Olympic Hoops Blog

1:23am I knew I wouldn't be able to fall asleep and with work approaching in 5 hrs I thought I would stay up and document this 2.5 unit loss.

1:25am This is brutal I went through matchbook for the game earlier in the day and Croatia is +12 and the total is set at 149. The current line is Croatia +13 and 152.5. This fuckin blows.

1:31 Spain 2-0 after 10 seconds, followed by a lane violation, great start

1:34 a couple of shady fouls already on Croatia, this is FIBA.

1:36 Croatia is on the board after 3 minutes, hooray! 6-1 Spain

1:37 Two Croatians fight for the ball and falls to teen heartthrob Ricky Rubio and he finds Gasol for an alley oop. Spain 8-1, way to come out of the gates Croatia.

1:41 Croatia has yet to hit a FG halfway through the quarter, awesome.

1:42 Another Gasol dunk, Spain 12-1

1:44 Croatia finally hits a FG with 3:26 left in the quarter

1:45 Fuck you Calderon

1:47 Croatia just ran a nice offensive set, dribble for 20 seconds and jack up a 26 footer, it somehow went in. Spain leads 19-9.

1:49 Some buttfuck hits a 3 about five feet behind the arc. Spain leads 22-11 after one quarter, this game sucks.

1:55 I say this again fuck you Calderon, Spain 25-16

1:58 Spain blows a lay up only for Gasol to put it back and get fouled in the process, motherfuckers Spain 30-18 6 mins left in the 2nd

2:04 nice bullshit call on the foul, Fernandez was clearly looking to pass the ball not shoot it. Spainards lead 33-21 with 3:30 to go in the 2nd.

2:07 Croatia saved it to Ricky Rubio, too bad he plays for Spain and he was right under his own basket. Spain leads 37-23 with 1:30 to go.

2:08 I don't understand the intentional foul call that Spain was penalized with. As the announcer pointed out, how can you measure intent?

2:13 The play that Croatia drew up after a timeout was right out of John Wooden's playbook, some guy threw up an off-balanced 3 that was an airball.

Spain leads 37-26 at the half.

2:29 Spain plays volleyball and gets two points, 39-26

2:32 Croatia is reeling and this could get ugly quick, Spain leads 42-26 .

2:36 Jorge hits a 3 and Spain leads 47-28 with 6 left in the 3rd.

2:41 another stupid intentional foul, I hate that fuckin rule.

2:43 Calderon picks a nice game to break out of his slump, Spain leads 50-32 with 3 left in the 3rd.

2:45 Croatia scores a couple of quick baskets which leads to a timeout from Spain and the score is 50-36 with a minute and change left in the 3rd.

2:47 I'm counting my lucky stars that the bald guy from Spain keeps missing his 3s.

2:49 Marc Gasol is no Pau Gasol.

2:50 Nice bullshit foul call, no one can touch the Tiger Beat coverboy.

2:51 Croatia displays their excellent offensive play as the 3rd quarter ends. Spain leads 51-38.

2:52 The announcer said Spain was outstanding from 3, they are shooting 6-19. Croatia hits a 3, the score is 51-41.

2:54 I don't like this at all, Spain leads 55-41 one minute into the 4th.

2:56 Croatia has absolutely no fuckin answer for Gasol, Croatia answers with an offensive foul and Spain gets a two to drop in 59-41.

3:00 Croatia looks like ass on offense, Spain leads 63-41 with 5 and change left.

3:05 Gasol is playing head and shoulders above everyone else. Where the fuck were you against the Celtics you eurotrash?

3:08 The Croatian players are afraid to take an open 3 down 23 with 2 minutes to go. No wonder you only have 49 points.

3:11 Goddamnit Croatia is making a run down 14 shooting a free throw.

3:12 Final Spain 72-59 sonofabitch I fucking had this game for 12. Well atleast all those stupid fuckers who took Spain at -13.5 or -14 lost. I'm still pissed though.

3:17 That sure was fun, well I came out on top which I didn't think would happen, but I'm still upset that I had the game at 12.