We Just Saw The Best Basketball Game Ever 🔥
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- USA - Serbia might go down as the greatest basketball game ever played. Augustas & Gytis react to Steph Curry’s incredible 36 point performance, clutch plays from KD at the end & incredible effort from Nikola Jokic and company.
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Incredible effort by the dream team refs.
@@5eulincredible effort by all involved. Team USA, Serbia, the referees, the announcers, the crowd, made for an amazing experience!
We have been all Serbian yesterday 🇷🇸 ❤
As a Serbian this loss still hurts, so proud of our guys...
It doesn't really hurt, it feels kind of empty. Before the game, when the national anthems were played, I was watching Americans. Not a single one sings their anthem, except Curry who is just mumbling the words. They didn't even want to play for their country, but for the cameras and fame. We lost to a bunch of woke punks, that does hurt.
@@01ment you lost to the best basketball players on the planet
@@gabepizzaThat’s the thing, they believe that Serbia is the best.
You have chance to beat them next time guys
@@gabepizza Yes, to the refs. Never heard of their names before though, which was solely my mistake. I really thought that Bosnia and Panama are not very talented in terms of basketball, but I was wrong. They both produced the greatest clutch players of all time.
I'm Greek and I cheered Serbia like it was my own country! You made us proud with this performance, it was amazing. This is definitely one of the best European performances ever, and it gave me a lot of the 2008 Olympics finals vibe, where Spain nearly upset USA.
Hvala brate!💖
We are brothers with the Serbians. We are the history of the European basketball with S.Union and Spain. Good luck for the bronze.
we show that Euro basketball is still alive as well that the team USA are not aliens
Жив био!
Long live the Grece❤
USA fan here, love Jokic and props to Serbia
I'm French and I was cheering for Serbia. They looked so much better than our team to be honest. What a brave team, you can be proud. Hope you get the bronze medal, and I hope we can see you guys again in such a high level match.
No one cares about France, you guys got carried by the refs
i'm from ZIMBABWE🇿🇼. Damn i wanted Joker and the whole Serbian squad to defeat the Americans so bad😢
You African haters. I knew y'all was our opps. I'm glad the men cleared out the Sudan and the women took out the Nigerian.. TAKE THAT 💀💀
Same, I'm from Australia also wished it so bad! I think the whole world was behind Serbia and now we are behind France but I fear it will be a much bigger blowout to USA yeah..
Your country needs some liberating after that comment. We are on the way.
WHY? WHAT YOU GOT AGAINST US?
These Africans root against us and then complain about people like Gilbert Arenas being xenophobic. I can't with this man lmao.
The refs sucked! As a Lithuanian I was cheering for Serbia like it was my own country. Was genuinely sad when you guys lost, it was hard to sleep to honest. Never thought I could get so much affected emotionally by another country playing. Since Lithuanian basketball kinda sucks now, I am all for Serbia. Tough men with cold heads and hot hearts. Take the bronze please. You are still an elite team, winners in my eyes.
Jokic was hooking Embiid the whole game.
@@LoveNiki47 that fake mvp Embum is not even close on the level of other mvps in the nba leagues history. Dude was traveling in like 3 different possesion in the end and no calls from refs.
Thank you so much bro,love and respect to basketball nation of Lithuania from Serbia
❤ from Serbia
Me I'm spanish and i feel the same, what a great team, Shame in refrees. Jokic is the F boss.
Serbian basketball players have above all winner mentality! They believe they can beat anybody no matter what.
It doesn't matter if they have big stars in the team or not, and that's why they are always around the top generation after generation.
I am Greek but have lived for a long time in Serbia and whenever I watch Serbia play I am confident they can /will win because this mentality transfers to the fans also.
Unfortunately this is not the case with my national team.
Svaka cast braco, zasluzili ste zlato i bilo je pravo zadovoljstvo gledati vas kako ucite ove sto su izmislili kosarku kako zapravo treba da se igra!
One of the best games i have ever seen. Serbs should be proud of their team. They lost in details and because of bad refs. Keep with the good work guys. Love from Greece.
they lost because US was better. Stop with the crying
Or maybe U.S. was just better? The fact that everyone goes crazy when another team almost beats the U.S. means its not a common occurence.
Serbs lost to USA three times (two of those blowouts) and yet people think refs helped the Americans lmao
@@diegomccloud5297 whole world knows usa was not better. and refs were helping. so many traveling steps and fauls on jokic. maybe usa thinks otherwise but 95% of the world does not.
@@rogelioatempa1115 repeat this for the fools in the back.
Even though I'm not a Serb I feel proud of this team and of this nation. They show to the Americans that they r not the best by far as they think. Unfortunately the missed shots in the last quarter and the help of the refs to the Americans, they lost the game in the last minutes. Bravo Serbs and hope u get the third place. Love from Cyprus
Copium
Every Greek sister and brother has the right to feel like one of us at any given moment and for whatever reason.
Acknowlage that and never forget
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
You're Serb, bro :) just been ranted the passport
They beat y'all 3 times in 2 weeks 😂
At some point, the law of averages will mean Serbs will atleast win 1 game or atleast make it close
I was at the game. So heartbreaking for Serbia!
Team USA relies on pure individual talent, while the Serbs are an army with a couple of great leaders!
Great game indeed!
No they don’t, the Serbs rely on Jokic. If he isn’t on that team Serbia loses by 40… that’s not an army… you don’t know ball
Relied on doping and refs
Age old story
Individuals/usa
Vs
Team oriented BB (not only the older yugoslav bb school, spanish system, lithuanian bb, ...)
@@GatsuKS😂😂😂 cope
@@BucoD Thank you for you r comments Europeans are so pure and team US are individual is just nonsense..Ok thats the case these individuals just beat you when the entire balkan region is rooting against the US. yet the US pays their players the most they could ever earn playing basketball but America is just individual... The team system is easier for Europeans than it is for Americans..Its time to just put some respect on the US team and stop the group hate.
