Nikola Jokic & Serbia Fall Short Against Team USA in Olympic Semi-Final | DNVR Nuggets Podcast
Nikola Jokic and Serbia almost pulled off the impossible. But the talent of Team USA proved to be much in the 4th quarter for Serbia. Serbia won every quarter but the 4th and will face Germany in the Bronze Medal game. Team USA remains undefeated and will play the host country France for a chance at Gold on Saturday. What are our takeaways from one of the greatest international games ever played? Adam Mares, Brendan Vogt, Harrison Wind, and D-Line Co. come to you LIVE from the DNVR Bar to break down everything you need to know in this edition of the DNVR Nuggets Podcast!
Start – 0:00
Fast breakdown – 2:50
Wind’s big takeaway – 5:00
D-Line’s big takeaway – 6:20
Vogt’s big takeaway – 7:30
Adam’s big takeaway – 9:40
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30 Comments
USA got carried by the softest calls while Serbia couldn't buy a call. Typical
Why the dream team needs the referees to win a match ? Shame …
As a Serb, I can tell you right away that this loss doesn't sting at all. The guys exceeded all expectations. I am hoping that they go into the match with Germany with renewed confidence after this performance, and trash them as a payback for the world cup.
I guess NBA traveling rules carry over to the FIBA game now.
"the tailor of Panama" great movie ! Strange 4th personal for Jokić ,the turn moment of game
“All of the guys on team USA hate Jok”
That’s just not true. Just because he wasn’t picked until last in an ALL STAR game doesn’t mean they hate him. Jokic is not an all star game type player.
LeBron especially LOVES Jokic as a player bc he knows he’s cut from the same cloth as himself, MJ, Magic, Bird, Oscar, etc. I’m sure LeBron has thought about how when he met with Nuggets back in summer of 2018 that in hindsight he wishes he chose them bc Jokic LeBron with shooting defense around them combo prob wins titles in 2020/21/23/24 at worst!
I think AD has massive respect as well. How could he not when Joker last 2 playoffs vs Lakers AVERAGES 28 15 11?
PS as I mentioned in video from a day or 2 ago Serbia +17.5 was a lock! Prime Jokic lead team getting that many points in an elimination game was stealing! Made small bet on them to win too.
PSS while Jokic’s 3 in 2024 playoffs & Olympics has looked broken fwiw he’s actually a solid 37% from 3 his last 2 regular seasons and 36.4% from in regular season in his amazing 4yr 20-21 to 23-25 prime from 3 and still 39% from 3 in 80 career playoff games (35% from 3 for career in regular season).
He’s gotta get back to just being 35% even! I think he will as long as his wrist is ok.
Joker only 4 free throws, Bogdanovic only 1 free throw, both playing most of the game.
Jokic only 5 rebounds, because uncalled fouls.
His clean block on AD was called a foul.
Refs dragged the dream team into the final.
love you DNVR (Harrison is our Serbian sleeper cell), root for us against Germany, and go collect that gold! see you next season with Westbrook, can''t wait for that
I am from Serbia and i was watching it on national tv. And they had one serbian player who won silver medal on 2020 or 2016 olympics and they had one more guest who was a basketball analyst… And both said what u guys mentioned which is that 6 point shot that we missed. But they both agreed just like u it was perfect game from Serbia. Maybe some shots were missed by Serbia but still a nice game… Me myself i feel like they were forcing too many 3 points in 3rd and 4th quarter and weren't hitting as much points… I think in 4th quarter they were rushing for a play. Vasa did dribble way to much and tbh i felt like whole team wasn't going for 2 point shot as much as they should have… But the real reason why they didn't go for 2 point is that when u have either Adebayo, LeBron, or Davis running at you like a high speed tank you literally can't go for two points… Jokić tried well although in my honest and just a viewer opinion this game goes to show u that you literally have to have a stack team on opposite side for them to shut down Jokić. And yeah even commenters here with th guests agreed Steph Curry did amazingly… I hated when LeBron argued whole game with refs. Refs did forget to make a call for bad 2 step movement from Embidd on one call but then later called it when he fauled one of our players… I think also refs did well and it was hilarious to watch whole USA player team be mind boggled by the strategy in 1st,2nd and 3rd quarter a bit where Serbian players were intentionally fauling USA just to make them stop from going for 3s and maybe miss free throws… Malone should pick this strategy up. But I think Popovich will be writing it all down as he follows Euroleague coaches plays especially the Serbian coach Željko Obradović(who is one of the greats)… And like you said guys, Nuggets need this drive. But they also need bit of strategic kind of play. Where you faul for a reason but then again they can't do that because referees in NBA feel like they are smoking crack sometimes while sometimes quite normal. Since referees call out a lot of questionable calls… I disliked how Embiid was floping like a fish whole game. Making an embarrassment of himself. He did in 4th quarter start hitting good two points but still should think about himself although he never will. Best he continues avoiding Nugget games… Anyway to not be so much critical of some things as a Serbian I congratulate the whole USA staff and players for the game. I'm thankful as ever for the Serbian staff and players who have been doing great!
