Just remember Serbia has a smaller population as a county than Manhattan. It is impressive they play in all major tournaments for a top 3 spot, since decades in Basketball.
Yes, and without the 6pt-Call by the refs, the result would be a littl bit different. The US needs an fantastic day of Curry to stay in that game. It is only a question of time that we (Europeans) get you guys. NBA is show and not really sport. In Europe you would be dead if you have to play 84 games and travel the continent. Why? Because our games are real competition and not Disneyland. Before Playoffs it is not even BBall. I thought some of us would get you this time. Next time we will get you
You have to give it to them. They're playing in one team their whole basketball carrer except Jokic and Bogdan. They built that chemistry for years. Whereas USA, well closest example is the 2022 Lakers, with Bron, Davis, Westbrook and Nets Kd, Ky and Harden era. Not because you have the best players in the world, you're guaranteed the win/gold. They still have to play with chemistry and team basketball.
Anyone paying attention would have seen that Serbia team was an NBA Playoff quality team. International play has almost caught up, especially because of the fundamental shift to a focus on shooting and multi-skilled big men. Serbia had both in spades and played the game of their lives, it took every ounce of tallent from 4 MVP's to beat them in the end.
Jokic, Bogdanovic (not even a starter player) and a bunch of no names are not a playoff team. Go look at most playoff teams from last year. Every team has 2 stars and bonafine starters with solid benches. Stop elevating the Serbs to make excuse for this USA team. With all the hype the about the super talents that this team has, this should never be this close. It should be a least a 15 point trounce thru out the game to justify the hype. The problem with this team is Defense. When u play against an inferior team, you know they know they will rely on three pointer and outside prayers cuz they are not skillful and quick enough to consistently drive in. You need to extend your D out to cover the outside by being much more active and aggressive to the shooters. You cannot let them shoot and expect a common 30+% because u never know if it could be one of those hot lucky day for them.
Yes best competition since the mtb XCO races of women and above all men. Only 100m men is in for best 3 competitions of the olympics. 1hour 30 minutes of the most competitive race ever. Linke 1000 100m races in a row 😅
Brockman you clown 😂 Devin Booker played perfect, complimentary basketball up until that game. Did he even watch the game? Everyone was off except for Steph, who up to that point, had not played a complete "Steph-like" game. When Tatum is in he's turning the ball over or shooting bricks. Play better when your number is called and maybe you'll get some minutes on the court. 😂
Tatum shouldn't brood about not being called. He should practice practice practice accurate shotmaking and think great defense and BE READY in case he's called. Same with Halliburton and the rest of the team. The ENTIRE Team USA ALL have to be mentally and physically ready for, and VERY HUNGRY TO WIN a 40-minute battle that might be longer and drawn out if the referees are pro-France like in the Canada vs France game. Team USA faces a France roster ferociously hungry (and possibly willing to be subtle dirty) for a win. They face a viciously raucous pro-France crowd and possibly pro-France biased referees who might hamstring some US players early in the game. The ENTIRE USA Team needs to bring their A-game and be mentally and physically ready for anything.
They can be pissed, the question is was it deserved? Based off what I’ve seen of Tatum in a USA jersey…that dude don’t even want to be there. Think he’d rather be hanging with Jaylen brown right now.
Serbia 7 milion people - USA 350 milion people and best league in the world! And Serbia almost beat the USA! Just think about that! 50 states against one small country. Dude!
US had a horrendous night and played like trash until the 4th quarter. Everyone has off nights. FIBA is a 3 point contest. Whoever shoots better wins. US couldn't buy a bucket for 3 quarters. If it wasn't for Steph...they would've had a 22% 3 point % and would've lost by a lot.
They struggled against South Sudan too. Teams with players who play together in the same system for years will be competitive against teams that are just thrown together at the last minute. The US also beat Serbia by 30 the game before so maybe they took their foot off the gas. Happens all the time in basketball.
@@KevinD-wn7pd koliko lazi si izneo ovde... niste vi igrali lose nego niste imali odgovor na taktiku zato ste i izgledali smesno celu utakmicu dok vam sudije nisu pomogle pritom za srbiju igraju jedan vrhunski igrac Jokic i dva dobra Bogdanovic i Micic a ostatak su prosecni igraci....sta bi bilo da smo imali bar jednu petorku odlicnih ili dobrih...
The referees deserve the most, they concede three points to Durant after a foul made by Davis and played to Jokic, then three points again, Embidi's steps don't play several times, LeBron's carrying the ball, Durant's stepping on the outside line, the Americans really had another ignorant MVP from the referees from Panama and Bosnia where amateur basketball is played.
Dude, I’ve watch the whole game three times, Serbia got plenty of calls. The foul Joker got when he bulldozed Davis into Durant - really you don’t think that was a foul? Lots of time USA has established position on defense and Serbia guys smashed into them with no fouls called. Serbia lost this game because their 3 point shooting averaged out in the fourth quarter due to better defense and law of averages.
@@x_the_spaniard2288 You're right about Serbia's missed three-pointers, I'm not talking about that, but elementary basketball rules. First, Davis dragged Jokic and threw him at himself, and the foul was before the shot, so Durant's three-pointer was not allowed. Basketball Serbia did not take advantage of the chances, many missed open shots
One of the most fun games I've watched in a long time. Just cool to be able to watch LeBron, Steph, KD all work together to get it done. 4th qtr they turned it up, simple as that. Serbia missed all 10 of their 4th qtr threes, and USA made 13 of their last 14 and 10 in a row during the 4th.
