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Man its good to have basketball back, and what a game.

Takeaways:
- Quieter second half from Lauri offensively, they crowded him and he made a few good passes. But he was very active defensively. I know this is the national team and the Jazz have been intentionally bad the last two years, but I would love to see this level of activity for the Jazz next year if we are just ethnically bad.
- Muurinen was without a doubt the difference maker in the 4th quarter. His length on the defensive end was fantastic and felt like he disrupted every play. And his offensive pop on the other end was also eye popping. Finland had stalled in the 4th until he came in and made the difference.
- Great shooting game by Hakanson, kept Sweden in it. Larsson got into foul trouble and wasn't able to make much difference.

For those who care, Estonia is unsurprisingly being swamped by Serbia :(.
- Jovic has had some really great speed and vision as a creator that has impressed me. Bogdan was decent but felt like he is a couple steps slower and had his pocket picked a few times.
- Henri Drell (played a few games for Chicago two years ago) was swarmed whenever he came in and couldn't find paths out. Konotsuk (know his family well, he's a really good kid) had a good game and easily looked the most comfortable against Serbia's superior length.
 
This game showed perfectly why Miro Little gets too many minutes. His defense was very off, and it should be his strength. The offense got lacky, when he got the ball. The other player with NCAA background and defensive identity, Oliver Nkamhoua (We call him Olli) also was worse in defense than usually. Lauri can improve quite much as well, but he was okay. I expect him to be more decisive thru all four quarters in next games.
 
Finland-Sweden 93-90 real thing
Lauri 28p/6r/3a, 7/15, 2p 5/11, 3p 2/4, FT 12/14, 32min, 2 steals

He was not very good in defense and usually let his man score easily. But okay start I think.
 
I thought Lauri was really good passing out of double teams. They trapped him a lot in their 2-3 zone and he mostly handled the pressure well.

I don’t what it is about NBA defenders that make him fold in half with the slightest bit of pressure.
 
Jaanipoeg said:
Man its good to have basketball back, and what a game.

Takeaways:
- Quieter second half from Lauri offensively, they crowded him and he made a few good passes. But he was very active defensively. I know this is the national team and the Jazz have been intentionally bad the last two years, but I would love to see this level of activity for the Jazz next year if we are just ethnically bad.
- Muurinen was without a doubt the difference maker in the 4th quarter. His length on the defensive end was fantastic and felt like he disrupted every play. And his offensive pop on the other end was also eye popping. Finland had stalled in the 4th until he came in and made the difference.
- Great shooting game by Hakanson, kept Sweden in it. Larsson got into foul trouble and wasn't able to make much difference.

For those who care, Estonia is unsurprisingly being swamped by Serbia :(.
- Jovic has had some really great speed and vision as a creator that has impressed me. Bogdan was decent but felt like he is a couple steps slower and had his pocket picked a few times.
- Henri Drell (played a few games for Chicago two years ago) was swarmed whenever he came in and couldn't find paths out. Konotsuk (know his family well, he's a really good kid) had a good game and easily looked the most comfortable against Serbia's superior length.
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just to be clear, muurinen had 5 pts, 2 rebs, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, 1 turnover in the game.

I didn't watch and don't doubt he gave them a bit of a spark at some point, but after reading your comments i might have guessed a line of something like 10, 5, and 5 with a couple blocks and a steal or two.
 
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