Nigeria vs Croatia

[K]

Nigeria leading by 4 (43-39) at the half, thanks to Umeh's three points shooting. We are still not disciplined enough though with everyone taking tough 3 point shots when there's no one in the paint to rebound.. Diogo is the top culprit.

[zagor]

Great game for Nigeria so far. Umeh, and Diogu are beasts!

[K]

Nigeria playing a very disciplined Q3. Leading by 10

[K]

70-56 Nigeria at the end of q3. Let's wrap this in q4

[K]

Our 4th art implosion starts again

[Cmoke]

Score?

[K]

77-71 nigeria.

3 more minutes

[K]

Referees gone crazy

Nigeria leading by 8

84-76

1 minute 13 secs to go

[Cmoke]

We won?

[K]

Nigeria wins it

90-76

[zagor]

Great win, despite Oguchi going cold.

[zagor]

I believe this is the 1st african win in history of Olympics bball.

[JACKAL]

I believe this is the 1st african win in history of Olympics bball.

No its not... We beat Tunisia in the last Olympics..

[JACKAL]

Good game... the played good defence and the 3 points shots where steady today..

This same croatian team beat Spain and brazil ... We matched up with them becuase they didnt have any super big 7 fters..

[bret- hart]

Kai I pray we beat Brazil so se sneak out of the group.

[F360]

"We" beat Croatia, I knew we would!

[JACKAL]

Kai I pray we beat Brazil so se sneak out of the group.

Just imagine if we had farouk and other guy on this team how deadly we would be..
Brazil is beatable, but we dont match up well against them. They have 2 7 ft guys in the middle

[wanaj0]

Congrats guys. Well done to all! On to the next match.

[zagor]

I believe this is the 1st african win in history of Olympics bball.

No its not... We beat Tunisia in the last Olympics..

Lol. True. I meant against non african competition.

[Man Ataye]

CHEI WE TRY OOHH. MAKE WE TRY MEDAL. BABY STEPS.

[F360]

Kai I pray we beat Brazil so se sneak out of the group.

Just imagine if we had farouk and other guy on this team how deadly we would be..
Brazil is beatable, but we dont match up well against them. They have 2 7 ft guys in the middle

Croatia had 7ft guys in the middle as well(or 6'11). Brazil has no 7 footers on their squad. Nene is listed as 6'11 but is probably 6'10. Feliciano the other center is listed as 6'10.
Alade is 6'10/6'11. Ike is 6'9(more like 6'8/6'7). Either way, the height difference shouldn't be much of an issue for our bigs. The physicality of Nene vs Ike and Alade in the post should be interesting.

[theYemster]

Kai I pray we beat Brazil so se sneak out of the group.

Just imagine if we had farouk and other guy on this team how deadly we would be..
Brazil is beatable, but we dont match up well against them. They have 2 7 ft guys in the middle

You this guy again. lol

[truetalk]

Good win.

Cold comfort for me as we half talent to be the No. 2 team in the world (although Australia would have given us a fight for it, the way they are playing).

Let's even forget about Oladipo, Okafor & Ezeli, who have never played. We still have enough to beat the likes of Lithuania silly. Too bad with Seni Lawal, but the likes of Ochefu & Sulaimon & Al-Farouq would have given this team speed, size & versatility.

I've been too upset with the way things unraveled just b4 the Olympics, & I have not posted, but congrats to the guys. They played with heart & always a privilege & honor to represent your country.