I agree,one of them is 0/9 for 3 pts,but there is a several things which has an impact on the 4th quarter. Jokic (7 min before the end 4 foul) can not play defense like in first 3 quarters and btw he did,J Embid used those min well… For Serbia,it’s enough to have only Jokić and one more player playing top basketball against team full of superstar players like US,someone else has to step out,and they did,Avramović (I guess you don’t know him) was a key player,I think he has 15 pts at the first half and nobody in Serbia ,day after,didn’t know why he was on the bench last q. Then ,I now ,sounds like stupid excuse,but I have to mention referees. Whole tournament was a grey zone,we don’t know what is the criteria for a lot of things and the we end up with Joel E traveling so many times,it would be embarrassing for professional player to call that so many times . Also IT is inadmissible,to let(doesn’t matter how big star you are) trolling referees whole game,that is technicall foul,several times also. For the next Olympics ,we need to establish rules and stick to them.
Yea it’s like in the playoffs game 3 is always tough opponents will bring it to you to avoid going down 3-0 , that’s what it felt like , it’s hard to beat a team 3 straight times
I respect Kerr’s coaching. This man is a winner rather it be a NBA player or NBA coach. The folks saying Melo out coached him is ridiculous. Melo was a high scoring player without rings.
Lol, did u watch the game? Joker played like a bulldozer the whole game - should have many more offensive fouls. And that one 3 late in the fourth quarter where White barely touched the shooter and he flopped for a four point play. Lots of questionable fouls dude.
America, a country with a population of 33 million, defeated Serbia with a population of six million with the help of referees. Jokic is the only basketball player in the world who, with a team without a single NBA starter, can match America's team with a bunch of future basketball Hall of famers. The American team recruited the Cameroonian because they didn't have enough basketball talent in their country to be able to beat Serbia, which has fewer inhabitants than the city of New York... The fact that Jokic succeeded with Serbia, Lebron couldn't do even in his best days. The only Dream Team is the one with the GOAT Jordan. In the semifinals of the Olympic Games, Jokic proved that he is already among the ten best basketball players of all time.
If these guys had their way, the guys who won the 4th would have been riding pine. Only Rich saw that tightening the lineup brought about the epic comeback.
How ironic in 94, 96 Team USA was talking about the challenge of adopting Fiba defense because NBA was more physical. 24 Team has at least 10 current All Stars! Imagine if Serbia had 3!
Devin Booker is an excellent defender, he and the other defenders helped win the game in the 4th quarter. Serbia very nearly won the game but the US defense got the stops and pressured the Serbian offense into missing their shots the last 7 minutes of the 4th quarter.
If Chris was coaching and Tatum was playing it would've been a blow out for Serbia... Rich is right, you tighten the rotation, you go with the best players. Kerr did that and it worked.
Fun Fact: (You can find these statistics online) The number of professional basketball players by country: Slovenia - 500 players, Croatia - 800, Germany - 1,500, Serbia - 2,000, France - 2,000, USA - 9,000. Can you imagine how much harder it is to find top-level players from a pool of just 500 to 2,000 people compared to 9,000? Yet, Slovenia is the European champion, and the entire country has only 1.5 million people (about the size of a single neighborhood in the USA). In Germany, basketball is only the fourth most popular sport, and they are largely indifferent to it, yet they are world champions. Serbia, with a population of 9 million, has won the European championship three times, the world championship twice, and has been the Olympic runner-up twice. By the way all of Europe soccer is the number one sport by a wide margin, with basketball being the second or third most popular sport depending on the country.
"I mean, you all saw it two days ago against the best team ever, maybe. They needed all kinds of help and maybe luck a little bit. It was, you know, our one three went out, their one three went in. So that was the difference," comment by Petrusev Serbian basketball player
I think Jason T said the best, there's diminishing in return. Tatum wouldn't be the player he's in Boston, because he just won't have the touch and role to do that. And with the way he's shooting, what purpose he serve except tighten Serbia defense ?
@@curtiszyr ure right one 3 time mvp and 3 other nba player that never been all nbe nore all star against the best team ever assembled, with the greatest, mighty talents, has been badly beaten by 5pts in the last minutes. And the only arguments is the 92 team faced nobody! 😂 So childlish!! Last year when Lebalco call, everybody said that they will cruise. 😂
We had you... And that's my hope, you didn't play a bad game at all. You've had a good percentage of shutouts. We had 0-9 from 3 in 4 quarters of the game and at least 4 bad refrees decisions. It's a shame that such a large country has to be pushed by refrees. The foal itself was questioned.... We are winners in every way.
so tired of US commentators, analysts yappers ....."US narrow escape"...Seems the US team alone knew the threat SERBIA posed to them .US .commentators apparently are unaware that countries/ competitors have been rising over the years and many TEAMs have NBA players. Apparently, US yappers expected the US team to walk over all teams. This US team Kerr is rotating depending on the flow of the Game. well done Kerr
@@KevinD-wn7pdSerbia shot unusually well from 3 thru 3 quarters ( 15/30 ) and got a lot of shooter’s bounces ( that one bank shot 3, lol ) and that helped a lot.
