely good tho.
@@DaNewWaveLee OLYMPICS !!!!
@@jdilla4591 oh yeah probably so.
It's not basketball IQ. Everyone on that court has thousands of books of basketball IQ in their pinky. This game showed how important TEAM CONTINUITY is and has been in these types of tournaments. Grant Hill is going to have think deeply about how to construct these teams and his next HC because having teams full of guys who are always The Guy is a problem in an NCAA style tournament. This team does NOT have nearly enough shooters, not scorers, shooters. Other than Curry and KD, none of these guys are legitimate long-rang marksmen.
It only takes a couple of guys to get hot from 3 on the other side for things to get dicey really quickly.
if Avramovic was fielded in the last 5 minutes of the game instead of Micic, Serbia could have won the game. Avramovic was excellent throughout the game both offensively at defensively
Im convinced someone time traveled to get team USA that win
Yea....Michael Jeffrey Jordan😂😂
LeBron did a couple of times and the referees didn’t see it
Just like joker did from the free throw line. Seems like u want the USA to lose. Damn
@@enoch927ableIt’s weird how so many people rooting against their own country Team USA because of one player. Makes no sense
Only time Embiid will win against Jokic
9-2
The world has made it competitive stop tryna discredit them
Discredit the US or the world?
The world has ALWAYS had great players from Dirk, Yao Ming, Ginobli, Parker, Sabonis, Gasol brothers. What has changed is the game is far less physical and less emphasis on defense. That's has evened the playing field.
Stop the damn cap. People tryna say the world has caught up to us are straight trippin'.
The rest of these teams play together for YEARS and we put a team together in 90 days and beat them all.
What would happen if we put our best players on a team and kept it together for years? Huh?
They can't beat a team of our best that has NEVER played together as a unit until literally WEEKS ago. What would they do with our guys if they stayed together for 6 months? 1 year? 3 years? 6-8 years?
The ONLY reason the other countries can even be in the same gym with us is the time together. Eliminate that and they have NOTHING . Less than nothing.
They haven't 'caught up '. They ain't close. They ain't gettin' close.
STOP THE CAP!
@@Brotherhood676 the world
@@eric1061 did you not see the defense against Jokic denying the ball something that you couldn’t do back then bc of the rule change. It’s always been a key part of winning it’s just everybody nowadays can shoot 3s or is a threat and stretches the defense no matter how good it was and old school bigs would have to guard in space like the best bigs do nowadays. Times have changed.
That wasn't basketball IQ, that was desperate last ditch all or nothing because they were about to lose to SERBIA. Credit to Steph Curry for saving Team USA. That was a close call.
IQ was involved too
its about time curry stepped up, because he's been literally playing like trash in all the previous games before that, lol
& it was his teammates who saved & carried him to the previous victories, when he played poorly,
& even in most of the exhibition games as well
Hater
@@crazyvideotape245 stepped up when it mattered the most like legends do
@crazyvideotape245 So what's your point? Anybody else score 36pts in the previous games? Hell NO! So, stop the f*ckin' hate! We won the game as a damn TEAM.. He came thru we he was needed to, and that's all that matters! 🤬🤡💯
That AD Flop KD 3 then Booker 3 killed it. USA hadn’t covered any spread yet . That is bad
Basketball IQ 😂. We won because he had more star players and Jokic got in foul trouble late
Now we know. The HOPEFUL TEAM IS NOT BETTER THAN THE DREAM TEAM!!! They lost to a team that doesn't even have a inside gym!!! And they barely beat a Serbian team!!!
I saw lebron crank up his urgency knob, when team usa looked like they had accepted defeat. That was the turning point.
@@Mist_R best feeling ever !!!
i think you mean STEPH but yeah
@@Mist_R WOW you guys are lost in your worship....Steph literally saved Lebron from another bronze medal
No. Steph was key, and Durant was great down the stretch.
You knob heads obviously don't know how to read. Lebron flipped the switch, which activated everyone. It was obviously embiid, Curry and kd who made clutch buckets. But they all looked defeated until lebron cranked up the intensity, leading by example. No glace. Bron has been my Celtics opp since day 1.
USA has 333 mil population and Serbia 6. This should never be this close.
They play more together and had more time with each other
why’s Chris talking about the game like he watched it?