As a Serb, I'm proud of our guys. They gave it all. They made us believe, even for the 3/4 quarters of the game, that the "Dream team" is beatable. Don't worry, We will be back. You haven't seen the last of us. Let's go for that bronze.
Serbians are no joke! The future is bright
wish they could have a chance at silver TBH, that was the real gold medal game last night
Good luck from USA fan!
I feel bad for Germany!
I am american and I was cheering for Serbia so hard! (i'm only RA-RA USA in soccer) Only the NBA all star super team could with ref's help could pull off that come back..gheesh. Hope the French crowd don't let the officiating team in the Gold game get away with it.
Davidovac and Plavsic didn't play, Marinkovic and Jovic have played a minute or so. With 8 players, Serbia had the lead for 37 minutes. It was a heroic performance. No country can match Serbia's basketball culture.
@MartynasMat-sj3nk nah u needed the refs for the win
Lol only whit judges@@MartynasMat-sj3nk
@@MindfulClips__stop coping Serbia ran out of gas, missed shots and got Cooked in 4th qtr despite being up 15 heading in
@@MindfulClips__ whos 'u'? im not american
I kindly disagree with your last sentence. Serbia has been amazing, but there are other countries with great basketball culture like Lituania, Greece or more recently Spain, and of course USA. I am not talking yet about my home country (France), this culture is still developping but should catch up soon as well.
As a Greek i cheered for Serbian brothers... Their game was Unbelievable....!!!!! Referees won the game once again...
Keep crying and telling yourself that. Serbia got gased and clamped by team usa in 4th
Ya forget the other games USA blew out Serbia lol
Their game was Unbelievable first 3 quarters. ave you watched the last quarter? The serbs missed almost all shots and they didn't guard.
Come on, if you lead the game +15 (or more) and you can't keep it, then you don't deserve the win.
If you like serbian brothers, google for "Darko Milicic" and his coments after he lost agains Grece. Have fun.
@@CARBONHAWK1 news flash, those weren't semi final matches champ.. or we can count the South Sudan match where the referees bailed you out from historical embarrassment if you want
@@CARBONHAWK1 we Srb was 50-60 % ye
Serbia played excellent basketball,they shouldn't have lost this match. I am so sorry for them.
What do you suggest? a draw??
you are giving credit for serbian score during the first 3 quarters but you don't appreciate Currys performance, but also that great defence and attack of US-team during the last quarter.
Yes they did, that's why they lost
Why do they deserve to win? Didnt USA also do their best and in the end their best was better
@@gigamaxis "hat are you talking about They didn't call 4 travels not to mention a foul on a Serbian player, you are a scam like those referees, we lost the game because of brutally unfair judge's decision!
@@gigamaxisCurry kept USA in the match and in the end some incidents gave the match to them. I didn't see anything impressive. Some calls got into Serbian players heads in the end,so they were less focused. It's the truth,I am a basketball fan and I speak the truth. Serbians played with their whole heart there,sometimes it isn't enough due to details. For example,Poland turned around the volley semifinal with 2 injured players during the match,the setter and libero. Their heart and courage worked,for the Serbians here it worked for 3 quarters. In order to beat USA you need to be perfect for 4 quarters. Like when we beat the USA in 2006.
I am French, and after our won battle against Germany, I really wanted to have the opportunity to fight team USA in the finals, but.... I rapidly cheered for Serbia, they were focused, fearless, and I really believed they could make it. What a game they had !
So now I hope France can deliver a monster game, and that Serbia gets bronze, they deserve it. Bogi's face at the end of the game was so desesperate and sad, I wish he can bring one medal home.
Bad thing is that the USA got on notice with that game, and they will probably come into the finals with better defence and hustle from first minute.
Come on France, once in a lifetime moment !!
oh please... as much as I would love to see team USA stumble at the last step, there is zero chance of that happening. France has no offensive firepower, and basically only got to the final because the tactic of "lets pray the germans miss their shots" worked because Germany played really bad for at least 2 of the 4 quarters and woke up too late. This will not happen vs team USA. You saw what can happen when a team plays good defense vs them, and they still scored 95. France did not score that many points in any game this tournament. They had 94 against the weakest opponent in group stage and that was even with overtime. Any other game they typicall scored around 75 points.
I will pop a bottle of champagne if they pull it off, but nah man, it is never gonna happen.
@@MrSheduur You are 99% right but there is still a 1% chance ! And I really think France defence is better than Serbia defence. From the offensive end, well, we are not good, so just pray for a Wemby game and our shooters do >50%. Who knows ?
you are not winning lilbro. refs helped france since the beginning you did not deserve to be here
@@sebastienblevin6841 I’m a fan of Wemby. He plays for my Spurs but I have a hard time seeing USA going through the motions this game. I think we will start off hitting on all cylinders then maybe let our foot off the gas at certain points of the game leaving France to play catch up the whole.
Serbia one love from south Sudanese you did historic game. In four quarter USA 🇺🇸 played without coach their coach was just looking around
Serb here, it's strange but this one doesn't hurt. Like you said, that was the best game of basketball ever. I'm not just satisfied, I'm ecstatic that we did what we did. Proud of our guys!
You don't look like a teenager. When did you start to watch basketball?
For me this wasn't the best game ever.
It hurts... brate bas boli.
Dobro si rekao, nisam osecao tugu bas sam osecao ponos, pun gas ponosa. Volim ih ko da su mi braca
I was at the stadium and I will remember it for ever. I was supporting Serbia and they deserved that game so much. Their victory, beyond the result, is to have forced Team USA to play seriously on both sides of the floor, which is rare.
So you think, the US team didn't play seriously the 4th quarter?
@@gigamaxis You are missing the point man, US is a Dragon, and Serbia is Michael...it's in human nature to cheer for Michael to slay the Dragon ;)
A tebi mozak za razmisljanje.....
if only dobric scored that free 3pointer... i feel sorry for him
If only Micic didn't shoot the worst 3 ever 5 seconds into the shot clock ..down 1 3 minutes to go
and if jokic knocked down at least 1 or two 3pts. and bogi making another of those long threes. serbia almost pulled of a historical upset
if only Jokic wouldn't missed all of 6 his 3pointers, where half of them were wide open...