@@KevinD-wn7pd America, a country with a population of 33 million, defeated Serbia with a population of six million with the help of referees. Jokic is the only basketball player in the world who, with a team without a single NBA starter, can match America's team with a bunch of future basketball Hall of famers. The American team recruited the Cameroonian because they didn't have enough basketball talent in their country to be able to beat Serbia, which has fewer inhabitants than the city of New York... The fact that Jokic succeeded with Serbia, Lebron couldn't do even in his best days. The only Dream Team is the one with the GOAT Jordan.
@@KevinD-wn7pd No travelling called, no tecnicals, you had to import Cameroonian, we have 6 million people and only our citizes can play for Serbia, without Curry, Lebron and KD I just don't see talent like that in NBA, maybe Edwards but...
If you ain't a Golden State fan it be easy to think Kerr is not doing anything. Being a bay area Warrior nut, obsessing over every game and nuance, Kerr has a style that traditional coaching repel from which iis he's a player coach who has no ego that developed a long leash house style way of coaching which with talented vets he can do which is if they feel the game instinctively on the floor he will let them handle the reigns with little oversight, zero micro management. This style is rejected by a sport where 99.9 pecent of coaches have huge egos and can't surrender control even if it's a detriment to the team. Kerr developed this style with Dreymond, Curry, Klay. They got rings with it. Kerr can shut it down and has no problem if he thinks it ain't working. Kerr will put Green in check. So knowing that, this is Dreymond here, if Kerr can do that and live to tell about it snd has Green's respect, yeah, he doin something right. LeBron woukd never work under Kerr only because he has to always be in control. You can tell KD misses Steph and the Warrior culture. He thrived under Kerr and did so yesterday. We miss KD too. Yesterday wZ like old times. I know it was Curry and Klays nickname, but Currey and KD were Splash brothering it. Gotta admit though, LeBon, Steph, KD for God and country was pretty sweet.
The US does not know how to play defense - other than Lebron and KD they are fundamentally SO weak - Take a look at Embid's positioning when France got two offensive rebounds and scored on consecutive possessions. LeBron makes Jokic miss and Embid allows a tip in by his man. Inexcusable!! These guys have gotten by with pure size and ability since they were 12. No one coached them for sure. The Celtics would cruise to the Gold imo
Dear friends, be realistic! In the other half final France played a much better game against Germany than in all the previous games. But they could only win because Germany played their worst game in the tournament - and were completely out of sorts. In short: France didn't win the game, Germany lost it! The same goes for Serbia against the USA: Of course the USA picked up in the 4th quarter and played very well. But just look at the three-pointers - to pick out just one aspect: Serbia were successfull with 10 out of 20 attempts in the first three quarters. And in the 4. quarter ZERO out of nine! ZERO! If their rate would had been only half as good as in the first three quarters, they would have won by at least eight points! The reality is: Of course the USA played very well in the 4th quarter! And of course Curry and LeBron played great! But the USA team should at least admit that they were extremely lucky that the Serbs lost so much in the 4. quarter...
Shame on you USA...who think USA is not deserved finale...Embid foriner was the reason...USA alone cant win seriosly european team without best Africa Center Embiid and just litle help of referees...where is tradicional USA onesty and Pride but Bring Embiid and you already have 5 MVPes and top full team.USA korporation with 5 coachs and foriners.Serbia just play Serbian forces from coach to staff and players.true national team for olimpic.shame on you USA you are strong without Embid he just destroy USA reputation as grestest basketball nation ever...now Serbia and Litvania wiht gore nore are over USA period...fake Joy Like Women trans sport USA brake rules over and over...Armstrong ect
Can we also be realistic here? Understand that certain guys aka Tatum just doesn’t fit and doesn’t play well with the super stars ….its quite simple. Don’t rock the boat when the boat is sailing just fine already !!
No such thing as narrow escape, it’s to say that is like you’re saying you’re kind of pregnant! You either are or you’re not there’s no in between. They won!
You can't claim to know more about basketball and these talented players than Steve Kerr; trust me, Steve was sweating bullets. Stop doubling down that you weren't nervous; it's cringe. Bet you weren't nervous at all when your Cowboys were kicked around by the Packers because they would magically pull out a win at the end...because you know them and trust them and that's just what winners magically do. Do you even know sports? Nothing is ever guaranteed. Buster Douglas knocked out Tyson. How are you even on this show?
This man is lying, everyone pissed themselves from the fear and defeat of Serbia, very simple, Serbia fell physically in the 4th quarter because they played with fewer players in the rotation, they got tired and that cost them the victory, if only Serbia had more one quality player in the rotation, this Dream Team would lose, in the end there were only 4 differences, anyone who knows anything about basketball knows about that.
