1. 09-04-14 08:35 PM #1
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    FIBA Fix?

    It looks like Australia tanked in the fourth quarter of a loss to a bad Angola team to drop in the standings and avoid meeting the USA in the quarterfinals. What is this, the NBA?

    Australia accused of 'fixing' in ugly loss to Angola at FIBA World Cup
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  2. 09-04-14 08:40 PM #2
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    crazy
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  3. 09-04-14 08:48 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by LT Profits View Post
    It looks like Australia tanked in the fourth quarter of a loss to a bad Angola team to drop in the standings and avoid meeting the USA in the quarterfinals. What is this, the NBA?

    Australia accused of 'fixing' in ugly loss to Angola at FIBA World Cup
    They learning from the best, lol...
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  4. 09-04-14 08:48 PM #4
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    No news here. This was talked about last night at length on NBA TV.
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  5. 09-04-14 08:51 PM #5
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    what do you expect from stupid fukking aussies.

    when their stupid cheer is aussie aussie aussie oink oink oink, it's gotta tell you something about that country.
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  6. 09-04-14 08:52 PM #6
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    I watched this fans earlier today, and the commentators keep saying Aussies playing backups to rest for nxt rd
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    Australia is a lock against Turkey
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  8. 09-04-14 08:59 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by rm18 View Post
    Australia is a lock against Turkey
    haha nice one
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    I think fixing is a bit of a strong term for what Australia did here
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  10. 09-04-14 09:09 PM #10
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    Didn't they yearn this right? Unless they or someone they knew made money off this game
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  11. 09-04-14 09:17 PM #11
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    What's funnier is Goran Dragic calling them out on Twitter and then Slovenia proceeds to score TWO points in the 4th quarter of a game that would have kept them from facing the USA any time soon. Instant Karma.
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    Funnier that Dragic called the Aussies out on Twitter and then his lame ass team scored TWO points in the 4th quarter to lose their game today.
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  13. 09-04-14 09:59 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghenghis Kahn View Post
    what do you expect from stupid fukking aussies.

    when their stupid cheer is aussie aussie aussie oink oink oink, it's gotta tell you something about that country.
    Irony?

    The redneck "USA. USA. USA" chant isn't any better.

    They are both pretty bloody stupid.
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  14. 09-04-14 10:31 PM #14
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    If that's what they did, it's strategy

    A fix is completely different
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  15. 09-05-14 02:30 AM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by rm18 View Post
    Australia is a lock against Turkey
    In gambling. Nothing is locked
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  16. 09-05-14 04:06 AM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by EaglesPhan36 View Post
    Funnier that Dragic called the Aussies out on Twitter and then his lame ass team scored TWO points in the 4th quarter to lose their game today.
    THAT game was fixed as hell
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  17. 09-05-14 07:17 AM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gee View Post
    Irony?

    The redneck "USA. USA. USA" chant isn't any better.

    They are both pretty bloody stupid.
    gee glad you're still around pal. how did i know you or acoochy would respond. what happened to hawley? did you eat him?
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  18. 09-05-14 10:38 AM #18
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    I really do not understand what all the noise is about. Aussies clearly tanked in that game in an attempt to get a better seeding position (did not work by the way). But that happens all the time in lots of sports; e.g. just a few weeks ago, the Sky tanked at the end of the reg season to avoid the Fever in the 1st round. Dragic should get over it and maybe make sure that his team can score more than 2 points in a quarter.
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  19. 09-08-14 01:30 AM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghenghis Kahn View Post
    gee glad you're still around pal. how did i know you or acoochy would respond. what happened to hawley? did you eat him?
    I have no idea what happened to Hawley or Acoochy or actually most of the Aussie and NZ posters. I stopped posting and paying attention to SBR a long ago. I assume they either went bust or realized that posting is a waste of time or both.
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  20. 09-08-14 03:38 AM #20
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    Unreal I thought Bairstow was going to lead them to the gold
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  21. 09-08-14 03:45 AM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by TwoWays View Post
    Unless they or someone they knew made money off this game
    Gee you don't think that happened do you?
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    So Australia went through the trouble of tanking to avoid USA in the quarterfinals, and then Aussies lose to Turkey and do not even reach that point,
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    Karma is a bitch
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  24. 09-08-14 08:22 AM #24
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    Up 5 pts with a min left turkey guy hit 2 big 3 bombs with clutch winner, shit happens. Whens last time australia won a medal at fiba world champs they wanted to dream, who the fuk wants to meet usa in qtrs???
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  25. 09-08-14 06:32 PM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by buddha View Post
    Gee you don't think that happened do you?
    Very unlikely. The tank to avoid USA angle is much more reasonable.

    Australia does not have a history of corruption and usually go to great lengths to investigate these sorts of allegations.

    That being said and I didn't watch the end of the Angola game, but the team they put up isn't actually that good. It doesn't surprise me they went through a big scoreless streak to lose the game.

    They were up 15 against Mexico in the 3rd qtr and more than once in the last qtr mexico got it down to 6 points. Their offense is awful and a big drought is of no surprise. They put up a total of 22 points in 2 of the qtrs in that mexican game (2nd and 4th).
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