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And four years later vengeance was wrought. The US Men’s basketball team advanced to the gold medal game with a 101-81 win over rival Argentina. The game had an odd back and forth pace but much like in the quarterfinal win over Australia, a big play before halftime set the stage for the US win. The Argentines stayed with the US four about three and a half minutes and then the US scoring ...

For Team USA it’s one down, two to go. The spunky Australian team stayed with the US for more than a quarter but fouls and a 38-14 third period kept the Boomers from hanging around. The final score of 116-85 belies how competitive the game was early on. Australia trailed by just one after the first quarter but the US slowly built the lead to 12 in the second. The second half began with a ...

The Destruction Wrought was total and utterly complete. Entering the final game of pool play, Team USA had little to play for. They could not improve their seed and in past competitions might have let up a bit, playing a sloppier game. Germany had only pride to play for. Two days after losing their most important game in the Olympics to China, they were just bidding farewell to long time ...

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what is bigger for the Redeem Team, Winning group B and getting a top seed in the knockout stage or proving to themselves that they can decisively trounce the second and third best teams in the tournament on consecutive nights. Though the game was played at a high pace, the way both teams prefer it, the US notched a 119-82 win which ran their record to 4-0. ...

In their first real Olympic test, the US earned stellar marks. The Greek national team hung with the World’s best basketball team for more than a quarter and then the flood gates opened. Simply put, the US made their own breaks and then took advantage of them. Unlike in past games, dribblers were harassed coming down the lane, attacking the drivers and forcing worse passes rather than ...

At least the USA-Angola game delivered what it promised. The Americans mopped the floor with the African champions, earning their second win in pool play by a 97-76 score. The Angolans kept it from getting embarrassing for part of the first quarter but then it, well, got embarrassing. Some will ask what fans can take away from this and the answer is quite simple: NOTHING. The Angolans ...

For a quarter and a half it seemed like the world’s largest nation would have a chance to upset the world’s best basketball team. Then the American players made sure it didn’t happen. A steady diet of pressuring ball handlers and sheer speed and dunking ability propelled Team USA to a 101-70 win in their Olympic opener against host nation China. The game can effectively be broken down into ...

As the Olympics are set to kick of in few days, it’s time to look at the field and separate the contenders from those who are just happy to be there. As per usual, the US team is the prohibitive favorite but there are more than a few teams who could take from them their birthright as the world’s best basketball team. Angola It’s not that the Angolans are a bad basketball team but in this ...

Calling the friendly between the US and Russia a scare for the Americans is a stretch but it was by far the most competitive game the US has played this summer. The 90-68 game was the closest Team USA has played thus far. The US again fell into old bad habits of not attaching the zone properly leading to some unsightly turnovers. A turning point came in the middle of the third quarter ...

It’s a pretty common story. Team USA meets opponent, team USA player opponent, team USA wins by more than 30 and goes home. That was essentially the script for Friday’s game between the US and old nemesis Lithuania. The Americans jumped out to a big lead early and were only slightly threatened when Lithuania cut the deficit to single digits in the third quarter. Strong defense however ...