Hahahaha yeah right, and how could we forget the referees 🤮 your 5th really MVP! Without the referees USA would have lost and that’s the only truth 😵💫
We can thank stars that the tournament delivered US political colonies to officiate the game, the refs from panama latvia and bosnia If those refs were from france and germany, who do not like each other, would get much stricter calls upon team USA
Look man just let it be. Tatum prolly doesn’t mesh well with the roster… are we forgetting that these players have personalities. Also if that quote that Tatum blew his top at Kerr after riding the bench the first time is in fact true….then this screams of putting Tatum in his place. Seems he’s overstepping his bounds after winning one championship as if they chsnges the fact that Jaylen brown would have much been preferred over Tatum let’s be real about this
30 point deficit is not a problem, when you have an MVP -guy from Panama, Bosnian- who hates Serbia This 2 MVP refs instead to count 3 steps by Embid and call a TRAVEL , because in FIBA it's travel They call 2+1 in Chokel Crybid favor United Steroids+Cameroon+Panama+Bosnia against Serbia=95-91
Just because your star in the nba doesn't mean your a great role player cause kd curry and bron is the head of the snake everyone else fills a role that's alot to ask of a superstar
If I am USA basketball fan i would be ashamed.USA win but with best Cameron player and 5 coach and with best of best over litle Serbia without Doncic and on end with litle help of refeerees . shame USA and you dance like you do exelenr.Serbia is true moral viner
@@GildedWarrior331 USA is so strong on every position its just not onest to make foriners to be American.its ok for litle nations but you have Davis and other good center.remember Croats when they go from podium just to never step again
@@rve420 Jokic cant play against Embiid and Davis ali the time.only litle leverage is Jokic and USA took that on fraud taking foriner.Serbia play only Serbian.Litvania also Litvanians and even not to on Olimpics but stay True basketball nation.USA no longer that.why the take Embiid because the know this is the čast gold in 15 to 20 years.Furure is comming
people stay trying to taste jokic all day, my goodness he's 1 good player, he can't even stop embiid from getting 40 in nba games (and before you wanna ride jokic look it up--embiid averaged about 44 in their last 3 meetings) 1 guy isn't beating an all-star team
Would Embiid lead a team of unknowns to be up 17 points over the US team? If he thought he would have a remote chance of doing so, he would be on the French team.
@trungtpham and have a player the level of Bogdanovic have a better game than him? Who knows... and it wouldn't make sense to go there with Gobert & Wemby when he could play over Anthony Davis who is soft & Bam who is short
@votdfak you either don't watch or just figure since jokic is the star he must've had the best game on his team...I know it would take forever to teach you how basketball works & not just be a nerd who looks at the stats
@@Shuriken1196 LeBron carries the ball like he's playing football and the referees don't play anything and the fourth person Jokic and two three-pointers for the USA in that attack is a ridiculous decision
you have some names, and then the judges will help you defeat a small country, Serbia, if I were you, gentlemen, Americans, I would be ashamed of this victory....
I love that Rich told Chris to get over it.
Right he acting like Tatum wouldn’t have gone in and gone 3 for 20 like he does sometimes
@SirSponge941how many shots to get those points?
@SirSponge941you related to Tatum or something? Jesus
@SirSponge941 and still didn't win MVP & is NOT better than KD, Curry, Old LBJ, Embid or Booker!
Just remember Serbia has a smaller population as a county than Manhattan. It is impressive they play in all major tournaments for a top 3 spot, since decades in Basketball.
Instant Classic!!! There was just SO MUCH going on. So many storylines. Everybody chipped in! 5 MVP’s on the floor at the same time! Incredible game!
TJ is straight up lying. Serbia had this game until the very end. They had an answer for literally every punch the US threw.
Naw
Yes, and without the 6pt-Call by the refs, the result would be a littl bit different. The US needs an fantastic day of Curry to stay in that game. It is only a question of time that we (Europeans) get you guys. NBA is show and not really sport. In Europe you would be dead if you have to play 84 games and travel the continent. Why? Because our games are real competition and not Disneyland. Before Playoffs it is not even BBall. I thought some of us would get you this time. Next time we will get you
@@Freigeist2008looking forward to hearing the exact same thing from you guys in 2028. Till then keep coping!
Carmelo calling for an iso from the stands... He's stayed true to himself hasn't he? 😂
Serbia with one super star and look how team usa struggle.
You have to give it to them. They're playing in one team their whole basketball carrer except Jokic and Bogdan. They built that chemistry for years. Whereas USA, well closest example is the 2022 Lakers, with Bron, Davis, Westbrook and Nets Kd, Ky and Harden era. Not because you have the best players in the world, you're guaranteed the win/gold. They still have to play with chemistry and team basketball.
That was the most exciting action packed basketball game in the last 25 Years
Sound like Skip Bayless. “In all my years of covering sports, I’ve never seen anything like this” 😂 yes you have, yes we have lol
@CheifSy Miami game 6, cavs warriors game 7 is up there. But this was very meaningful for USA
@@danieltrad6415 I love skip
@@tuckerkline4142 I think we all do whether we like to admit or not.
2016 NBA finals game 7 was pretty crazy too.
Anyone paying attention would have seen that Serbia team was an NBA Playoff quality team. International play has almost caught up, especially because of the fundamental shift to a focus on shooting and multi-skilled big men. Serbia had both in spades and played the game of their lives, it took every ounce of tallent from 4 MVP's to beat them in the end.
Jokic, Bogdanovic (not even a starter player) and a bunch of no names are not a playoff team. Go look at most playoff teams from last year. Every team has 2 stars and bonafine starters with solid benches. Stop elevating the Serbs to make excuse for this USA team. With all the hype the about the super talents that this team has, this should never be this close. It should be a least a 15 point trounce thru out the game to justify the hype. The problem with this team is Defense. When u play against an inferior team, you know they know they will rely on three pointer and outside prayers cuz they are not skillful and quick enough to consistently drive in. You need to extend your D out to cover the outside by being much more active and aggressive to the shooters. You cannot let them shoot and expect a common 30+% because u never know if it could be one of those hot lucky day for them.
That game elevated the Olympics as a whole! Track and field has also been outstanding.