And if the refs were from euro league this would be Serbia win. Travelers won
if only steph had covid
FIBA refs one more time kill Basketball 🏀 and helped USA to win.
Greetings to Serbian brothers from Hellas ❤
The bias is real. I thought the refs were favoring Serbia for most of the game.
@@VincesInHocSigno Why would you think that, LeFlop and Flopbiid made traveling violation almost each time they touched the ball, and it was called once to Flopbiid and gave Serbia technical for pointing travel violation and wouldn't accept any challenge call. Entire world agree that officials leaned heavily to the NBA rules and not FIBA and that was sad to see from such legendary team that US gathered, to be pushed by referees and to claim that they are better then original dream team that didn't even took 1 time out on the way to the gold.
@@strndrp You have touched a couple of good points but I must disagree that refs leaned towards NBA rules, they allowed Serbia to play very aggressively, nearly every defensive play by the Serbs would end up with whistle in the NBA. They let a couple big things slip, they were generally sub standard to this otherwise a great basketball game. Possibly the best in the Olympics I've seen since the gold medal game in Beijing 2008.
@@blacov89 NBA rules in regular season yes you are right, NBA rules in the playoff you are wrong mate, in playoff is also very physical and Serbian players on few occasions made deliberately foul before shot to prevent possible and one, Bogdanovic made 3 fouls on LeCringe in one duel and refs called foul fourth time only when LeSteroid turned and shot and got and one, other time one Serbian player fouled US player on counter attack near the end of game and refs let US play so they gave ball to Booker i think and he got three points even Serbian was yelling that he made foul.
USA has been winning games by 21 points per game. They do not need the refs😂
As a Serb and former professional football player, I know how difficult such defeats are. But the boys can be more than proud of their performance! ♥️🇷🇸
Lol " former professional football player" U were prob shit like gudelj 😂
I'm Croat and follow basketball all my life. Born in Sibenik, watching basketball from time of young Dražen winning YU championship and so on. I think that I understand basketball a little so I will like that somebody explain me why this game was played under NBA rules - TRAVELLING !!! so many ... fouls (specially on the end) ... and so on. Come on man that so great players need a help from refrees to beat the oponent. Disgrace. You can talk whatever but if this game was on the level as it shoul be the end will be different. One small thing more what I notice through this OG is how it comes that in all sports France is on favorable part of draws? How it comes that oponents from same group can meet before final (first time that I see it) ? As somebody already mention it maybe you should give gold and silver to this two and rest can play for what remains. The sad thing is that after 10 years everybody wil remember only who was the winner!
Hrvat, tako je kako je. Da su nam uzeli samo medalje, bolelo bi nas uvo...
Od njih se boljem nismo nadali.
I pored svega žao mi je što su se posrali u svoju ligu. Izdizanje igrača iznad trenera, timova, čitave lige....bolest. Nameštanje nagrada, evo čiča Lebron MVP.
Koga boli uvo u Hrvatskoj da li je bolji Šuker ili Modrić. I koliko treba čovek da bude retardiran da ozbiljno započne tu diskusiju...
Pozdrav
We are so proud of our boys! Bogdan gives me the same vibes and chills down the spine like Bodiroga did 20+ years ago... We respected our opponent, yet we put up a fight, we lost. I think our guys deserve a medal after last night.
Bogdan was too cocky and disrespectful which was one of the reason that USA got their fire back. He was playing well tho but still it’s not the spirit of the Olympics.
Bogdan was too cocky and disrespectful which was one of the reason that USA got their fire back. He was playing well tho but still it’s not the spirit of the Olympics.
@@romanvercier3556 What about LeFraud and the other players, literally in every game doing "monkey" moves...pumping the chest, shrugging his shoulders in the face of the opponent etc...plz do give me a break.
bogdan was hyped and talked trash to lebron complaining to refs. I hope serbia win bronze tho
@@romanvercier3556 No it wasn't. It was a heated match, Bogdan showed face of the leader both to his own and to opponent team. You will never undestand the mentality of our people and how we felt regarding this match last night, it's bigger than basketball to us.
I'm not Serbian but even I saw the refs were backing the yanks.
Always excuses.
@@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13 Just facts bruh...your players should reaaaally learn how not to travel with the ball, like...really really. All i see is 50 years of them doing travels and always getting a blind eye from the refs.
@@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13usa won bcs they were better but the refs didnt allow half of the challenges that Serbia called to be reviewed that you can check yourself if you rewatch the game 😅
Plus doping
backing the yanks as if serbians didnt get calls for them. serbia lost to a better team. get over it.
As a Serb you gentlemen are my go-to when I need an objective basketball analysis without tons of bias I otherwise worry about when I am consulting Serb or the US media in this case.
Thank you for celebrating basketball. Best regards to the only other European nation that understands this sport the way us Serbs do 🇱🇹 ❤
Fun facts...
Serbia has a total population of 6-7 million. How many registered professional players does USA have? Even so, the USA had to naturalize the Cameroonian! Just in case, the refs were there to push when needed! Lastnight I was so proud of Serbia, and today I was so annoyed watching their media, you know what I'm talking about...
Please What did their media do
Embiid is one of the best players in the world. He should have played for Cameroon but he chose US where he has been living since he was 16. America is a nation of immigrants. No one complained about Olajuwon when he played on Dream III and he didn’t come to the US until college. Embiid played 2 years of high school ball in the US
Is the Serbian team being criticised by their media?
Im sure Embiid learn to play basketball in cameroon 🤣🤣, and the rest seems like a skill issue
Ah yes the Classic population size excuse to cope with Serbia’s Loss.
Hvala puno na lepim rečima za reprezentaciju Srbije.
I u pravu ste, jesmo ponosni.
