The Storyfy: FIBA Europe 2013: France - Litvania

During the FIBA Europe 2013 final game, Smart Basket used social media to tell the story of each of the exciting  moments from this game:

1st Quarter: 

Litvania TG 2x hand off + slip p&r

Kleiza with hot hands tonight 4/4

2nd Quarter:

France dominate & outscored Litvania, Litvanian switch in zone and loost composure.

Seems with Kleiza on the bench Litvania is wi/out scoring ideas

Exelent contribution of France 2nd unit, w/out Parker they gain lead of 16 pts, 50:34

Litvania after switching to zone, stopped to play.High scoring shooting % & an aggressive defense + controling boards was key for France

Elbow stagger curl, Diot free up himself for downtown, buzzer beatter 3's, 0:009 to go(1st 1/2)

3rd Quartedr:

Good idea by Franch coach to put Parker on off guard spot and provoke missmaches

France continue with great confidence in 3Q 5 to go, 60:41, Litvania w/out Kleiza struggling from open spots, 42% France 62%

France in match up with Diaw in the 1st line

Don't understand why Litvania also employed zone match up on -18.they definitely lost agresivness and speed from the begining of the game

 

 4th Quarter:

France continue with confidence + 18. Litvania totaly out of the game, France has embarased Litvania by swithing on picks.

Litvania w/out inside game, and struggling from outside, 4min to go -18

 

Post Players- 2 feet in the lane & you OWN the house, 1 foot in the lane & you are RENTING the house, 0 feet in the lane & you are HOMELESS!

France employed stuggerd picks w/pick for 1st picker, lp iso play

 

With 0:22 to go & +16 France won gold! The key moment is mid of 2Q, Litvania simple run out of the gas.France eliminated Litvanian Tansition O.

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Walkthrough:FIBA Eurochampion 2013 PG Analyse

There are 6 top European PG curently playing at ECh in Slovenia and also play/used to play in NBA.

Analyse showed some interesting tendencies in PG's  game.

The criteria what I've used are: number of posesions, pts per posesion, turnovers perc, long range shooting perc, @ the rim shooting perc, FT shooting  perc and mid range shooting percentages.The minimum number of possesions was 70.

In category Number of  Possesions: The PG with most possesions is Dragic Goran, Slovenia.

It's mainly because he spend most time on the floor.Slovenia's buck up PGs played simbolic time.

In Points per  Possesion: the most eficient is Tony Parker.When he has the ball in his hand, he is able to generate more than 1 point per possesion.

  

When we talk about PG efficiency again, Tony Parker showed that he has most balanced game.He penetrate and score and also torched opponents, behind the arc.

It's interesting things that both Spain's PG Rodriguez and Rubio showed lack of  FT efficiency.

To Summing up:

Greek PG Vasilis Spanuolis showed lack of protecting the ball. He generate twice more turnovers than the other PG.

Spanish PG Sergio Rodriguez showed high efficiency behind the arc but also lack of getting to the FT line.

Generaly, both Parker and Dragic showed strong tendencies in driving and in mid range games, bith better take care of the ball than the other PG.

Rodriguez and Spanuolis dominate behind the arc, but they showed lack of care of the ball and certain limitation, when we talk about finishing at the rim.

It's obvious rising tendencies toward increasing efficiensies from mid range shooting.

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