Assuming France can get that far. Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors, who was held scoreless in 13 minutes, blamed Team USA’s listless offense for its failure to put Serbia away.
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MEN’S FENCING: Russia won the team foil event for its sixth fencing medal of the Games.
The American stars saw off a spirited challenge for the second straight game, two days after Australia hung with them for much of a match that the U.S. eventually took by 10 points.
Kyrie Irving and Team USA can’t be happy about another game that comes down to the wire. “It’s a different game for us”.
Paul George and the United States flirted with disaster. DeAndre Jordan was a plus-12 and was active on both ends.
As for that rematch with Parker in the lineup. stay tuned.
The U.S. finishes group play against France (3-1) on Sunday. But this is looking like the most disappointing team since 2004, and if they do get caught, it will be considered an outright disaster.
The Aussies trailed by three points at halftime and by seven entering the fourth quarter against a desperate Belarus team that needed a win in order to advance to the quarterfinals.
The Americans struggled for the second straight game. He’s right in pointing out that the cores of the Australian and Serbian national teams have played much more together than this US squad, which includes six guys who have never played on this level internationally. They forced Carmelo Anthony and company to turn the ball over twelve times.
But Irving took the pass in and managed to throw an option to Durant with plenty of loft just as he was flopping onto his belly.
Both teams came into Friday’s clash having lost their first three round-robin games and knowing that the victor would nearly certainly secure the fourth and final spot in the quarterfinals out of their group. The USA raced out to 9-0 lead, eventually pushing that to 23-5. He finished with six points and five boards, but was a plus-8 and his rim protection really helped impact the game. While they made almost half their shots for the game and scored just enough, the final few minutes of offense was painful to watch.
Rudy Gobert bounced back from what’s been a weak performance in Rio.
The U.S. goalkeeper criticized the Swedes for the way they played Friday in beating the Americans in a penalty shootout – a result that means the world’s top-ranked team will miss out on a medal in women’s soccer for the first time.
Eighteen of Krzyzewski’s 21 Olympic victories lifetime have been decided by double-digits.
The USA basketball that is competing in the Rio Olympics right now, should be blowing teams out of the water.
What’s Next: Team USA will enjoy two full days away from Olympic Park before the knockout portion of the tournament begins. If Bogdanovic sank this shot, the game was going to overtime.
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“It’s a shorter game, a 40-minute game, and you can never let your guard down”, Team USA assistant coach Tom Thibodeau said in a SportsCenter interview after the game.