It really was that great. Obviously you will have older American fans being disrespectful about this game since it was actually competitive, but I hope Serbian people will not listen to them. Serbia deserves all the credit in the world for that outstanding game. USA played great too, but they feared the Serbian defense until the 4th quarter, outside of Curry. This was the highest level of basketball played to this point. For that level to be reached, both teams have to be incredible.
Thank you. Have in mind that this was 333M people against 6M :D
The real champ can keep the lead until the end. There is none medal for leading the first half of the game.
It’s been way more Serbian fans being disrespectful than Americans lol. I’ve never seen Serbians give credit to anybody who beats them, it’s always somebody else’s fault when they lose.
@@Changa924 Because you are clearly not looking.
@@Changa924 go win without so obvious help from the refs, and you will get honors. And if refs help your team, just be polite and sincere to say that. In Serbia that is a common thing, that is why I don't watch our league. Same goes for some NBA franchises. I couldn't be LAL fan...never. Their titles worth 💩
I agree that this was the best basketball game EVER!
You all guys forgot 2008 gold medal final. But is fine :D
Nah not better than Spurs / Heat, Golden State / Cleveland series games, Many of MJ's games, even Kobe's games were at least equally as good. But this was a great game and right up there equal with those for sure.
@@George2647g💯👍
@@drazen4368👍
Facts
Really the best game ever! 5 MVPs on the court at the same time! Woooow
4th foul on Jokic made all the difference. And that one shouldn’t be a foul in the first place.
Either give the foul but don't count KD's 3 because the supposed "foul" was before he shot or don't give him a foul and the 3 counts but it is possession for serbia
@@Nenad1382Bro KD was in his shooting motion when the foul was called. The rule is if you foul another player and the other player hits the shot while he is in motion the shot will count and still be the same ball possession. You guys don't read the rules lmao.
You can’t just run through a screener
Davis flopped!!! Look at it again. Absolute bullshit!
that was a clear foul lmao wtf. stop crying please.
That was crazy . Kudos to Serbia . Honestly USA will have it easier against France . Serbia is crazy good
The key sequence was at the 7 minute of the 4th quarter! Jokic missed the open 3 that would take the game to 14points. After that he fouls, and makes his 4th foul, while KD makes the 3 pointer and USA gets another 3 pointer right after that because of the extra position for the foul. It was very unfortunate!!!! Serbia made a perfect game and they were the better team !!!!
It’s not how you start it’s how you finish 🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸
For the 1st 3 quarters sure.
@@curtiszyr i woulodnt be so proud, that you have the strongest team in history after that real dream team and you still barely win the game against a country with only 7 million people and mostly euroleague players against 12 superstars. I would be really worried for the future of your basketball if i was american. Bcs when these guys are gone, you wont be seeing any medals no more in these big competitions
They were the better team in the 1st half. USA was better in the 2nd half.
@@curtiszyrhe it talking about team, USA have much better individual players. We almost see that good team can beat the best individual players.
BIG RESPECT for Serbia ❤
Mate Im turkish and not a serbian but, serbia got robbed here in this match by the referrees. The amount of calls; no calls or calls that were favoured to the USA team makes one think of the influence of the US empire even in sports(am I wrong?)
I guess serbia came short to beat both the USA team+ Refs.
I hope you ll get the same referree to review this match like you did the previous ones, will you?
I cant wait to see that.
One thing has been revealed too that 24 usa is not a dream team or better than 92.
Love what you do guys.
W much respect.
yeah you're wrong. lol. There were also lopsided calls that helped serbia win games. And theres also French who are helped from the refs. Truth is, the refs are terrible. Stop blaming the ref. That's just a sign of a sore loser.
Olympcs have just been trash tbh compared to other years lol
You guys have become better internationally meanwhile the dream team doesn't even prepare for you guys. Your teams has chemistry that typically goes 7+ years deep. It's not comparable. Even If America wins, Olympics is still filler. I don't think you guys would make It to Game 7 NBA rules.
This team had harder competition though. Dream team never went against an NBA regular season and finals MVP
@@gabepizza Dream Team wouldn’t have an issue beating this Serbian team. Dream Team had better rebounding, defense, fundamentals, higher bball IQ, and a better front court than this 24 squad. Dream Team players didn’t let up like 24 Team USA (who don’t box out often). Dream Team would actually dictate the pace of the game against this Serbian squad.
Such a shame on FIBA and Olympics to allow such a robbery!
It was clearly a game plan to take Jokic out of the game as soon as possible with putting him in foul trouble.
On the other hand he was fouled at least 3-4 times every possession before a whistle was blown!
Jokic had only 4 free throws in 37 minutes of play, Bogdanovic only 1 free throw!
Travelling was never called by FIBA rules when Americans committed it at least a dozen times!
No challenges of calls were ever allowed for Serbia! Refs never looked at the video for suspicious decisions!
On the top of it all team USA is not subject of Olympic doping control because they refuse it saying our players are clean, trust us!
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME !!!
To me Serbia is golden in this Olympics!!!
To me I won a gold medal 😂
wtf are you waffling about lilbro
refs did nothing you are just crying, refs even helped serbia in some plays but it is basketball so it happens
stop whining. serbia was very lucky. and still did not win.
Bruh you’re so delusional. No one cares that YOU believe Serbia won gold. They took the L and now have to play bronze lil goofy
Man, this is just such cope. They called travel on us all the time, and Jokic kept on hooking the whole game first and deserved more fouls called on him if anything. You would’ve won the game if Jokic didn’t shoot like shit from the 3 and you didn’t let the USA even come back from a 20 point lead. Just take the loss, just guys played great.
@@xaviercopeland2789🤡
Nikola Jokić played 37 minutes and every other attack went through him. The referees allowed him only four free throws. We all saw the beating he took from Embid and Davies the entire game.....He only got to the free throw line four times. A similar situation applies to Bogdanović. He spent 32 minutes in the game and only got 2 free throws.
Is there anything else that needs to be said to conclude what a shameful trial it was last night?
Neither team had a lot of free throws.. they let both teams be physical. Would you prefer the Canada vs France game where France got to shoot 42 free throws??
