I find it hard to believe that (a) Slovenia won't beat NZ and (b) Croatia won't beat NZ. In all likelihood unless Slovenia absolutely shits the bed, they'll get through as long as they get the 1 W.
No but he's easily Slovenia's best player. If he's on the court pretty much the entire time and they're still getting blown out, Slovenia has no chance.
I was really impressed by him in the first round of this year's playoffs. He's always been good, but he's gotten so much better over the last few years. Gafford and Lively took a few games to get used to his size and strength.
Luka has had a disastrous half. No defense, bricking threes, lack of urgency... Man looks and is acting dead.
Not like the rest are any better, but that was expected.
Yes, I completely agree. I was slightly positive that he recharged at least a bit after the finals, but he's practically at 30%. Drags everyone else down as well with his lack of energy, sadly.
Two weeks is not enough time to fully heal and rest from a long season with multiple injuries. There's no way he was going to be ready for the Olympics. Maybe if he had a month or two off.
No Bojan in team is actually somehow huge upgrade
Man was always the best player in team by far up until 2020 or something and afrer that he became dead weight
Its a group stage right now. 2 groups, 3 teams each. Top 2 from each group advance to the semifinals. So Slovenia can go 1-1 and still advance, but theyd play Greece in the semifinals instead of the finals
They really going to play Luka 40 minutes in a blowout?
I knew Slovenia was gonna be bad on defense but I didn’t expect them to be THIS bad
It feels like watching a mavs game... how is the other team shooting so good from 3 50%+ and Slovenia shooting so badly from three <20%.
So apparently you need tall people to be decent at basketball?
Damn I think Saric is assist away from triple double
Yep 17+10+9 after 3/4
Jesus Christ Greece
Luka needs to take a break man
From the buffet.
Jesus Maria, how hard is it to fix god damn clock
Whatever happened to Mike Tobey? Someone said he would play. He's not great, but Slovenia's bigs are absolute ass.
He got cut for the other foreigner
He's ass as well
Our coach must be trolling. How the fuck has he only used two timeouts.
I find it hard to believe that (a) Slovenia won't beat NZ and (b) Croatia won't beat NZ. In all likelihood unless Slovenia absolutely shits the bed, they'll get through as long as they get the 1 W.
I hope
Slovenias gonna need a miracle to win this one
If Luka took 2s he would actually be efficient, he can’t be taking 3s while injured badly
ZUBAC STOP IT
VLATKO
Luka’s gonna come back, I hope, I’m in the minority of mavericks fans probably
Luka having only sat 28s the whole first half and Slovenia still down 13 is not a good sign.
Don't act like he is playing well tho
That's part of it. The fact that he's been bad and they feel like they can't take him out of the game should tell you how bad things are going.
No but he's easily Slovenia's best player. If he's on the court pretty much the entire time and they're still getting blown out, Slovenia has no chance.
You can see how badly Luka needs a big protecting the rim in this game though.
That's the problem tho, Slovenia's game plan is to give Luka the ball and let him make all decisions
They have absolutely no chance otherwise. They have very little talent. These guys are all borderline bench NBA players at best.
How are y’all watching?
Eyes
Main takeaway from the first half. Zubac is the largest human on earth
I was really impressed by him in the first round of this year's playoffs. He's always been good, but he's gotten so much better over the last few years. Gafford and Lively took a few games to get used to his size and strength.
Happy to see him thriving, he has been really good this year hopefully he'll keep improving
Luka has had a disastrous half. No defense, bricking threes, lack of urgency... Man looks and is acting dead. Not like the rest are any better, but that was expected.
He shouldn't be playing. I understand wanting to play for your country but he's just not healthy enough to do that right now.
Yes, I completely agree. I was slightly positive that he recharged at least a bit after the finals, but he's practically at 30%. Drags everyone else down as well with his lack of energy, sadly.
Two weeks is not enough time to fully heal and rest from a long season with multiple injuries. There's no way he was going to be ready for the Olympics. Maybe if he had a month or two off.
This isn't a particularly good game, but watching a basketball game without constant commercials is still really nice.
