Joe Bagadonuts
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Yes there is.There is no reason a washed up Gasol should have 40 points
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seattlejazzfan
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Team D would have. There is a reason he hasn't dropped 40 on anybody in the NBA in about 5 years.
Playing for your country tends to bring the best out of you. The fact that at his age he is still playing for the national team tells you something about him.
seattlejazzfan
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Pau is really good.
ya i am talking about 1 on 1. Jazz d would've stopped him
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So true ... the refs were giving every call to Gasol.
Stifle Tower
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If they win the consolation game do they qualify for the Olympics?
No, just the finalists...
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Then rubio re-tweeted rudy and said Rudy has no class or is classless or something like that (I heard about it on the radio, didn't actually see the tweets)
framer
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Probably pulled a ligament typing on his iphone and will be out 6 to 8 months. . .
However, France gets to play in a fun pre Olympic tournament to qualify. The 3-7 finishers will. So the Czech Republic vs Latvia game is actually important because of this.
Stifle Tower
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Rudy gonna add another chip on his shoulder after getting torched by Gasol.
Pau Gasol is the European Tim Duncan, he is going to be putting up stats until he is 40.
@rickyrubio9 Ricky Rubio retweeted rudy gobert
No class act
https://fansided.com/2015/09/17/ricky-rubio-rudy-gobert-twitter-beef/
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I kind of agree with Rubio, tbh. Gasol schooled the French. He had an amazing game. France did not. End of story. Just shut them up with your play, Rudy. Learn how to play both ends.
Yes, it's true you can not defend someone like Pau Gasol when the referees don't let you touch him. There is no great way to defend except to make Gasol play defense on the other side. Make him (Pau Gasol) get fouls too by playing offense so that he is stressed out. That's the only way to get a favored player by the ref's out of the game.
Gasol was on fire. I have no problem with him. Other than he is ugly, and ruined our playoffs for years with the Lakers.
You know what screw him! Greasy spanish *******.
You know what screw him! Greasy spanish *******.
A fair bit of sour losing on the french side (and I am French). Truth be told yes Gasol had the refs in his his pocket, but once a pattern is established, it is the team's job to adjust accordingly : Gobert is a great defender already, but still young and left repeatedly 1on1 against Gasol, he suffered. Gasol isn't as tall but he is mighty tall too and so technical. The french should have varied the looks, sent hard doubles from time to time to force Gasol to pick up his dribble early and then try to recover, etc.. they just didn't defend him that well.
Nevertheless this wasn't the deciding factor. The key was poor execution on offense in the 4th and OT when the french should have killed the Spaniards : missing FTs is criminal, Parker and Diaw's misses were actually worse than Batum's : Paker missed 2 FTs in a row at 70 all, than Diaw missed a critical FT that would have made it +4 with 1:27 to go.
Gobert, Lauvergne and De Colo were very good again, sure they did some mistakes, but overall very good. France was let down by its 3 established stars :
- TP 4/17 with 3 TOs for 6 assists
- Batum 3/14 (even though he almost redeemed himself with that corner 3)
- Diaw 2/7.
That's it : the 3 established stars didn't execute on offense during most of the game and the 3 of them failed at the FT line in the critical OT. No need to look further : Gasol was somewhat protected by the refs ? Sure but it happens all the time and it is no coincidence that it happens to players dominating the game. The team failed to adjust on defense but lost the game when it didn't execute on offense.
I hope the 3 established french stars rebound next summer for the pre-olympics and olympics, but we might be witnessing the transition from one generation to another and the very real decline of Tony Parker as seen this NBA season too.... Had to happen at some point.
Nevertheless this wasn't the deciding factor. The key was poor execution on offense in the 4th and OT when the french should have killed the Spaniards : missing FTs is criminal, Parker and Diaw's misses were actually worse than Batum's : Paker missed 2 FTs in a row at 70 all, than Diaw missed a critical FT that would have made it +4 with 1:27 to go.
Gobert, Lauvergne and De Colo were very good again, sure they did some mistakes, but overall very good. France was let down by its 3 established stars :
- TP 4/17 with 3 TOs for 6 assists
- Batum 3/14 (even though he almost redeemed himself with that corner 3)
- Diaw 2/7.
That's it : the 3 established stars didn't execute on offense during most of the game and the 3 of them failed at the FT line in the critical OT. No need to look further : Gasol was somewhat protected by the refs ? Sure but it happens all the time and it is no coincidence that it happens to players dominating the game. The team failed to adjust on defense but lost the game when it didn't execute on offense.
I hope the 3 established french stars rebound next summer for the pre-olympics and olympics, but we might be witnessing the transition from one generation to another and the very real decline of Tony Parker as seen this NBA season too.... Had to happen at some point.
Yeah, as a French fan I'm disappointed, but France didn't play well and they didn't deserve the win. I agree you shouldn't let Gasol score 40 points without at least TRY something else (double team, steals, whatever... at least make other players score).
The strange thing is Gobert utterly destroyed Gasol when they played in Chicago last season, so he could definitely do better. Then again, Gobert is not the reason why they lost here, he actually made good things. Parker and Diaw are just a bit too old now so there was no real leader on the court anymore.
Now they need rebuilding based on PG X / De Colo / Batum / Lauvergne / Gobert with Fournier / Ajinca as 6th / 7th man. PG could be Diot / Heurtel / Westermann. This team still has a future.
Coaching wasn't that good, I would fire Collet, he didn't find the solutions yesterday and on paper, France probably had the better players, so I would change the coach.
The strange thing is Gobert utterly destroyed Gasol when they played in Chicago last season, so he could definitely do better. Then again, Gobert is not the reason why they lost here, he actually made good things. Parker and Diaw are just a bit too old now so there was no real leader on the court anymore.
Now they need rebuilding based on PG X / De Colo / Batum / Lauvergne / Gobert with Fournier / Ajinca as 6th / 7th man. PG could be Diot / Heurtel / Westermann. This team still has a future.
Coaching wasn't that good, I would fire Collet, he didn't find the solutions yesterday and on paper, France probably had the better players, so I would change the coach.