Lebron travel to London from Paris 😂😂😂😂😂 EPIC.BRAVO 👏👏👏
That 4th foul on Jokic ruined the game. When they called 3rd on him, one ref was calling it a travel, but instead they gave Joker the 3rd.
Serbia deserved to win. They dominated Team USA throughout technically playing much better basketball than the Americans. USA won it because of unbelievable shooting from Steph Curry and some assistance from officiating. Jokic receiving only 4FT for 38 minutes of play dominating in the paint vs AD who received 4FT playing only 10 min and shooting only ONCE from the field is absolutely wild from the referees. Not to mention the times LeBron or Embiid travelled with the ball. The Americans might have won this game but we all know the Serbs played much better than them.
Copium. Just get better.
Nah, US is clutch
@@theblexican clutch refs, you were desperate, when game was finished you were happy like Serbia was dream team and you felt relieved at the end.
@@theblexican pathetic that you rely on the refs. Shame
Jokic only had 4FT because he was taking his shots from outside the paint. He scored only a few times under the basket, and the two times he did score under the basket he was fouled and shot FTs. The 6 three pointers he took and missed could easily have been 2-6 and they win the game. So no, it wasn't the referees fault. The best player in the world just didn't hit the big shots. Half of them were open you know
The key mistake was that Pesic forgot about Avramovic in the 4th quarter...
This wasnt the finals dude, we still have 1 more game to play, why would he burnout our starters and have nothing for the next game?? The next match is tommorow they cant recover in that short time, its not our fault USA had a good bench and we didnt so they could do efficient rotations...
@Dotalol123 Are you serious???
@@Dotalol123 it was same five by USA maybe last 15 mins but serbs where more tired at the end
@@ogenox Nah lets put up a defense with starters that all earned their 4th personal fouls and already too tired, thats gonna work fine, get a brain...
It's pathetic that a nation with over 300 million people has to give a passport to a Cameroonian who then has to save them in the final quarter of a game. There are a total of about 10-12 million Serbs in the whole world. Serbia has around 7.5-8 million people and not a single foreign national on the team.
It was one of the best games in history but it was ruined by the amateur referees. What a shame on FIBA.
Refs helped usa and france. Somebody wanted this final. I cant take these competition serious
Claim that the other party cheated instead of being a good sport and admitting you lost but trying again next time
@@diegomccloud5297 You obviously didn't watch the game.
@dusandusanic8541 lmao. No one is surprised the U.S.A won because majority of the time US wins in basketball Olympics, the only surprise is that they almost lost and everybody goes crazy because of the winning streak the US has.
@@diegomccloud5297 They didn't "almost lose" but the referees saved them from certain defeat and that is not an option for the USA. That is why a Muslim from Bosnia, who pathologically hates Serbia and Serbs, was delegated to referee the match.
The biggest momentum changer was the Embids travel that was not called, and Serbian bench getting the tech for complaining, 3pt by Booker after the free throw. And no fouls called on a player charging until he gets to the basket. Reffereing was really bad :/
Embiid did not travel on that play you are lying like crazy. If anyone believes he traveled on that play then they need to not speak on basketball. He catches the ball, takes a dribble, takes two steps & then dunks it. That is not a travel. That’s why they got T’d up. You also can’t run over the screener while Durant is in his shooting motion. Stop making excuses. Serbia folded after being abnormally hot for 3 quarters. The USA has beaten them 3 times in a row now. They are the better team & they have proved it
Additionally, the backcourt violation did not occur, as Durant pushed the ball from the Serbian player, causing it to cross back into the Serbian half.
@@minnussbodgan had control of the ball and literally dribbled the ball on the line are you blind? 😂🤡
@@jjcoolboyifyit was a travel on the catch not on the 2 steps😭 he plants right-left then picks up his pivot foot, his right foot, and jabs with it before dunking it. that is a travel
@@jjcoolboyifyhe almost went back to Philly with that one.
Avengers became travelers
And LeBron almost became LeBronze
As a Serb even though I am dissapointed I am also proud of our boys so much.Going from not believeing we could ever win to not believeing that we lost is such a huge achievment in my personal opinion.This should have been the final as I believe two teams from a group should not be able to see each other till the final but it seems the heavns(or the IOC) wanted France vs USA finals.
They beat up Jokic, look at his hands, Embiid travels 3 times, Bogdanovic over half court call, 4 folus to Jokic hahah
This was impossible to win for Serbia, projected final from the start was France USA
Because of this Eurobasket is the best!!
they beat him up? but but I thought FIBA was tougher and the soft NBA player's would be bullied.
You don’t know ball
@@gabepizza What does that have to do with anything? You're talking as if fiba being tougher means there are no rules lol. What kind of logic is that?
@@doolioart3314 no ticky tack fouls like the NBA. Let the men play
@@doolioart3314thought us Europeans were tougher. Welp I was wrong. Instead we bitch.
Absolutely disgusting refereeing through the whole tournament, which just culminated at the most important match. Missed calls, favoring NBA stars just because of who they are, destroying Serbias offensive tempo. We absolutely made mistakes, but they were being overpunished by the refs, having every decision go in the way of the team LeUsa. The only person I have respect for is Curry. Played incredible basketball and was also a gentleman through the match, not complaining about every single call that did not go in their favor.
Alot of the calls were not horrible but rather underhanded. Especially messed up was that AND1 that Lebron got I think in the 3rd quarter or early 4th, where he went into his opponent shoulder first, bumped into him, then into a fadeaway with absolutely NO contact from the defender at all and got that ghost call from the refs. Stuff like this frustrates EVERYONE who loves the sport and does not just put on the biased fan glasses.
The backcourt violation late in the game which was a foul first was another example of it. American player reaches in, slaps the serbian ballhandler over his arm, who slightly seems a bit off balanced by it, and gets called for a travel. I doubt the refs deliberately were against Serbia, but they had a really terrible performance in moments where the game came down to "every possession counts".
@@MrSheduurit was deliberately...