Intelligence on the court and the shoot three's. 😂😂😂😂 best JOKE TODAY FOR INTELLIGENCE
90% of that game KD straight doing Cardio he almost turned to Kevinovich
hahahahahaha
Bless u Ephraim.That’s Coach Kerr’s basketball philosophy. And that’s why we have so much turnover in GS
USA Basketball nationwide for the younger players that will be there in 2028 need to develop and improve because in 2028 they won't have the greatest shooter of all time (Curry), the greatest plug and play offensive player (KD) and the greatest point forward (Lebron) of all time bailing them out against these teams who will comingnfor them the way Serbia did today.
Bad late calls bailed USA out . Serbia couldn’t even get a replay challenging the call
What calls u talking about? He did go backcourt kd got fouled on that 3 ball so what u saying
We can stop the comparison to the 1992 dream team now
Chris why do you think Serbia bench Avramovic in the 2nd half when he was playing fantastic? So odd
I'm a Serb and you are right. The decision to not play Avramovic more and keep Milutinov in game more in 4th costed as a game. Petrusev and Avramovic should have played more instead of Milutinov and Micic, respectively.
Exactly, Micic is a point guard for slow tempo play...plus he's a bad defender, cant keep up with the fast players. Coach Pesic forgot about Avramovic who played amazing, especially in the defence.
@@qq7647 problem is Micic is "bigger name" in Europe, he was Euroleague MVP, while Avramovic didn't have too big of a carrier. In Europe those things sometimes delude the coach's decisions. Coaches play people with bigger names than players with better fit. It is what it is. Still a good game, though
@@Kodreanu23 also Guduric got benched when he was red hot. And Jovic barely played. Im sorry but your coach made a lot of mistakes. Why did he wait to foul so late in the game?
@@Jebedia2236 Jovic and Milutinov were sick, both had high temperature. I don't mind benching Guduric, Dobric was also red hot. The mistakes were Milutinov and Micic. About late foul, I agree. Still, that's already late in the game. But we didn't have any time outs to organize anything
It wasn't basketball IQ by USA it was lack of IQ by Serbia that lost them the game jacking up 3s late in the game
They were incredible hot from deep. That’s what gave them the lead. They just didn’t make them anymore
@@davinnicode That's my point. 3s are low percentage shots once you have an 11 point lead with about 7 minutes to go in the game you should be taking higher percentage shots. They had no situational IQ as to when to take certain types of shots
Milutinov was awful and Micic was just ok. Petrusev and Avramovic should have played more.
Was waiting for this!
CB playin bro dead serious on dat airtime
It was a great team win. Everybody contributed to that victory.
Imagine if Serbia had a good big PF!
yup, our weak spot. Jovic was sick, so he couldn't play.
Lol what happened to nobody could compete with us and it was a done deal?? Talent don't guarantee wins!
It did today. When they all agreed to forget about that playbook and play USA Basketball, they dominated. Our style of play IS what makes us special. We can play fundamental team ball with the rest. They can't play iso ball with the best.
@@talkenhead87 Team USA doesn't play fundamental basketball. They rely on talent and athleticism. The reason the game was close it cause they're playing the Lebron system where he dominates the ball and controls everything which diminishes other players on the court
@@talkenhead87funny to see pre retirement Avengers saving usa basketball anyway😂
@@talkenhead87considering its mostly the older heads that kept this game afloat, Team USA is in trouble after curry KD and lebron are retired. These newer guys need to step up. Oh, and kerr gotta play tatum and hali smh
@@talkenhead87 that was far from a guaranteed win buddy that took a heroic effort to come back. That was supposed to be a blowout according to Vegas and usa fans and it was anything but that
Steph kept us in the game and Embid, Lebron and KD together along with Steph won the game
so Chris didn't even watch the game and here he is trying to tell us how team USA won the game. 😂😂😂
Steph kept fire lit for Team USA. Eventually, everyone locked in.
Where Rob at
Real Talk! It’s not the same without him.
We need Rob back. He's a vibe.
Or in proper English... Where is Rob?
Vacation
@@greggibson33Vanilla is your favorite ice cream flavor isn’t it?
They ain't the 1992 Dream Team, but they are awesome in winning against a very formidable team which is Serbia, which MJ and company in 1992 never ever experienced playing against. Teams now are tough and efficient. They will win if the USA slacks but A WIN IS A WIN. One more, respect to France, but this ain't last year's Germany beating the USA, this is the greats of NBA representing the USA routing a win, which will be France, for the GOLD. Lessons: Tatum, Haliburton, Edwards, and whoever dudes in the next four years should be good or better than Bron, KD, or Steph because USA will be stomped by these tough teams if they don't play for the GOLD. The old dudes wins this gold. Period.
