NBA Happy Hour: FIBA Semifinals and Finals

TGIF basketball fans! It's the end of the week, so that means NBA Happy Hour, our almost-weekly basketball drinking game! Grab a beer, follow the rules and start the weekend with a Don Nelson-level buzz.

The FIBA World Championships have been great fun. We all know this. It's given us basketball games in a European soccer match atmosphere. It's given us one last, clear look at Tiago Splitter before he finally walks through the NBA's front door this season. It's given Louis Scola a very large stage on which to perform very strongly and this weekend, it all comes down to Turkey-Serbia-USA-Lithuania.

So grab a beer and drink...


Every time the fans in Istanbul do something you wish NBA fans did.

Every time the fans in Istanbul do something you'd be terrified if NBA fans did.

Every time Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic is mentioned.

Every time a player takes advantage of the very fun FIBA rules and knocks the ball off of the rim.

Every time a USA player gambles defensively and doesn't get a steal.

Every time an announcer mentions the differences between FIBA and the NBA, or how young this USA team is.

Finish your beer...

Every time you have the epiphany that basketball could bring about world peace.

Every time you think about Miami at Boston in October.

Every time Westbrook dunks, or Eric Gordon hits a 3.

Take a shot...

If team USA wins in the semi-finals

Take 3 shots...

If team USA wins the finals!!