dimemag.com - 8/4/2008
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Kobe Bryant (photo. Chris Sembrot)
Two plays at the end of the first half epitomized some of the ugliness on display during Sunday's Russia/USA exhibition game: With eight seconds left in the half, Russia broke a full-court press and got it to one of their top shooters, who turned and fired a three that got stuck [...]
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The Internets are alive: USA drops Russia in Olympic warm-up
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Team USA improved their record to 4-0 in pre-Olympic exhibition games with an 89-68 win over Russia early Sunday morning. Here's what they're saying out in the ether about the Americans ... Dime: "Whereas the opening minutes of the USA/Lithuania game were characterized by Dwight Howard looking like Young Shaq, this time the opening minutes consisted of the U.S. bricking a bunch of jumpers and Dwight being a non-factor. On Dwight’s first touch he threw up an ugly hook shot off an awkward post move that hit all ...
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Dwight Howard did not fare well for Team USA in a tune-up game against Team Russia. Dime (via BDL) gives us the awful truth: On Dwight's first touch he threw up an ugly hook ...
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