In fact, this US team is incredibly experienced on this and other big stages in basketball, and supremely talent laden.
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The time led the field by a significant margin but came up short of the team’s time (40.20) four years ago, which set an Olympic and world record that still stands.
“It’s one thing to get a lot of talent together. We really want to accomplish this”.
“They kicked our ass from start to finish”, Boomers center Andrew Bogut said.
For Spain, the silver was their first medal in Olympic women’s basketball. Serbia beat Australia, 87-61.
The Americans have turned them away twice.
“That’s just the way I felt”, Gasol said. “You guys don’t know me, but my answer is B”.
A scrappy French team made it a game for an entire half before succumbing late and losing by 19 points.
We are finally in the weekend, and it’s time for us to see who will win the medals in the Olympic women’s basketball tournament. “We were too much happy that we reached the final and we had that experience and we can not allow that to repeat”.
It looks like the US will have Bird back for the title tilt.
These Olympics have been way too tough to believe they will end easily.
RIO DE JANEIRO – On the eve of his last game in charge of the national team, US men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski praised local organizers for the conditions provided to his players at the Rio Olympics.
The biggest problem for Team USA right now?
Maya Moore, who picks up her second gold medal, scored 14 points, five rebounds, and dished out six assists. “Now we hit our stride against Argentina and then we came back defensively against Spain and played a good game. And every once in a while – nah, a few times in a while – we’ll find a combination and it’ll flow really well”. Krzyzewski could become the first US men’s basketball coach to lead teams to three Olympic gold medals.
That ushered in an era of American dominance that seemed to be returning.
The US went on a 21-4 run in the third quarter but Spain’s Silvia Dominguez sank a half-court 3-pointer at the buzzer for the biggest roar of the period, even if the US still led 81-49.
Krzyzewski says rivals are closer than ever to matching the USA level because more global players are in the National Basketball Association and they are more familiar with the style from facing National Basketball Association talent in the Olympics and World Cup.
“We held them to 82 points”.
It’s also the same two teams from the 2014 FIBA World Cup final, a convincing win for the United States, 129-92. Serbia defeated France for the bronze medal. Team USA and Team Spain remained scoreless until a tip-in from Pau Gasol cut the American lead down to seven, 50-43. “We need to make a few adjustments because they nearly beat us”.
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Referring to Catchings, Bird and Taurasi, Griner said, of herself and the other Olympic rookies, “That can be us”. “Expect a great effort from all of us”.