Yes best competition since the mtb XCO races of women and above all men. Only 100m men is in for best 3 competitions of the olympics. 1hour 30 minutes of the most competitive race ever. Linke 1000 100m races in a row 😅
Brockman you clown 😂
Devin Booker played perfect, complimentary basketball up until that game. Did he even watch the game? Everyone was off except for Steph, who up to that point, had not played a complete "Steph-like" game. When Tatum is in he's turning the ball over or shooting bricks. Play better when your number is called and maybe you'll get some minutes on the court. 😂
Preach! Tatum earned his seat on the bench.
Tatum shouldn't brood about not being called. He should practice practice practice accurate shotmaking and think great defense and BE READY in case he's called. Same with Halliburton and the rest of the team. The ENTIRE Team USA ALL have to be mentally and physically ready for, and VERY HUNGRY TO WIN a 40-minute battle that might be longer and drawn out if the referees are pro-France like in the Canada vs France game. Team USA faces a France roster ferociously hungry (and possibly willing to be subtle dirty) for a win. They face a viciously raucous pro-France crowd and possibly pro-France biased referees who might hamstring some US players early in the game. The ENTIRE USA Team needs to bring their A-game and be mentally and physically ready for anything.
They can be pissed, the question is was it deserved? Based off what I’ve seen of Tatum in a USA jersey…that dude don’t even want to be there. Think he’d rather be hanging with Jaylen brown right now.
@SirSponge941blame the haters but the NBA coach is the one who benched him
lol.
Serbia 7 milion people - USA 350 milion people and best league in the world! And Serbia almost beat the USA! Just think about that! 50 states against one small country. Dude!
US had a horrendous night and played like trash until the 4th quarter. Everyone has off nights. FIBA is a 3 point contest. Whoever shoots better wins. US couldn't buy a bucket for 3 quarters. If it wasn't for Steph...they would've had a 22% 3 point % and would've lost by a lot.
They struggled against South Sudan too. Teams with players who play together in the same system for years will be competitive against teams that are just thrown together at the last minute. The US also beat Serbia by 30 the game before so maybe they took their foot off the gas. Happens all the time in basketball.
Serbia can enjoy their almost Gold medal.
@@KevinD-wn7pd koliko lazi si izneo ovde... niste vi igrali lose nego niste imali odgovor na taktiku zato ste i izgledali smesno celu utakmicu dok vam sudije nisu pomogle pritom za srbiju igraju jedan vrhunski igrac Jokic i dva dobra Bogdanovic i Micic a ostatak su prosecni igraci....sta bi bilo da smo imali bar jednu petorku odlicnih ili dobrih...
It's not about how much better we are, it's about 50 states being better than Serbia at everything else, too.
The referees deserve the most, they concede three points to Durant after a foul made by Davis and played to Jokic, then three points again, Embidi's steps don't play several times, LeBron's carrying the ball, Durant's stepping on the outside line, the Americans really had another ignorant MVP from the referees from Panama and Bosnia where amateur basketball is played.
Dude, I’ve watch the whole game three times, Serbia got plenty of calls. The foul Joker got when he bulldozed Davis into Durant - really you don’t think that was a foul? Lots of time USA has established position on defense and Serbia guys smashed into them with no fouls called. Serbia lost this game because their 3 point shooting averaged out in the fourth quarter due to better defense and law of averages.
@@x_the_spaniard2288 You're right about Serbia's missed three-pointers, I'm not talking about that, but elementary basketball rules. First, Davis dragged Jokic and threw him at himself, and the foul was before the shot, so Durant's three-pointer was not allowed. Basketball Serbia did not take advantage of the chances, many missed open shots
One of the most fun games I've watched in a long time. Just cool to be able to watch LeBron, Steph, KD all work together to get it done. 4th qtr they turned it up, simple as that. Serbia missed all 10 of their 4th qtr threes, and USA made 13 of their last 14 and 10 in a row during the 4th.
I agree,one of them is 0/9 for 3 pts,but there is a several things which has an impact on the 4th quarter. Jokic (7 min before the end 4 foul) can not play defense like in first 3 quarters and btw he did,J Embid used those min well… For Serbia,it’s enough to have only Jokić and one more player playing top basketball against team full of superstar players like US,someone else has to step out,and they did,Avramović (I guess you don’t know him) was a key player,I think he has 15 pts at the first half and nobody in Serbia ,day after,didn’t know why he was on the bench last q. Then ,I now ,sounds like stupid excuse,but I have to mention referees. Whole tournament was a grey zone,we don’t know what is the criteria for a lot of things and the we end up with Joel E traveling so many times,it would be embarrassing for professional player to call that so many times . Also IT is inadmissible,to let(doesn’t matter how big star you are) trolling referees whole game,that is technicall foul,several times also. For the next Olympics ,we need to establish rules and stick to them.
This was their 3rd match up in as many weeks. Great teams adjust
Yea it’s like in the playoffs game 3 is always tough opponents will bring it to you to avoid going down 3-0 , that’s what it felt like , it’s hard to beat a team 3 straight times
I respect Kerr’s coaching. This man is a winner rather it be a NBA player or NBA coach. The folks saying Melo out coached him is ridiculous. Melo was a high scoring player without rings.
lol people who say they weren't nervous when the US was down in the 4th are lying... that or too cocky
They're lying 😂😂😂😂
Or we knew Serbia wasn’t going to hit like that for four quarters
Ref + Usa vs Serbia
Lol, did u watch the game? Joker played like a bulldozer the whole game - should have many more offensive fouls. And that one 3 late in the fourth quarter where White barely touched the shooter and he flopped for a four point play. Lots of questionable fouls dude.
