First Half Analysis: Team USA vs. Germany
DeronBefore this game, in which Team USA poured it on Germany’s pourous zone defense right from the jump, the Americans’ hadn’t had a game in which the first unit broke the flood gates open. But the starting five stormed out to a 20-3 lead easily, and then turned it over to the vaunted second unit to turn the game into an official whooping.
* For the third time in the Olympics, Deron Williams tried to go straight over the top of a big man to dunk. This time, Chris Kaman was the big who fouled D-Will before going up with Frederic Weis in Olympic lore.
* The possession to start the second quarter was the exact type of play that Team USA has been criticized for not showing at all during the Games. With Carmelo at the point, CP13 on one wing and Deron on the other, the three zipped passes back and forth to shift Germany’s sluggish zone. Deron stepped into a pass and bottomed a three.
* In fact, before this was a thirty-piece McNugget in the first half, when the Americans were still shooting three’s, they were knocking everything down. Of LeBron’s four three’s, the deepest came from about 25-out.
* By midway through the second quarter, this one devolved into a bad pickup game, with Team USA not even needing to get back on defense to keep their lead growing.
* We’ve seen Kobe do it before – but what about making that hook shot that he sunk towards the end of the second quarter a more regular part of his repertoire?
* Could this game be worse than the infamous annihilation of Angola in ‘92?
August 18th, 2008 at 8:47 am
M says:
I feel bad for the germans, this is murder.
Deron has no fear whatsoever, does he have a nickname already?
August 18th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Ashlov says:
Zee Germans? Achtung, world teams. Get the fuck outta the way, and just hand us the medal.
August 18th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Chaos says:
Deron needs a nickname…a real one
August 18th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Dagomar says:
Kaman = Kaman the Barbarian.
August 18th, 2008 at 9:58 am
bill says:
watch out for australia.
you only beat us by 11 and we didnt have bogut. did you see us destroy previously undefeated lithuania today?
August 18th, 2008 at 9:59 am
karizmatic says:
What’s the score?
August 18th, 2008 at 10:03 am
that's whats up says:
its done – mollywhopped they ass
I just hope they don’t play that James Brown ‘Rocky’ song after every win.
That song sucked back in the 80’s; it is not getting better with age.
August 18th, 2008 at 10:09 am
karizmatic says:
Deron’s nickname should be wolverine….just because
August 18th, 2008 at 10:20 am
shake&bake says:
The Deutsch Bags are getting a good old fashioned pecker slapping. I’m liking this whole dominant U.S. thing. The medal rounds should be exciting.
August 18th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Mo says:
Why is Williams trying so hard to posterize somebody? LOL!
August 18th, 2008 at 10:43 am
SayItAintSo says:
Do you think that maybe D-Wills is Jewish and is using this game to strike back at the Nazi’s?
If so, I totally support his cause! Go D-Wills, invade the paint like itis Normandy
August 18th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Alex "Robocop" Murphy says:
The Punisher?
August 18th, 2008 at 11:52 am
shake&bake says:
Punisher is a good one for Williams since he is such a strong, physical PG. Good call Robocop.
August 18th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
bxballer says:
Team USA bust that ASS this morning. 3 more wins to gold.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
doc says:
@bill-Save that watch out for Australia bullshit for Argentina or something.Aint nobody on our team worried about them bum ass pricks.Damn what happened to all the you are ignorant for saying the USA is gonna blow everybody out statements.They fell off faster than Spains gold medal aspirations.
August 18th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
bill says:
get stuffed doc.
why are you calling them bum ass pricks? i wonder what they have to say about your game?
at the very least us aussies are going to get in someones face. remember 6′0″ 80kg Shane Heal getting in Barkley’s face?
We’ve got better shooters than USA and a decent brigade of big men. And we wont shit ourselves like every other team has that has played the yanks.
You’re a chump doc.
USA hasn’t played Australia, Argentina or Lithuania who are all threats. And Spain obviously packed it in 15mins in to the game. If they meet again they’ll be much better prepared. Why would you call any olympic athlete a bum ass prick you tool
August 18th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Jon says:
no, no one remembers Shane Heal getting in Barkley’s face b/c Australia didn’t win, Shane Heal did hardly anything in his brief cameo in the NBA while Barkley went on to finish a brilliant hall of fame career. No one here’s impressed with some scrub posing an attitude, only with WINS. Win and we’ll remember, but you’re a fool if you think they can, barring Divine Intervention.
BTW US handled LTU handily in the exhibition tour, and that game was played pretty seriously. They also beat this version of Team Argentina back in 2006 in the WC bronze medal game, no sweat. If anything, Argentina looks worse than they did then; their stars are older without any new young talent really blowing anyone away.
August 18th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Ernesto says:
doc got bill a little upset, and I bet he’s laughin his bum ass off about it.
August 18th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Ernesto says:
Anyone can beat any team, as long as ‘any team’ isn’t the USA, I guess.
Aussies can only advance if the USA take the win for granted. This group just ain’t doing that.
August 18th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
doc says:
Aussie dont have better shooters at all.What the fuck are you smoking bill.All yall got is crocodile dundee and the other crazy mofo that got killed.And since it aint no gold medal for snake catching or eel catching yall aint getting no gold medals in China.Get stuffed mate.
August 18th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
doc says:
P.S.Hell no we dont remember Shane Heal getting in Barkley face.Why would we remember that incident?We barely remember Shane Heal bum ass,AKA-One of the reasons KG was ready to kill himself.That was probaly the biggest achievment yall ever accomplished in basketball.You all proud of that bullshit moment like that has anything to do with this ass whipping coming up Wed.
August 19th, 2008 at 4:45 am
Amar says:
deron dunked on kaman during the regular season — as for deron’s name, it’s “the dominator”.
http://allthatjazzbasketball.blogspot.com/2008/08/not-so-jazzy-nicknames.html
August 19th, 2008 at 11:23 am
bill says:
you’re a cockhead doc
remove yourself from lebronzes crotch for a minute and stop trying to sound like you actually have something to do with the way USA is playing at the moment.
Australia won’t get whooped. We’re too tough. And we do have better shooters. Our centre’s went 6/6 from range, your centre cant go 3/6 from charity. We went 16/25 from deep.. USA could never do that, you got 2 shooters. Our whole team can fire.
You’re a tosser mate, your country is finally doing good at the sport they invented, and they’re finally not being beaten by slow white geeky chumps and you think you’re the king of the world.
Besides pound for pound, everyone knows Australia is the best sporting nation in the world hands down. Win win most golds per capita every year. Watch our women destroy your ladies team in the gold medal game and watch the Boomers scare the shit out of USA with only one NBA player.
PS Doc is a dickhead