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Team USA defeated Australia 116-85 ( recap / quotes ) on Wednesday morning. After a sluggish start, the Americans pulled away during a convincing 34-18 third quarter. Australia forced more turnovers (13-11) than the Americans, but were killed on the glass, as Team USA had almost as many offensive boards (19) as Australia had total rebounds (28). Kobe Bryant led all scorers with 25 and ...
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Breathe a sigh of relief, Bucks fans: Australia's The West reports that an MRI has cleared Andrew Bogut of any major ankle damage . Though Bogut thought he might have damaged a ligament after the game, a team spokesman delivered good news following a scan of the ankle.
"He had an MRI and it looks pretty good," the spokesman told AAP. "It looks nothing more than a sprain. "He's ...
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Bogut injures ankle in loss to Team USA
We'll have more later on Team USA's 116-85 win over the upstart Australians, but for now Bucks fans' main concern is with the ankle of Andrew Bogut. Having already injured his ankle earlier in pre-Olympic warmups, Bogut left in the third quarter against Team USA after stepping on Kobe Bryant's foot.
Garry D'Amato reports that Bogut's due for ...
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In a showdown of the two highest-scoring teams
, Team USA play Australia at 7:00 a.m. central
time on Wednesday morning. You can watch the quarterfinal matchup live on USA . If you can't catch the game live, take a little trip to NBCOlympics.com , ...
After a rocky start with two disappointing losses,
Andrew Bogut has put Australia's Boomers on his back.
Following his 22-point, 8-rebound effort in Australia's 95-80 throttling of Russia , Bogut was once again the main man as Australia annihilated ...
BrewHoop looks at the Bucks' glut of point
guards and wonders who, exactly, should start. It comes
down to Luke Ridnour, the solid-yet-unspectacular veteran, or Ramon Sessions, the promising assist machine entering his second season.
Throw it down big fella!
It's been a pretty uneven Olympics for Andrew Bogut and Australia, but at least they're trying to finish on a high note. Last night Bogut scored 22 (8/13 fg, 2/3 3fg, 4/6 ft) along with eight boards in a comprehensive 95-80 ( recap ) win over Andrei Kirilenko and the European Champion Russians. With the win Australia is now 2-2 and sitting third in ...
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Five observations after Team USA's positively easy , 91-69 ( recap / quotes ) thumping of Greece:
Team USA won each quarter against the Greeks. That might not seem like a huge deal, but it's indicative of frighteningly consistent play and a truly thorough win over a strong opponent. And accomplishing the feet is unusual. It marked one of just five games out of 18 in the Olympics so far ...
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First things first: Here's our take on breaking news that the Bucks have traded Mo Williams and Desmond Mason in a three-team deal with the Cavs and Oklahoma City that will net them Luke Ridnour, Damon Jones, and Adrian Griffin .
And now, a programming reminder: Team USA face Greece on Thursday morning at 7:00 a.m. central time on USA. The showdown is two days following Team USA's 97-76 ...
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The Mo Williams Show is moving to the
shores of a new Great Lake, with the Bucks
also shipping Desmond Mason back to Oklahoma in exchange for the once-promising Luke Ridnour, former Buck Damon Jones, and throw-in Adrian Griffin. We sort through the details.
All you need to know about the Mo Williams-to-Cleveland rumors . Well, most of it at least.
For the Cleveland perspective, be sure to check out both CavsBoard and Waiting for Next Year.
Team USA cruised to another group victory in group play, downing Angola 97-76 . Mike Redd was just 1/4 for two points in 14 minutes. Nobody recaps better than Kelly Dwyer, so just read ...
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Andrew Bogut and his Boomers looked to pick up their first win in Olympic competition on Tuesday, squaring off against Manu Ginobili and the Argentinians. Argentina was hoping to bounce back with a win after losing a tough one in their opener against Lithuania, while Australia aimed to right their ship after an opening day beating by Croatia. However, the defending Olympic Champs were ...
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Multiple stories are now talking about a possible
deal that would send Mo Williams to Cleveland, Luke
Ridnour to Milwaukee, and Joe Smith to OKC. What's it mean for the Bucks?
Home-country advantage not enough for hosts against Team USA.
Bob Finan of the Cleveland News-Herald writes about a rumored three-way trade that could send Mo Williams to the Cavaliers . Oklahoma City is the other team, and Joe Smith and Damon Jones (in the form of expiring contracts) are a couple speculated names that the Cavs could ship to Milwaukee. Stay tuned.
Team USA ...
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Liveblogging the USA? Everybody's doing it. That's why
we decided to liveblog something decidedly less sexy: Germany
and Angola.
Jorge Sierra at HoopeHype reports free agent big man Francisco Elson is "leaning" towards the Bucks , while also weighing offers from the Hawks and FC Barcelona. Especially with Chris Andersen and Kwame Brown now off the market, Elson's one of the few proven free agent big men still available. And with 13 men currently on the roster and only $2.06 million available under the luxury ...
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Team USA take Australia down, under some pressure.
The Bucks released its 2008-09 regular season schedule today. They open on October 28 on the road against the Bulls, coach Scott Skiles' former team. The second game of the season is listed as at Seattle, but let's hope the Bucks don't make that trip. That's the home opener for Oklahoma City. The Bucks' home opener is Saturday, ...
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Americas champs defeat European champs in China. Team
USA downed defending Euro champs Russia 89-68 ( recap
/ photos ) early Sunday morning. Facing its toughest pre-Olympic opponent yet, Team USA won comfortably but not quite as thoroughly as in previous games. Kobe Bryant led all scorers with 19 and Michael Redd added six points on 2-3 from outside in just 11 minutes. LeBron ..
Even Mike Redd was getting into the dunkathon (and didn't hurt himself).
Mike Redd helped Team USA throttle Lithuania yesterday 120-84 ( recap / photos ). Redd scored 16 points (6/10 fg, 4/8 3fg) in just over 14 minutes, as the Americans also got 19 from Dwyane Wade and 17 from Dwight Howard. Team USA plays Russia on Sunday at 2 am CT on ESPN2.
Australia led most of the game but ...
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Liveblog: Spain vs. Croatia