Plenty of platitudes and praise were being handed out but no medals: those will be awarded on the final day of the Rio Olympics on August 21 when USA players are expected, as they have at 14-of-17 Summer Games, to bring home the gold. Now, he’s the last one standing. This would be the fourth Olympics that Anthony is playing. He’ll become the first three-time men’s basketball gold medalist if the U.S. win gold at the end of this tournament. “And to have somebody who, this will be his fourth Olympics, that level of experience – and he’s still a great player – and commitment, it’s a godsend, really”, US coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “That’s how we get our energy”.
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Anthony already owns two of those, along with a bronze.
Paul George made his US national team debut – after suffering a compound fracture in an exhibition game just before the start of the 2014 World Cup.
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Nobody knows that better than Nigeria, the Americans’ opponent here Monday in their final exhibition game.
The new Warriors star scored 30 points four years ago in the gold-medal game, when the Americans held off Spain for the championship. We have time off and guys did what they did. “Sometimes you have to wait to get what you want”. “We accept those responsibilities and move on”, Anthony, the elder statesmen of the team, said after the Americans’ blowout of China. “As far as being basketball players, that was the easy part”.
Only Durant and Carmelo Anthony returned from that team, but the new guys were plenty ready for their Olympic moment. “And that’s what this”. They haven’t lost an global game since settling for bronze at the 2004 Olympics, according to NESN. “We’re older and more talented and we played really hard and shared the ball”. China racked up a whopping 34 fouls and 24 turnovers for the game, highlighting the disparity between the two teams. Durant with the individual star with his 3-point shooting, but there were plenty of contributors beyond the Slim Reaper that helped United States of America run away with the victory. Cousins had 17 points and five rebounds. The NBA Champion was draining threes left and right and looked very comfortable in global competition. “After that it was a downhill snowball effect”, Anthony said. “It’s about going over there having fun, getting the winning feeling back and trying to get another gold medal”. Then again, having experience in beating China in the tune-up, pushing them back again would not be hard.
USA too deep for ChinaDeMarcus Cousins scoring one of many easy baskets.
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“I’m very happy that he made a decision to do this”. But I think it helped me.
