They have crisscrossed the country, delivering basketball blowouts from coast to coast.
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It was a relatively easy win for the USA and it doesn’t figure to be the last.
“We don’t want to let anything come in between that”, he said. But, we have some great players here.
That being said, does Team USA’s past success over the last eight years invalidate future Olympic squads to be considered dream teams?
Now the teams can drop anchor and stick around in one spot – they’re staying on a cruise ship along one of Brazil’s lovely beaches. “When I saw my teammates get excited for me, that kept me going”.
But Carmelo Anthony, a 32-year-old New York Knicks forward whose Olympic debut ended with that loss to Argentina, said the team will take nothing for granted. “I’m ready to get to know them better and continue to hang out with these girls and have a good time in Rio”.
Schedule and Venue: 6:00 p.m US EST at Carioca Arena in Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The players reportedly left quickly. Irving buried four three-pointers in the frame, which accounted for all his scoring in the game.
Coach Mike Krzyzewski nevertheless stressed that “we have the utmost respect for the game and for the global community”.
Despite the fact that mainstays such as LeBron James and Chris Paul passed on the Olympics this time, coach Mike Krzyzewski said this squad has bonded as much as any of the three US teams he has led to the Olympics. I wasn’t focused on who wasn’t playing. The Americans may have seemed vulnerable when James, Curry and a number of other superstars declined to play, but the players who did accept invites have had a few weeks to work on getting better on the court and getting along off it. LeBron James, probably the best player in the entire world, likewise declined to join opting to rest up after a grueling National Basketball Association season. So it goes up.
China finished with more turnovers (24) than made field goals (20). The Americans beat Venezuela 80-45.
Kyrie Irving, DeMarcus Cousins and Paul George each had big roles to play in the win, but it was team play that really helped set the United States of America apart.
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The United States were as good as advertised as they opened up their run for a potential third-straight gold medal with a thrashing of China at the Olympics.