We lost the game last night but we won against Americans in waterpolo today,bravo,Serbia,proud of both teams!
Dont forget that Durant touched the ball and refs blow the whisle for half court violation.
Yeah that call was the craziest in that game. On alot of other calls or non calls you can argue either way, but man... this was such an obvious foul ontop of him touching the ball, which then led to the ballhandler getting slightly off balance. In that moment, you simply do not call stuff like that, especially when you do not call the reach in foul on Durant, since that would have been the correct call.
Serbia have a team, USA have 12 best players, congrats from 🇷🇸
Serbs are playing for years together. How long and often does THIS US-team play together??
@@gigamaxis Serbs have not played for years...Do you truly believe that these athletes can frequently train and participate in games?
They are professional basketball players with commitments to their respective clubs, similar to NBA players.
Additionally, Serbia has four NBA players.
However, Serbian players are trained to excel in team-oriented environments from a young age.
This game put me through so many emotions! I’m still not over it
I have no horse in the race nationality wise, but I was rooting for Serbia and was devastated by this game. It was so close to making history.
I think worst call was in 4th quarter, when Jokic fouled Davis and then Durent shot after like 2 seconds later and refs counted it and gave another possesion to USA and then Booker gets another 3 so 6 points in 1 attack...
How was that the worst call? That was the correct call.
@@theblexican What do you mean? It would have been correct if the foul was later.
@@theblexican because he blew a wistle on a foul on Davis and after the whistle Durent shot and it counted, that is not a correct call...
@@BorkoPanticno, durants shot was already up, jokic pushed ad while it was in flight. You count the push as a foul on the floor and count the shot if it goes in.
I'm a basketball official, that's the rule.
@@theblexican nope, KD shot after Jokic pushed Davis. Its clear that KD was only preparing for the shot when Jokic fouled on Davis.
Daylight robbery and not the first one. It's a shame but anyway, Serbs should be proud of their team's performance. Great game. Good luck in the small final, both of the teams in the final ended up there with some help and the refs are goimg to have their hands full to make the final look competitive. I m more interested in the small final tbh where two deserving teams play one another.
Great victory for Serbia.
LMAOOOO
You didn't watch the game until the end. They LOST!! wuaaahahaha
cry baby. man up. take the L
Yes but 6M people (only Serbs) against 333M people (can pick whoever you want), almost win with all mistakes by refs and missed all 3pt's in 4th quarter, YES, this is a win for us. And if I am on your place I wouldn't be proud by this win, but concerned taking everything into account.
@@robija21000shut up bro. We as Americans can be happy our team won but y’all have to GIVE your team a win in a game they lost. Take that L
You guys are the only podcast that mentioned that referees played massive role in team USA comeback.
It's not like they were making decisions that could go either way, they were literally doing stuff that is ilegal and impossible to call. For example when KD shoots three, and they give 4th foul on Jokic and possession for USA from which they scored another three, and that was 6 points in one possessin that took less then 20 seconds. By the rules, if they called the foul on Jokic, KD's three can't be ruled as legit because shot was made after Joker made foul on AD, so that is direct violation of the rules. Also Curry kicked Avramovic with his elbow, and it was not called offensive foul, but next possession, after KD kicks the ball out of Bogi's hands, when Bogi took the ball back, ref's called over the half, WTF, so those were just some situations, where Serbia got robbed, and it got robber without mercy or concience. The fact that main judge was Bosnian, is like you put Israel referee to judge match of Palestine or Syria, or Russia refereee to Ukranian, it just don't make sense...But also, Serbian guys missed some shots, they fell under pressure and lost it. But refereee were main player for USA, not Curry, not LB, not KD.
yup, sadly those arrogant us fans will never admit to that :) But let them celebrate. This is most likely the last time for a long time to come where they could still put up a "sure" winner and even this time they barely made it.
I am optimistic that the next big tournaments will be the continued rise of european top teams like we have seen in recent years, while team USA future looks rather bland. The current generation is not even half as good as the prior one and those superstar type players like Curry and KD will not be on the team or too old to have a positive impact.
@@MrSheduur Y’all said the same thing like 4 Olympics ago. Said that after 2008. We have players constantly rising up the ranks. Team USA will be alright. A change in style but no change in the results.😂 Is that arrogant enough for you?
You guys have to relax and learn to have fun with the trash talk, you Euros take this stuff way too personal. Be sarcastic, clever, and witty but don’t have thin skin about it.
@MrSheduur Brother your teams had years to prepare for this while USA just combines players together just before the competition yet they still always win
@@diegomccloud5297with that league and money, they should win. But in the game against Serbs, refs won. The USA were on their knees, and LeBum was on the way to turn in LeBronze...
First of all i need to say that Curry had one of the best performances in Olympics history. However Serbia got completely robbed (a Muslim Bosnian being the chief referee - totally not biased), from travels to foul troubles on Jokic. Serbia played with heart just not lucky enough.
The officiating was pretty even, jokic sets moving screens the entire game.
Joker could have been called for about 10 offensive fouls. I had no idea Europeans bitched so much, but yall had nothing to say about the refs during that Australian game huh?
@@theblexican between jokers moving screens and initiating contact every possession on offense the dude could have fouled out in the 2nd quarter
Refs and doping
@@GatsuKSwill you please stop bitching about everything? Please?
Remember my words, this is just the beginning of serbia national team, it can only get better, especially what i know is coming. Their capability will even grow, the future is really bright for the next few years. All they need is for all players to stay of course healthy.
"Thanos" Jokic nearly won against "The Avengers" USA! Scary strong European Teams like Serbia, France and Germany!
Bad 4th quarter for Serbia. Pesic taking out Avramovic almost the whole second half. Bad shooting in the last quarter plus referees who were obviously on USA's side, and that's it. You can't miss any shots when Curry's around 😅. Hard luck. Get that bronze Serbia!
Tbh I think the refs were supporting USA😅
The "Host nation" vs "Dream team" final was inevitable. The whole world saw France being propelled by the refs ever since Japan, just like the US was last night!
