Team veteran Carmelo Anthony, who made a decision to lace up his Jordan Melo M12 instead of the Air Jordan 31, lead all scorers with 19 points in just as many minutes.
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“We’re a talented team, it’s about just finding a rhythm”, DeRozan said.
Miller confirmed that the male basketball players aren’t the only ones who’ll be staying on what’s now been identified as a cruise ship with almost 200 rooms. “The excitement is still there to know that we have an opportunity to do something special with a new group of guys, new face of our country and for me to be a part of that; I’m excited about that”.
“All the guys, once I hit that first one, guys they knew at that point, especially from earlier in the day at shootaround”, Anthony said. So I’ve got to coach them like it’s my first time.
Team USA took a dominating 110-66 victory against Nigeria, continuing their momentum heading into the Rio Olympic Games. The U.S. outscored it’s opponents by 43.0 points per game and 53.2 points per 100 possessions.
“The Silver Cloud, which docked at the city’s port at the weekend, can accommodate up to 400 people in its 196 cabins, some of which have already been allotted to the usa men’s and women’s Olympic basketball teams, the general directorate of the Maua port terminal said”.
The tournament begins on August 6 when Team USA plays China, and the gold medal game is on August 21, the final day of the Games. The team came away with a bronze medal in the Athens games, and an oral history gathered by Bill Leopold and Ben Teitelbaum shows that the players were pretty much in agreement that Larry Brown was their biggest issue. Voigt played soccer in college, but has since been a basketball coach in the NBA development league and of the Vermont Frost Heaves. “We have to react accordingly”. The 69-year old is aiming to cap off his run with a gold medal in Rio de Janeiro in the coming weeks before turning things over to San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich. If memory serves, there was no ticker-tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes for Allen Iverson, Tim Duncan, Stephon Marbury, a young LeBron James and a young Carmelo Anthony when they returned to the states that summer.
Gbinije scored two points and committed three turnovers.
TENNIS: Two-time major champion Stan Wawrinka pulled out of the Olympics because of injury, leaving the Rio Games without half of the men ranked in the ATP’s top 10.
Team USA has a problem.
“Although his time as coach will expire in Rio, my plan is to keep him very involved with USA Basketball going forward alongside me”, Colangelo said.
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The US threw a blanket over Nigeria, denying the first 22 three point attempts.