@@x_the_spaniard2288
I watched it several times. That's why I'm commenting
@@milanmirkovic299 Well agree to disagree, tthought it was a physical game.
This game and the men’s 400 meter final were the greatest comebacks of this and possibly many Olympiads in history! İMO.
Just came here to see the Bostonian cry about Tatum not playing 😂😂😂 Only Boston is crying because team USA is not playing him 😂😂😂
It's so silly..Tatum should just keep the bench warm.
America, a country with a population of 33 million, defeated Serbia with a population of six million with the help of referees. Jokic is the only basketball player in the world who, with a team without a single NBA starter, can match America's team with a bunch of future basketball Hall of famers. The American team recruited the Cameroonian because they didn't have enough basketball talent in their country to be able to beat Serbia, which has fewer inhabitants than the city of New York... The fact that Jokic succeeded with Serbia, Lebron couldn't do even in his best days. The only Dream Team is the one with the GOAT Jordan. In the semifinals of the Olympic Games, Jokic proved that he is already among the ten best basketball players of all time.
If these guys had their way, the guys who won the 4th would have been riding pine. Only Rich saw that tightening the lineup brought about the epic comeback.
Us Warriors fans never stressed going into the 4th down 20 points during their run. That’s what baller teams do.
@vladegoat
·referee mistakes
How ironic in 94, 96 Team USA was talking about the challenge of adopting Fiba defense because NBA was more physical. 24 Team has at least 10 current All Stars! Imagine if Serbia had 3!
Devin Booker is an excellent defender, he and the other defenders helped win the game in the 4th quarter. Serbia very nearly won the game but the US defense got the stops and pressured the Serbian offense into missing their shots the last 7 minutes of the 4th quarter.
If Chris was coaching and Tatum was playing it would've been a blow out for Serbia... Rich is right, you tighten the rotation, you go with the best players. Kerr did that and it worked.
Everything had to go just right for the USA to win in that 4th quarter and it did. Whew.
They just won’t throw Joel in there. We lose without him
Fun Fact: (You can find these statistics online) The number of professional basketball players by country: Slovenia - 500 players, Croatia - 800, Germany - 1,500, Serbia - 2,000, France - 2,000, USA - 9,000. Can you imagine how much harder it is to find top-level players from a pool of just 500 to 2,000 people compared to 9,000? Yet, Slovenia is the European champion, and the entire country has only 1.5 million people (about the size of a single neighborhood in the USA). In Germany, basketball is only the fourth most popular sport, and they are largely indifferent to it, yet they are world champions. Serbia, with a population of 9 million, has won the European championship three times, the world championship twice, and has been the Olympic runner-up twice. By the way all of Europe soccer is the number one sport by a wide margin, with basketball being the second or third most popular sport depending on the country.
Oh Rich. You’re so hip hop, darling.
No one talks about traveling calls, I guess it's the new rules, do whatever you want.
"I mean, you all saw it two days ago against the best team ever, maybe. They needed all kinds of help and maybe luck a little bit. It was, you know, our one three went out, their one three went in. So that was the difference," comment by Petrusev Serbian basketball player
If Luka chosen Serbia this wouldn’t be close
If we brought brunson kawhi brown and mitchell over hali bam white we win by 30
I think Jason T said the best, there's diminishing in return. Tatum wouldn't be the player he's in Boston, because he just won't have the touch and role to do that. And with the way he's shooting, what purpose he serve except tighten Serbia defense ?
Book was the only one guarding Jokic on Serbias final basket. He's a starter and finisher on both ends, he'll be the USA vet next time around.
USA had 4 MVPs on the court at one time ... we weren't going to lose the 4th
The Barkley point isn't valid b/c it's not plug and play any all star like a video game AND a few if those guys haven't shot worth a 💩 consistently
Charles Barkley in 92 played against nobodies. There were 3 active NBA players in the Olympics other than the Dream Team.
How old are u ??
@@1mounest they played nobodies , mention the nba talents they played against , let alone a 3 time mvp 😂
@@curtiszyr ure right one 3 time mvp and 3 other nba player that never been all nbe nore all star against the best team ever assembled, with the greatest, mighty talents, has been badly beaten by 5pts in the last minutes.
And the only arguments is the 92 team faced nobody! 😂
So childlish!!
Last year when Lebalco call, everybody said that they will cruise. 😂
Members of Team Team 92 were ambassadors of sport and were behaving like that. What about today's?
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Referees won the game
We had you... And that's my hope, you didn't play a bad game at all. You've had a good percentage of shutouts. We had 0-9 from 3 in 4 quarters of the game and at least 4 bad refrees decisions. It's a shame that such a large country has to be pushed by refrees. The foal itself was questioned.... We are winners in every way.
Chris is wrong here
Oh leave book alone he’s had a good Olympics
Refs,We do everything for a Green Card
only one less three-pointer if Steph hadn't hit it, now we would be talking about the fight for third place!!
too close for comfort but thank goodness Embiid chose to play for us!
Just win, baby!
I was worried. I already gave up. This guy saying he was not worried is in need of some truth serum
so tired of US commentators, analysts yappers ....."US narrow escape"...Seems the US team alone knew the threat SERBIA posed to them .US .commentators apparently are unaware that countries/ competitors have been rising over the years and many TEAMs have NBA players. Apparently, US yappers expected the US team to walk over all teams. This US team Kerr is rotating depending on the flow of the Game. well done Kerr
The us is much better than Serbia...they just didn't play like it yesterday.
