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2009 FIBA Americas Championship (Scola Playing)

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by abc2007, Aug 26, 2009.

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    Standings for quaterfinals. The top 4 teams have qualified for the 2010 FIBA world championship.

    http://puertorico2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/facm/p/index.html

    TEAM W/L P
    1. Brazil 6/1 13
    2. Puerto Rico 6/1 13
    3. Argentina 6/1 13
    4. Canada 3/4 10
    5. Dominican Republic 3/4 10
    6. Uruguay 2/5 9
    7. Mexico 1/6 8
    8. Panama 1/6 8
     
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    Man, I wish Luis was younger. He's only entering his third season in the league, and he's already 29.
     
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    So true.If he were playing at this level at the age of 25,that would be great. It's possible that he may not been as good as he is some 4-5 years ago.
     
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    The good thing about his playing style is that it is based off of knowledge and finesse, rather than athleticism that is commonly attributed to young age. I can see him still having fuel in the tank until his mid-30's.
     
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    PJR is just slow. He needs to be more active with his hands and his feet.


    He did have a nice hook though...

    Edit: Another nice looking jump hook.


    He just makes ZERO impact on the defensive end despite being 7-3. It seems like he could, but he just doesn't...
     
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    Scola's game doesnt rely on speed and athleticism. I think he can still play on this level up to his mid 30's
     
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    Luis doesn't rely on athleticism, but I doubt if he can be effective after reaching 32. I hope I'm wrong,but it doesn't seem that way to me.
     
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    In my opinion Barrera played a little below expectations in this tournament.

    Uruguay plays very long possessions, and its style of play is not suited for Panchi's strenghts.

    Uruguay played a lot with two point guards at the same time, and both are better (and great) leading the offense, so Barrera couldn't make the same impact he would have if he was the only PG in the floor (is this sentence well written?? :rolleyes: ).

    As for Scola, he is totally dominating this tournament. He is the leader of the team, and is the leading scorer, averaging excellent FG% and rebounding numbers.
    He has all the fundamentals and does all the thing needed to win. He scores when his team needs him to, makes the defensive play, takes the offensive rebound, and so on... He has been incredible, and should have a lot of more responsibilities in this Rockets team.
     
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    anyone have links to the semifinals games??
     
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    Justin.tv. Game starts 1.5 hours from now.

    By the way, this site doesn't do daylights' savings, right? Because its GMT -6, yet its 2 hours off from my time, and I'm in GMT -5. :confused:
     
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    I dont know. The times on the website is confusing....don't know if Brazil vs. Canada 1830h is 6:30 ET or what. In which case the game would already be over
     
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    What is the 'confuse'? The eastern time (new york time) is 4 hours different from GMT right now. You can check the time zone from internet.

    btw, PUR 6: 4 ARG now. The official stream site in US is 'ESPN 360'.

     
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    PUR 13: 20 ARG, end of 1st. Scola 8 pts & 2 assits.

    btw, Rumos: 4pts & 2 rbs.
     
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    PUR 32 : 41 ARG, half time. Scola 20 pts!
     
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    Wow, Scola has struggled since coming back in the game.

    TO, rejected, bad foul, another TO...
     

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