Guys this the very reason there is very few LeBrons. At early age somebody took time and actually drill being fundamental sound aka IQ along with his physical tools and athletic abilitys. U created the King.
It never should have come to this. These guys egos are bigger than their talents and skills.
what a 'joy to be around guy' you must be dumpster boy
The Serbs expected to play against 12 NBA superstars and not against 12 NBA players plus three referees
You didn’t even watch the game… how are you commenting on the game….. stat man stat man
You can’t underestimate how the old heads play better under pressure than the young guys. On a stage this Big.
Serbia was very close to victory. I felt sorry for Serbia. Victory belonged to Serbia. Serbia proved that it is possible to defeat the American team big respect to Serbia 👍💪
Man.. the only thing that saves USA was curry and his 34 points .. period
Total embarrassment any of their games are close.
He had 36
@@greggibson33how is it embarassing? These countries can hoop this ain’t the 90’s anymore
@@RonnySwank Jokic and G League rejects against an All-Star team... yep, that's a tough match up. 😆
@@greggibson33 yea ur just ignorant
This team is an embarrassment to the NBA and the US. The nerve were better than the dream team. Or. The Kobe led teams. Can we just stop trying to make this team more than what they are. They got lucky. It wasn’t IQ.
No more Dream Team comparisons....this team isnt close
Yes this team is better
What foreign team was around in the 90s with a player as good as Joker?
@@vintagemonte Croatia had 5 NBA players and all of them are in the basketball Hall of Fame fool....Drazen Peteovic was on of the best shooting guards in the NBA but he died in a car crash at 28....Dream Team beat them by 32....go read about it before you make a fool of yourself ...
@@curtiszyr not even close......
@@jakeequality8065 Joker is the best player on the planet with top 10 all-time potential. Giannis is 2nd in that. Luka is 3rd. Wemby RIGHT NOW is better than all of those players you named. The world is better at basketball in comparison to the 90s. Implying they faced tougher competition back then just doesn’t make sense. Of course the Dream Team looked dominant against them.
Where Can You Watch the Whole Game ?
Best single game I’ve ever seen
Embiid deserves more credit for out playing Joker and sparking the USA comeback with 7 straight points by hisself and big defensive stops
Its some serious teaching and coaching going on in the rest of the world and thats why they catching up slowing but surely. Check your MVP list in the NBA for the last 6yrs.
Thank you Steph Curry
Not playing Tatum makes no sense, idc what anyone says
They literally just played them the other day 😂
Dream Team 92 and the Redeem Team 08' (RIP Mamba) would Blow this USA squad out the Water
Indeed, today's demonstration was pathetic,
@@85pearlboy bro we LUCKY Chef Curry came to Cook tonight.....
@@Eddie_Z you got that right, anyways, hopefully the endless comparisons with the 92 dream team will come to an end after tonight,
Dream team 2 doesn’t get the respect that should
You guys don’t know basketball. You always expect blowouts
it aint the same without Rob
"CHRISSSS.......NO WAYYYY NO HOWWWWWW" lol
I like that brick three LeBum shot late in the game. It looked like he was attempting to break the front of the rim.
Serbia literally couldn't miss a shot for a little over 3 quarters, US has poor defensive intensity until the 4th, steph is the only reason they stayed alive or it would have been a 30 point game at halftime. Also, basketball IQ aside, there is no shooter better than steph, no go get a bucket player better than KD, no better floor general than Lebron, even at the age they are at.
Since Ephraim coaches kids he should be the next Head coach for the Lakers.
Another masterpiece game by curry.
And joel embiid seriously impressed me
Lebron learned at a early age sure u can score all the points,but its a Team Sports. Sounds like a man that won 11chips in 13yrs and is the real GOAT. Not just being the best player on his Teams,but allowing his teammates to do what they do best for the cause also. Thats how u win in a Team Sport.
Pulling up and just shooters Jumpers has ZERO to do with Basketball IQ. One team couldn't not miss in the End while the other team could not throw in the Ocean. Credit goes to the REST of the TEAM for stepping up after Curry literally Carried the team for Most of the Game. Curry efforts would have been for naught if the TEAM did not step up in the closing Quarter.