@@KevinD-wn7pdSerbia shot unusually well from 3 thru 3 quarters ( 15/30 ) and got a lot of shooter’s bounces ( that one bank shot 3, lol ) and that helped a lot.
@@KevinD-wn7pd America, a country with a population of 33 million, defeated Serbia with a population of six million with the help of referees. Jokic is the only basketball player in the world who, with a team without a single NBA starter, can match America's team with a bunch of future basketball Hall of famers. The American team recruited the Cameroonian because they didn't have enough basketball talent in their country to be able to beat Serbia, which has fewer inhabitants than the city of New York... The fact that Jokic succeeded with Serbia, Lebron couldn't do even in his best days. The only Dream Team is the one with the GOAT Jordan.
@@KevinD-wn7pd No travelling called, no tecnicals, you had to import Cameroonian, we have 6 million people and only our citizes can play for Serbia, without Curry, Lebron and KD I just don't see talent like that in NBA, maybe Edwards but...
Team America should be embarrassed
Didn’t bring up curry once 🤨
theyre past their primes yet they showed up tonight and carried. it was the most exciting game in recent memory.
Imagine if Yugoslavia was still an entity and this Serbian team also had Luka Doncic… 😰😰
It the US team wins, great. But the new season is coming soon. In the NBA, Kerr and Lebron will have to back it up.
Refs did not lose this game...
If people were calling for Melo to return & Superman it, then that shows how stupid NBA-Twitter truly is
Stop with Kerr hate! Enough already they are undefeated people! Melo played against a crap team quit pushing a narrative.
🇺🇸 should haven't been down that bad the joker is the only star they have we got 4 mvps but good come back
If you ain't a Golden State fan it be easy to think Kerr is not doing anything. Being a bay area Warrior nut, obsessing over every game and nuance, Kerr has a style that traditional coaching repel from which iis he's a player coach who has no ego that developed a long leash house style way of coaching which with talented vets he can do which is if they feel the game instinctively on the floor he will let them handle the reigns with little oversight, zero micro management. This style is rejected by a sport where 99.9 pecent of coaches have huge egos and can't surrender control even if it's a detriment to the team. Kerr developed this style with Dreymond, Curry, Klay. They got rings with it. Kerr can shut it down and has no problem if he thinks it ain't working. Kerr will put Green in check. So knowing that, this is Dreymond here, if Kerr can do that and live to tell about it snd has Green's respect, yeah, he doin something right. LeBron woukd never work under Kerr only because he has to always be in control. You can tell KD misses Steph and the Warrior culture. He thrived under Kerr and did so yesterday. We miss KD too. Yesterday wZ like old times. I know it was Curry and Klays nickname, but Currey and KD were Splash brothering it. Gotta admit though, LeBon, Steph, KD for God and country was pretty sweet.
If you see 17 pt deficit and give up on the game then you haven't watched much basketball
The US does not know how to play defense - other than Lebron and KD they are fundamentally SO weak - Take a look at Embid's positioning when France got two offensive rebounds and scored on consecutive possessions. LeBron makes Jokic miss and Embid allows a tip in by his man. Inexcusable!! These guys have gotten by with pure size and ability since they were 12. No one coached them for sure. The Celtics would cruise to the Gold imo
Dear friends, be realistic!
In the other half final France played a much better game against Germany than in all the previous games. But they could only win because Germany played their worst game in the tournament - and were completely out of sorts. In short: France didn't win the game, Germany lost it!
The same goes for Serbia against the USA: Of course the USA picked up in the 4th quarter and played very well. But just look at the three-pointers - to pick out just one aspect: Serbia were successfull with 10 out of 20 attempts in the first three quarters. And in the 4. quarter ZERO out of nine! ZERO! If their rate would had been only half as good as in the first three quarters, they would have won by at least eight points!
The reality is: Of course the USA played very well in the 4th quarter!
And of course Curry and LeBron played great!
But the USA team should at least admit that they were extremely lucky that the Serbs lost so much in the 4. quarter...
Serbia was 15/30 from 3 thru 3 quarters - way above their average ( against Australia they were 9/29 for whole game, including overtime ).
Shame on you USA...who think USA is not deserved finale...Embid foriner was the reason...USA alone cant win seriosly european team without best Africa Center Embiid and just litle help of referees...where is tradicional USA onesty and Pride but Bring Embiid and you already have 5 MVPes and top full team.USA korporation with 5 coachs and foriners.Serbia just play Serbian forces from coach to staff and players.true national team for olimpic.shame on you USA you are strong without Embid he just destroy USA reputation as grestest basketball nation ever...now Serbia and Litvania wiht gore nore are over USA period...fake Joy Like Women trans sport USA brake rules over and over...Armstrong ect
Can we also be realistic here? Understand that certain guys aka Tatum just doesn’t fit and doesn’t play well with the super stars ….its quite simple. Don’t rock the boat when the boat is sailing just fine already !!
No such thing as narrow escape, it’s to say that is like you’re saying you’re kind of pregnant! You either are or you’re not there’s no in between. They won!
You can't claim to know more about basketball and these talented players than Steve Kerr; trust me, Steve was sweating bullets. Stop doubling down that you weren't nervous; it's cringe. Bet you weren't nervous at all when your Cowboys were kicked around by the Packers because they would magically pull out a win at the end...because you know them and trust them and that's just what winners magically do. Do you even know sports? Nothing is ever guaranteed. Buster Douglas knocked out Tyson. How are you even on this show?
