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The first game was against the Dominican Republic. The scoreline might suggest it was a routine win, but it wasn't. Until a few minutes into the last quarter we were trailing at times and up against a tricky team with a lot of confidence. In the end quality prevailed, thank God.

Offence was solid, except for free throws, but defensively we were just poor. Not using our fouls, not closing out well, giving them too much time and space. Things will have to improve if we are to beat Italy. But first we'll be playing the Filipinos, tomorrow.
 

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All 4 games were the same defensively, meaning defence was non-existent. Losing hurts, but seeing our pride and joy so disorganized hurts even more.

Italy were much better tonight, and all we can do is try to pick ourselves up and go again. Time to rebuild IMO.
 

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The Morris brothers are known for being fake tough guys and wannabe thugs. High time someone gave one of them a lesson. The other one is already sending indirect threats on twitter. Would love to see Jokic's brothers get involved. 😀

All reminds me of when Beli choked out Afflalo with one arm.
 

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Huge, huge win for our basketball NT! Missing so many quality players.

We played against Latvia and the refs. A fucking disgrace what we encountered tonight as the greatest European basketball nation. I'm not asking for calls in our favour, but don't try and **** us on every God damn possession! Karma prevailed though and we got a big win. These wins matter a lot, as the results Vs the 2nd and 3rd placed teams in our group carry over to the next round.

Teo the captain, but credit to the entire team, Kuridza came in like a true veteran, Dangubic had a great last quarter, Avramovic was fantastic at times and many more. First game under Pesic and a big win to start it off against a quality opponent. If you had to bet your life on shooters, I'd always pick them from Lithuania and Latvia. Fucking hell, they're automatic from 3. 😂
 

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Forgot to post about it. Embarrassing loss, especially as we had them. Lights fell out in the Arena and after that break we just didn't show the same energy they did.

Lots of very average players in our squad, and it's a tragedy that international basketball is allowing this crap to happen. Players, coaches need to speak up, cause this is terrible.

Next two games are Vs Slovakia. Should be 2 wins, but they won't carry over.
 

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Huge win over Olympiakos tonight. First time we beat them in Greece and the first time they lose at home in the Euroleague this season.

If not for injuries and COVID, we'd probably be top 8 right now. But now, it'll take a huge effort just to get close.
 
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