God forbid Germany and Serbia met in the finals... that simply doesn't sell tickets, beer, hotdogs, or advertising
Steph and the Refs happened. 6-point possesion that should've been a sideline inbound and the Embiid travel no call + tech foul, that's a 9-point gift to the USA in Q4 from the refs.
Yall blaming the refs is funny cause you losers didn’t say shit about the officiating during the Australia/Serbia game
Now you're crying about the refs but when the refs are on your team side, it's ok LOL keep crying
Shot was up when jokic fouled, the shot counts in that situation
nice cry bud
@@obryn when are the refs ever on Serbian side?
You are blatantly unaware of how much favoritism usa gets
Thanks for the kind words guys, greetings from Serbia. Officiating the match was a complete disaster.
stop crying lilbro
refs did not do shit. you are crying
What call was incorrect? I thought it was a very well officiated game. A far cry from the games involving France
@@krisxchirbas9503 all those travelings ruled like it's NBA and it should be by FIBA rules. Or calling the foul which happened before 3pt basket, but refs still give 3pt to USA and their ball :D and that was in key moment of the match. Jokic shooting only 4 free throws and he was fouled constantly (like he is in NBA too, maybe even more this time). Need more?
@krisxchirbas9503 here is more, why no technical to LeBron for talking to refs whole game? What happened at that backcourt violation, why no review? Jokic 4th foul?
@@buzzkillington1602 Holiday's Double dribble when he passed ball to Curry and Curry made three,Dobric fauled Curry to stop counter attack and ref didnt give faul and Holiday then made three,USA whole game talked to refs,but when Serbia did it once they give tech faul to Serbia,Durant stepped on court line in front of ref and they didnt give ball to Serbia
Such a great game. Serbia was amazing. As a fan in the US there was still a small part of me rooting for Serbia, they had heart and played smart.
As a Serb, I can't be prouder than this. Defeat hurts, but realistically, everyone was upset, the judges had to "push" USA to win. A judge from Panama, Bosnia and Latvia!? :)
Excuses. You lost.
They gave everything they had for 3 quarters and had nothing left in the 4th that’s why they fouled 3 times in the first 90 seconds of the fourth quarter to stop fastbreak baskets
Epic shame for USA "best" team! With all that players they cant win out of known Unverse level of serbian team, without shameless help from referiees. OI play under FIBA rules. But refereeies allow USA huge amount of advantage out of rules. Ok. World sow last night how truly best team (Serbia) deliver a lesson of deep serious basketball to those "bulid a muscule and run and shoot while crowd eat a donats" approach to basketball.
The dream team didn't even prepare for y'all, so stop all that yapping. You guys not only spent your whole lives training to win in the Olympics. But you blew a 15 point lead against a disoriented dream team. You guys were strong.. but not strong enough. You wont get close like that ever again. The association is paying attention to this and they're definitely going to come more prepared next time. I don't like how we only won by 4. We should've won by 40! ☠☠ Now settle for Bronze 🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉
You fvcking lost! Cry more. Lol...
Nobody saw KD foot out of court line on 3pt shoot? Referee was there but they didn't call for out, they call Jokic's foul?! This call will change the game
Nobody saw Serbia miss 2 wide open 3s to take back the lead?
This was one of the best games I have ever seen!!!
I wanted Serbia to win si badly.
It wasn't to be.
But what a game this Serbian team played 😊!
They won Bronze and the whole country cheered!!! ❤
Love from Spain to the Serbian basketball 🏀 team xxx ❤❤❤
We just saw the greatest basketball rip off ever: USA + refs + steroids + Olympic Committee vs Serbia = Loss of Serbia
From a basketball perspective, this was pure basketball art by Team Serbia-defensively, offensively, emotionally-how we approached the game, how the team behaved while winning and, in the end, how we handled the loss. In the end, the greatness of the USA players and the referee's help were crucial elements in the finish of the game. But I have all the respect for Team USA, and I can't wait for future games. Bring it on!!
I feel so empty after this game.I don't want to say that everything that has happened are the referees fault but at the same time the 6 point offense of the USA lebrons travels and questionable free throw whistles definitely influenced the result, as a Turkish guy I am proud of Serbian players and appreciate them as they fought with their hearts whole game and the reason I feel empty is that of all 3 teams that could've defeat the USA, USA played with only one of them in this tournament and no one can say that they were the better team in that game and refs helped them-lets be real think objectively and you'll see that serbia fought with refs too- now in the finals USA will play France, a team which in my opinion doesn't stand a chance against them, France may have defeated Canada and Germany and they played great those two games but as much as France played above their potential in those games, their opponents played lower than their potential now it feels like the bronze medal game should be the gold medal game but it is not and of those two amazing teams will go home without a medal and USA win will gold by 30 points when they should be playing the bronze medal game, these are my opinions and I just wanted to write them somewhere
Hi man, USA will not beat France by 30. The French squad will play with great heart, passion and hustle, that's for sure, during all 40 minutes. I hope the refs will officiate with real FIBA rules and spirit, and then, who knows...
By the way, Canada and Germany were heavy favourite against France, but they lost the hustle and physical fights, and France took the games, it was not a gift from the other teams. If they played badly, there is a reason, look better !
@@sebastienblevin6841 if France wins I will be very surprised and happy
@@birinsan6308 Me too, even more surprised and more happy :-)
One time, one time, dreams can come true !
Great take. I guess you mean other two teams that could beat USA are Australia and Germany
USA is the best team in the world period. However, not only in this game but in general in these olympics the referees were simply inadequate. I think in 3 critical moments in this game they made serious mistakes against Serbia. This in my opinion didn’t have an impact on the final result (or maybe it would have, we will never know) but you could clearly see Serbia being tired in the end by missing a three pointer completely unguarded! Serbia for me is one of the greatest teams this year and they 100% deserved the win but the experience and mentality of team USA gave them the win.
USA have the best individuals, this is true, and by FAR. But this game exactly showed that they are not the best TEAM in the world.