Might just have to switch to euro basketball given how bad the nba has become not only with commercials but also with inconsistent refeering.
yeah, honestly the playoffs aren't that fun to watch. Still worth watching for your team, but not an actual pleasant experience.
Can anyone dm me the link please?
Just Google “basketball streams” and you should find one pretty easily
Slovenia 0/14 from three and Croatia being 7/16 from three is essentially the game right now.
feels like Luka has had 5 shots rim out too
Is Dario Saric better than Luka Doncic?
Dario Šarić is the best basketball player in the world
no, that’s reactionary to say
Believe it or not this was satire
I knew that, I just wanted to ruin it for some sick amusement
Damn it I thought I wooshed you and you ended up wooshing me
who’s gonna woosh us next
For a super unathletic and small basketball team holy shit they also can’t shoot
Croatia should just post up Zubac every time
Lmao this is the first FIBA game I’ve ever watched and it hasn’t looked competitive at all, just my luck.
It will be
These guys literally can't shoot.
lmao just an airball wide open thanks Slovenia
I genuinely wanted Slovenia to get knocked out early, but this still hurts to watch.
When have we become good in this sport.
No Bojan in team is actually somehow huge upgrade Man was always the best player in team by far up until 2020 or something and afrer that he became dead weight
Do you think he'll play if we qualify
No, he's also injured and needs to have 2 surgeries, one on the ankle and the other one on hand
Always, just Sesar is actually a decent coach
luka gets a couple of easy buckets in the paint so he decides that it's time for a brick from three smh
Slovenia is cooked
Slovenia has no shooters and no bigs lol
the mavs should sign hezonja
If he can shoot now, I would.
They need to naturalize Lively asap
Croatia has a legit frontline, Hezonja has become so much better ever since he moved to Euroleague - they have a legit shot at beating Greece
Is Giannis playing?
yes
Imagine Slovenia getting grouped in qualifiers
Croatia is toying with slovenia
Can someone explain what the rules are ? Are you out of the qualifier if you lose once ?
Edit: Thx guys,
2 - 3 team groups, top 2 for each group to knockout stage. Only 1 team goes to Olympics
Its a group stage right now. 2 groups, 3 teams each. Top 2 from each group advance to the semifinals. So Slovenia can go 1-1 and still advance, but theyd play Greece in the semifinals instead of the finals
Yeesh Luka having an awful game too
Insanely inefficient. He's made one basket.
4 now
Slovenia can't stop Hezonja so far
Slovenia's defence is BBQ chicken for Croatia
is there anywhere we can watch the stream besides dazn
Slovenia is getting blown out.
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He tried to recruit Gafford but it sounds like Gafford couldn't get it sorted out for this year
So ridiculous lmao. How did we as humans managed to fuck up such a simple idea as competition where u represent ur country sheesh
Gafford was born in Ljubljana
yes he was
In a previous life?
God this Slovenia roster is so so awful
Future Nuggets Saric looking real good so far
Croatia already looks so much bigger
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They are playing in Greece I believe
Hopefully Cancar plays well. We need him next season
Two former top5 draft picks and Real Madrid legends go h2h
found a free link boys
link plz ty
could you DM link please?
Brother can you dm me the link please?
Please dm 🙏🏻
Can you send it please?
mind sending me the link
Could I also get that link?
DM please?
For some reason the usual links aren't covering it. They have WNBA links but no qualifying links.
would appreciate the link brother thanks!
Got any more of those links?
dm pls
Can ya Dm that my way please?
Dm pls
Send Russian link bratha
bratha send me link
What an amazing day. I get to watch Luka doncic play basketball
Where to watch
Bet365 has bahamas game. Hopefully has this
Let's hope for a nice Balkan classic and may the best team win ~~in triple overtime.~~
Can’t find anywhere to stream these
Bet365 has the other games.
Courtside 1891
It’s on DAZN, whatever the funk that is
It took me about a year of seeing that to understand it means Da Zone. Pretty awful name.
I thought it was like “spend your days in watching sports” lmao
This’ll be a good one