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From: Fwinns
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Date: 8/6/2018 1:32:29 PM
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They went with normal and a Low Post. Pretty standard stuff.
Didn't want to guess wrong as they tend to switch strategies a lot and they have a guard with high GS+DMI.
We'll see how it goes. Right now we're ahead by 1 point :D

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Date: 8/6/2018 1:38:29 PM
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I see you placed a bid on Pavliuk too. How serious are you about getting him? ;)

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Date: 8/6/2018 1:40:25 PM
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Serious enough at 3mil, but not much more ;)

Edit: We're taking water, we went from 7-6 to 7-17 in 3 minutes :S
Make it 7-19

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Date: 8/6/2018 1:49:35 PM
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So what happens next if we lose this game?

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Date: 8/6/2018 1:53:25 PM
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Consolation tournament, but we'll start with a 0-2 record, almost impossible to make it to the playoffs and be the last american team standing to host the america's championship next season. The draw is too much of a gamble to have any chance of making it. Especially with opponents like the USA that are losing against Italia right now, and could also end up in the consolation tournament.

At the end of the first quarter we're down by 10 points, we came back a bit to -5 with 2 minutes remaining but the made a 3 right before the end of the quarter to push us back to -10

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Date: 8/6/2018 2:13:03 PM
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-21 at half time. That one's over folks! Now let's see what we can do in the consolation tournament... and let's hope that the US make it to the worlds!

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Date: 8/6/2018 3:09:57 PM
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Final score 110-86. Somehow the US are winning (very interesting game), so that's one less thing to worry about!

From: Fwinns
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293810.53 in reply to 293810.52
Date: 8/7/2018 9:42:55 AM
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Well somehow we got lucky again with our draw...! I think we can reasonably expect 5 victories in the next 6 games, which should qualify us to the playoffs. Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and Uruguay have the edge over us though, as they all have a 2-0 record already.
Let's take it game by game and see what comes out of it...!

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293810.54 in reply to 293810.53
Date: 9/3/2018 9:48:17 PM
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Well so far so good, not much to see here.
We need maximum point difference and for once in my life FCP worked!
I went back to season 18 and I could not find another 100+ pd victory for the u21 so it's a first :D

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Date: 9/18/2018 11:05:47 AM
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Consolation tournament is done. We only had 1 loss, which means we're qualified for the playoffs, by far the best team with a 5-3 record (we started with 0-2).

Our first game is against Portugal, a really strong european team. We saw how we fared against strong team (see the game against Turkey) so that one is an uphill battle.
I must say, apart from 1 or 2 players, gameshape has been splendid this season, so keep up the good work. I will probably add 2 to 4 players before the game (it's a do or die situation really!). Gameshape will be a really important factor for these selection so please be careful with minutes this week if you think you have a player worthy or the U21!

In terms of ranking for the America's championship, Peru and Uruguay are above us, that means we need to get one round further than them. Peru clearly have the weakest opponent of the 3 but anything can happen.
If we manage to win our game against Portugal, we'll end up either against Slovenia or Columbia.... Time to put our head down!

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Date: 9/24/2018 3:13:20 PM
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As expected we're getting torn apart by the portugueses, at the end of the first half and the score is 31-22.
9 point difference is bad when you only score 22 points!
I went with a 3-2 zone in order to cut their passing to the inside (there's no point in trying to compete with their bigs directly). It seems to work a bit as they don't score that much despite the LI, but our guards can't score either so I think we're screwed!
All other american teams except Peru (playing tonight) have lost as well. It's not completely over yet but it sure seems like next season America's championship will be in Peru

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