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Looking really good, and we have one more victory than Brasil and Jamaica, the closest american teams in the consolation tournament, that's good news as well, and we're about 20 points away from having HCA in the first game of the playoffs

That was indeed an important victory. With this one we are heading to the next round. I don´t know If we can beat Australia down under, but we will beat India, so it´s 6-2 .. a safe record for the next round.

@Fwinns: I don´t know if it makes sense to calculate where we end and what difference we have. You never know against we have to play. From like you said Jamaica til Germany ... everything is possible. So I prefer to take it step by step and see what the future will bring. But I admit, looks not too bad for now, especially Uruguay is already out of the tournament. So one big rival less for the HCA for the next continental championship.

The point difference is only for HCA in the first round of playoffs. Brasil and Jamaica probably won't have that, but yeah it depends who we end up playing in the first round, and who the other teams play. All we need for HCA next season is to lose in the same round as Brasil and Jamaica (and Chile and Colombia and Peru if somehow they make it).
Last time around, we were behind Chile for only 1 point, a single shot made during the first phase would have given us the american championship last season

Brasil won by 9 points, so we need a 18points win against India in an hour in order to be the best ranked american team, should make things interesting =)

Last edited by Fwinns at 11/27/2017 6:02:24 PM

We had that and more in the first quarter, impressive win.

Canada @ Australia 63-89
That went down as expected. The difference was a bit high, but we had a horrible game shape and the bench brought almost nothing to the game (2-18 FG). In addition, some player had not their best day. The only player who played was Burimenko, but one player is not enough. Overall it was a well deserved loss against a good opponent.

India @ Canada 49-111
From the very beginning, the situation was clear. We have to win and at least with +18 to beat Brasil to be the best american team after the first round. And the team did it - already in the first quarter. But I never had the shadow of a doubt, that this team will manage it to stand on top and be the top challenger for the host of the next continental championship.

Overall, the first round gone down as I thought, not better and not worse. Good thing is that we are Nr. 1 of the Americans. But there is not time to rest. And the fight for the HCA is between Brasil and us. Next round is in Indonesia. For you guys, the game is somewhere in the middle of the night, for me it´s around noon, so i can watch the match. The Indonesian team is a good one and they beat quiet easily Argentina in their home country. It will be a tough challenge. But Brasil have to fight in Slovenija, also not a must-win game. It will be interesting, who will fight harder to get the price.

Well done, congrats!

Congrats!

Honestly your manager rating should be much higher for the work you put in!

1) Seeing how Americas HCA is the goal this year, how is this game not a crunch? :?

2) Seeing how we played LI, how is it they fouled 4 times all game and we had 0 free throw attempts!?!?!?!

Last edited by U21 CAN Cletus at 12/4/2017 8:40:00 AM

Yes, you are right with with point and and I thought also about it, but at the end I was sure to have a chance anyway against them. But I was also surprised by the CT of them. But that was my mistake, fore sure.
But your second point, I don´t know what to say. I experience a lot of strange game in the last few week, also with my club. Looks or feels like they are testing something with the engine, even if I know, it is of course not the case.

In addition, the game was lost on SF. Both of the indonesian SF´s were topscorer of their squad and on our side Madiar had not his best day with 6-21 FG. Also turnovers are a topic to their advantage. The next fact is the quiet unbalanced foul"management". They scored 16 Point from FT and as you mentioned ... we got nothing. To be honest, I don´t remember if I experienced something similar like this. If this is getting usual, it is a huge advantage for the hometeams.

Overall, it didn´t felt like a well deserved loss. But I can´t really put a finger on it, were I could have done something different. Even a crush would not bridge a 26 points gap. But, I didn´t make a good enough job to advance in the tournament. And so I root for Slovenija and hope the best.

But, I feel I am not done here. And i hope for your votes in the next elections.