Curry was amazing but giving him all the credit shows how little you know
Yeah I don‘t know. The US basketball playbook is just isos and a pick n roll here and there.
I like the fifa rules... everyone has to stay engaged it's physical I've never seen Joker going that hard in the NBA FRFR
It's gard to beat a team 3 straight times.
3 NBA players against 12 NBA players. Umm... why was it close??
Because only 5 play at a time and they’re all pros. 🤦🏾♂️
Good coaching
You new to sports or something? That what makes sports beautiful. Basic things like this are just that, basic
@@Don_Lee_Swagger You're funny. 😆
@@greggibson33 I didn't know it was 3 v 12 players on the court. i must have watched a different game.
Give all refs the Green Card at least
Every joel embiid haters should apologize 😂😂😂
Mr.salam was on Chris neck 💀
😂😅you can tell he was tired of Chris spinning him smh
Chris needs to be kept in check.
@@FuriousTheGeorge💯
lol out the gate he was on him
Tough to listen to Broussard.
If you watch and pay attention to NBA, and the construction of this team..Ephraim is absolutely right about Embiid. This was his game and matchup. If AD stays out of foul trouble, he'll have more playing time against France. USA is built to matchup against any type of team.
The Serbians played the game of their lives. They were making crazy contested 3s. It’s sports sometimes some players get possessed and have the game of their lives. If we play then 10 times we beating them 10 times one or 2 games would be close but that’s if they shoot like prime curry.
Serbia always plays good fiba basketball
2002'
Exactly. There’s a reason we have 7 game series. People say it’s embarrassing for the USA to barely win cause they have so much talent, but in bball an underdog has an infinitely higher chance of stealing one game than they do winning a series.
Not really, Jokic was very bad tonight...CarrY played a game of his life
We played a really good team 3 times. It's hard to win 3 in a row against a good team.
Lack of coaching IQ almost cost them the game
Biggest win in USA basketball history
It was necessarily IQ, it was experience over the younger players. The experience of being in high pressure moments, on the largest stage, and having to deliver. Every player on the US is great but Serbia had them on the ropes and some of the US players looked uncomfortable. On another note I don't know why Steve Kerr went with the full team substitution in the 3rd right when the US were climbing back in the game smh.
Chris... 'I got exactly what I wanted today'.
Bro!
You weren't glued to the screen!!
It was a close and scary game, with rear ends puckering.
This was the proverbial escaping by the skin of the collective US teeth.
It would be unfair to say that Team USA were lucky due to the amount of talent on the team however exile and revoked passports were seconds away for staff and players. It was a close shave with lots of nicks.
Phew!!!
Chris in all honesty refs helped the most. Robbery in last 6 minutes.
Nah....Refs didn't put Steph's KD's and Bron's shots in the basket. We won it. Bad calls on both sides tho....
@@Prowoman-ck4zg nah that was daylight robbery. But its ok. i mean , France is also getting carried. Officiating in general during these Olympics has been really bad
Bs, us was getting hacked all game they barely had a whistle
@@Opieboi that 6 point possession was a bs. Embiid’s give elbow in the face and gets and 1. Last 6 minutes robbery
That wasn’t game IQ. basketball god was on our side.
Usa with the Morocco flag included 🇲🇦 congratulations
With basketball becoming more popular day by the day will The US be able to compete for gold in 2028 considering the majority of the Players on this team will be retired??? Lets look at the potential 12 man roster..
Starting 5
Bam Adebayo
Jayson Tatum
Jaylen Brown
Anthony Edwards
Jalen Brunson
Bench- Chet Holgrem, Zion Williamson, Paolo Banchero, Tyrese Hailiburton, Ja Morant, Devin Booker, Cooper Flagg
Other potential players... Jalen Duren, Jalen Williams, Tyrese Maxey, Cade Cunningham, Trae Young, Scottie Barnes, Evan Mobley
I didn't understand the hype around Anthony Edwards, but now I get it. It's one big manifestation. What do we think will happen in the future. The whole of America is just manifesting right now.
Tha hardest thing to do in any sports is to beat a team 3 times😮 good game guys ..
USA has 350 million. Serbia has 6 million.
Luckily, refs did their job.
Serbian coach is Einstein
That's the stupidest title to a UA-cam video ever....stop taking those Klutch Sports bribery checks