@robija21000 You are aware that USA don't practice years in advance together like other countries do for the Olympics but they still win. Imagine if they did the same thing
@@diegomccloud5297 This is exactly why Serbia almost won, because team is what wins, not individuals. But individuals (best on the world) + ref's is just a bit too much to beat.
biggest robbery ever*
🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸
🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸😂
Ameri ga nam ga popuse
Dopping Bears+ Reffs Vs Serbia...LeJoke team! You are a joke!@@curtiszyr
I agree, yall shouldn’t have gotten past Australia but the refs gifted you that game
Two bad calls on Jokić put him in foul trouble and then 4 MVP's struggled to beat Serbia. I am so sad that this game was lost as any little detail could have led to a different outcome. We had them and we let them muscle their way through.
Pešić is still a master of big games.
A basketball class was held, professor Pesic showed a lesson! The referees succumbed to the pressure of the American players and gave great love and respect in order not to bear the consequences! The price has been paid to the new world order! Long live Serbia, the land of brave and indomitable people! Freedom fighters and sports heroes justified the Olympic flame! Glory to the heroes 🇷🇸💪💪
Serbia was a better team
We are proud of our boys
You can't win against reffs that's just a sad truth
You guys lost to a team that didn't prepare for the olympics and then blew a 15+ lead ☠☠Now disable your youtube account right now
@@godoftsukuyomi7480 did I ask you something?
Can’t win with 13 point lead either apparently lmao cry more😢
Serbia choked. Lol...
As an American, I cheered for Serbia up until the end. Great seeing guys who play in the NbA who come off the bench like bogdo?? Get their moments recognizing their greatness. Serbs perfect 3 quarters while Americans weren’t getting rebounds and playing d. USA vs France in Paris will be a delight 😂
Small correction - 6.5 milion people live in Serbia :)
The Serbian team deserved to win, they were better. The referees at the game pushed the USA to overturn the result! It's a shame for the Olympic Committee to allow this kind of judging at the game!
Yugoslavija (Serbia) - SAD 81:78, WC 2002
One of very good game also.
Serbia got robbed. Change my mind!!!
How ? Lol they 0/9 from 3 in the forth
Excuses they blew a 13 point lead had a chance to win stop the excuses
Serbia 12 FTs USA 14 FTs (-2 as intentional at the end so really 12)
Usa was allowed to travel a lot.. fiba rules
Serbia came back from 24 point down to beat Australia in overtime Serbia was 14/18 freethrows and Australia was 7/9 free throws. Serbian fans weren't crying about the refs then. But when they blow a 17 point lead they are crying about the refs.
God bless Jokić🙏
God bless Serbia🇷🇸
that should have been the final, the organisation of the tournament was so stupid, how the first and the second of each first phase have to play again in the semifinals?
If this game was played in crowded Pionir with euroleague refs, blowout!!!
Coach Pesic said it on serbian press conference right after the match that , he dont't want to complain about refferees but he found odd that two players, who both played arround 37 minutes in match (Jokic and Bogdanovic) had only 6 free throws total (if I remember right..) don't know is that true, but sure sound strange because these two player scored most points in serbian team..so, nobody fouled them almost all match?
The refs were on side USA the whole game. That 4th foul that was called on Jokic was complete BS.That call decided the game..
No travel calls were called on lebron,no fouls were called on team USA players.
Lebron was using his name and pressuring the refs to make the calls he wanted all game.
I get it that if a small country like Serbia were to eliminate an nba all star USA team, the NBA would be in major trouble so im not suprised that the refs were on the American side💰
Ridiculous. You should be blaming your coach for not playing Avramovic, or for not benching Jokic after his 4th foul. If the refs were REALLY biased, Jokic would have fouled out by the 4th quarter for the three moving screens that went uncalled. If anything, blame it on Jokie for going 0/6 from the 3pot line. Half of them were wide open but he couldn't just hit 2? That would have won the game
@@lecapjames180 You are seriously talking about Jokics MOVING SCREENS when almost every offensive screen the USA sets up is moving and illegal. Any TRUE fan of basketball should be ashamed of the calls refs made through the 4th quarter. Either you actually appreciate the sport or you are rooting for your country. Be real with yourself.
@@coachkrempita sadly the moving screens noncall situation is something that is a pest for modern basketball for years now. But I don't think either team was doing more than the other in this game. But yeah, something has to be done for refs to call this stuff more, even if that means that the flow is disrupted more, which might lead to less attractive games (probably main reason they are not calling it properly).
The heart will need time to heal. Our guys are phenomenal. 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
refs+usa beat Serbia powerhouse of basketball
Serbia came back from 24 point down to beat Australia in overtime Serbia was 14/18 freethrows and Australia was 7/9 free throws. Serbian fans weren't crying about the refs then. But when they blow a 17 point lead they are crying about the refs.
@@samcalven12 oh don’t forget Sudan they got like 15 more freethrows 😂 but they want to cry refs
Bro its refs and curry beat serbia
Nah serbia is just inferior. They had too many mistakes. And were gassed in the 4th. Power house of what? 😂
Have a safe trip back to Yugoslavia
You are great!
I am from Serbia and I love to watch your videos.
4th quarter is when experience kicked in and that's when the US showed it's resume but what a game. Serbia had a missed opportunity of fouling when were was still like 24 secs left but they didnt foul until there was only 8 sec. They should have fouled right away
You guys complaining about no calls from travels that, if weren’t from a replay most people wouldn’t have seen, but ignore all the brazen offensive fouls from Jokic and other Serbian players that weren’t called. Consistency, my friends.
This is the last "magic dust" of the NBA. When the oldies leave the USA team will never see a tournament final. The other countries have improved so much, USA is looking stagnant without Le Bronny, KD and Curry
You guys said that after 08. New players constantly step in.
hey guys. you are the best. you really put me to rest after that terrible comedown from last night and the great respect you showed for the Serbia team. thank you so much for that
We saw biggest robery ever
95 euro finals Yugoslavia-Lithuania
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