Cheers from Serbia guys. I hope at least one of you reads this. Sorry for long comment 🙂
Joker only 4 free throws, Bogdanovic only 1 free throw, both playing most of the game. Jokic only 5 rebounds, because uncalled fouls.
His clean block on AD was called a foul.Refs dragged the dream team into the final.
Refs bought and paid by USA (west) 🙂 also they wanted better rating for the finals of bb olimpics …
Shame that refs had to step up to propel team USA to win!
Like it’s not already enough unfair advantage just in the simple fact that team USA is not subject of the Olympic doping control like all the rest of participating teams.
Not to mention no travelling called in FIBA rules when almost every single possession it occurred.
No challenges of calls allowed for Serbia.
Jokic put out of game the entire fourth quarter with horrendous 4 fouls.
Props to Steph for shooting clinic but it wouldn’t be enough without the help from whistle boys!
50+ times smaller country, the team probably 50 times lesser market value. Well done.
2:20 Pissed as Hell!!! Did everything right… and that miracle u were talking about in the last show… well in the end americans got it not Serbians who played perfect game and deserved it!!! Cosmic injustice!!!
Mannn…… this channel def sounds very Un-American. 😂. I’ll say watching the buffs only…
5:40 Wind next time u come to Serbia.. .give me a buzz… Im making u honorary Serbian… You and Dev… Dev earned it already… didnt hear his take away yet… but i think his just turned off right now!! Adam and Vogt… well u almost there.
This loss hit far harder than I had expected it to, Serbia could have pulled it off and that adds gravity to the impact of losing. I agree however, it was an amazing game and this tournament has been really good basketball. It's on a higher level than it used to be. I'm proud of Serbia. Bogdonavich was emotional while shaking hands. I felt for him. He was a warrior, wish we had him on our team. I loved the way he was psyching out Carmelo which was one of the intangibles that D-Line refers too that feed in experiencing the game as a participant or a fan. The energy was elevated.
Even though SRB lost, it was a great game! It reminded me of the 2012 OT finales (US – ESP)
P.S.
Don't be worried about Jokic's 3PT shot.. the line is shorter in FIBA, so it's not the same shot
Well at least the 92 team comparison is over
Remember this!!! I said it the last show… and im gonna double down on that… This is states` last one in the loooooooong time!!!
Refs had to help. Bravo Srbija!!!
Embid travel and get 2+1, technical faul on coach Pešić, one pointJoker got clean block on AD called faul, 2 points, 6 points play after AD flooping, Joker 4th faul, KD knocd ball from Bogdan hand, caleed TO, every touch was called faul, Bogdan and Joker together had 5 FT whole game. Maybe I'm biased but that Panama ref took our momentum, and finnaly no freaking luck, Dobrić three went out the same way Curry three went in, like magnetic ball. Hurts like mf, i won't be sleeping tonight. So close. The biggest "what if" in the recent history of our basketball team. Proud of guys and we all crying with them. Now we gotta dig deep, Germany is a monster of a team, hope we can win the bronze. What if….
I hope Jokic will be better for the bronze game. We knew it was going to be near impossible to beat USA, and we almost pulled off a miracle upset, but no time to get demoralized. The bronze is still up for grabs! Let's go 🇷🇸 Serbia and Nikolaaa.
Mark my words, Nikola is getting a triple double for the bronze game!
I think a big factor was Serbia's best player got 2 minutes rest and USA's 2 best (Lebron and Steph) got 8. Jok didn't look dead like game 7 against the Wolves, but his touch was off towards the end. It was a great showing nonetheless.
1 st,… PUT SOME PANTS …. sooooorry you did…
I 'm gonna buy back Jokic for REAL
it's sooo sad how much you do NOT care about bball
DO NOT PATRONI)ZE YOUR AUDIENCE …
you.. you.. sooo much don't understand…. and deserve us. geeez…. you have no fu****ing clue ….you really think nit was a joking matter
This game is gold for as we dont need bronz . We are praud . This is a lekcion for the world .