"trust me"
No.
Last time USA wins Olympics for a while, they will win it again but not next one in LA.
This man is lying, everyone pissed themselves from the fear and defeat of Serbia, very simple, Serbia fell physically in the 4th quarter because they played with fewer players in the rotation, they got tired and that cost them the victory, if only Serbia had more one quality player in the rotation, this Dream Team would lose, in the end there were only 4 differences, anyone who knows anything about basketball knows about that.
Hahahaha yeah right, and how could we forget the referees 🤮 your 5th really MVP! Without the referees USA would have lost and that’s the only truth 😵💫
Serbia couldn't hit the broadside of a barn in the 4th. Keep crying.
Best players still took 2 to 3 to slow down jokic
Joel doesn't play , the Americans lose.
We can thank stars that the tournament delivered US political colonies to officiate the game, the refs from panama latvia and bosnia
If those refs were from france and germany, who do not like each other, would get much stricter calls upon team USA
Look man just let it be. Tatum prolly doesn’t mesh well with the roster… are we forgetting that these players have personalities. Also if that quote that Tatum blew his top at Kerr after riding the bench the first time is in fact true….then this screams of putting Tatum in his place. Seems he’s overstepping his bounds after winning one championship as if they chsnges the fact that Jaylen brown would have much been preferred over Tatum let’s be real about this
Tell Baldo that the results is the proof in the pudding…yakyakyak
30 point deficit is not a problem, when you have an MVP -guy from Panama, Bosnian- who hates Serbia
This 2 MVP refs instead to count 3 steps by Embid and call a TRAVEL , because in FIBA it's travel
They call 2+1 in Chokel Crybid favor
United Steroids+Cameroon+Panama+Bosnia against Serbia=95-91
Cry some more!
You good?
@@kristiansantini1411 ??????????
This is some sad cope right here.
@@DreamFearless Maciavelism
Tatum hasn’t hit the broadside of a barn since the NBA regular season. F off with that BS Chris.
The referees pulled for the USA. Without their help USA would've lost.
The travelers
Rich… don’t condone the idiotic behavior of Steve Kerr.
Too much nonsense from two thirds of the peanut gallery.
Just because your star in the nba doesn't mean your a great role player cause kd curry and bron is the head of the snake everyone else fills a role that's alot to ask of a superstar
Damn they really need it A Cameronian/French Player to help them win over Serbia, pathetic, not ever compare them to the 92 Dream Team.
Just thank refs.
You needed referees to win this game
Is the bald guys job on this show just to complain?
Yes
Serbia shot 0-9 for 3pts in 4th.. That was the key
The bald white guy always is so upset when boston isn't the focus
Serbia robbed tho
If I am USA basketball fan i would be ashamed.USA win but with best Cameron player and 5 coach and with best of best over litle Serbia without Doncic and on end with litle help of refeerees . shame USA and you dance like you do exelenr.Serbia is true moral viner
Stop it we are very proud of our team because we beat those teams .they were only close because they shot well from the 3pt
@@GildedWarrior331 USA is so strong on every position its just not onest to make foriners to be American.its ok for litle nations but you have Davis and other good center.remember Croats when they go from podium just to never step again
@@rve420 Jokic cant play against Embiid and Davis ali the time.only litle leverage is Jokic and USA took that on fraud taking foriner.Serbia play only Serbian.Litvania also Litvanians and even not to on Olimpics but stay True basketball nation.USA no longer that.why the take Embiid because the know this is the čast gold in 15 to 20 years.Furure is comming
Cry...
You dont understand basketball its not idividual sport
No nervous,refere corrupted panama😂
“Narrow Escape” I say “Massive Comeback”
Dream tim needs Dream refs to win 😂😂😂😂😂, be onest if refs were fer USA newer wins
people stay trying to taste jokic all day, my goodness he's 1 good player, he can't even stop embiid from getting 40 in nba games
(and before you wanna ride jokic look it up--embiid averaged about 44 in their last 3 meetings)
1 guy isn't beating an all-star team
Would Embiid lead a team of unknowns to be up 17 points over the US team? If he thought he would have a remote chance of doing so, he would be on the French team.
@trungtpham and have a player the level of Bogdanovic have a better game than him? Who knows...
and it wouldn't make sense to go there with Gobert & Wemby when he could play over Anthony Davis who is soft & Bam who is short
@@theFRIS better game? you don't know ball. LOL
@votdfak you either don't watch or just figure since jokic is the star he must've had the best game on his team...I know it would take forever to teach you how basketball works & not just be a nerd who looks at the stats
Manu did it
if it wasn't for the help of the referees, the USA would never have won, Serbia gave them a basketball lesson
Not really. We watch nba teams blow leads all the time. Serbia didn’t do anything special at all.
@@Shuriken1196 LeBron carries the ball like he's playing football and the referees don't play anything and the fourth person Jokic and two three-pointers for the USA in that attack is a ridiculous decision
By blowing a 17 pt lead 😂😂 lesson learned thanks Serbia keep celebrating 3 time losers
@@oktobarsesti823they choked a 15pt lead in one quarter just like nuggets choked a 20pt lead in game 7 against the timberwolves this year
“Basketball lesson” meanwhile US has won 4 straight gold medals lol
you have some names, and then the judges will help you defeat a small country, Serbia, if I were you, gentlemen, Americans, I would be ashamed of this victory....