They aren’t here to be judged.
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Serbia has a chance to win a medal nobody thought they would against France on Saturday morning, after finishing 2-3 in the group stage and barely making the cut to advance. “But we didn’t. They took advantage of their strength”.
“I want to win the gold medal in Olympics”. “Whether I am coming off the bench or starting, it doesn’t matter”, Jordan said.
Team USA defeated long-time rival Spain on the basketball court Friday, 82-76, to reach the Olympic men’s basketball final.
Klay Thompson led with 22 points and Kevin Durant chipped in 14 for US, which never trailed in the game. This is the best competition we’ve faced, but it’s obvious that we haven’t played quite as well as we’d have liked to play, either. We’ll see. I’ll take one year a time, and I’ll analyze.
It was the lowest-scoring game for the Americans in the Olympics since the 2004 semifinals, when they managed 81 in a loss to Argentina.
“He played a great game”, USA coach Mike Krzyzewski said.
“That’s just the way I felt”. “But it became very sensitive”.
But as Gasol answered his final question and began the long, slow walk down the hallway toward Spain’s gloomy locker room, there was a better-than-even chance he was wondering where he’d find the strength after Sunday to climb back onto the worldwide stage again.
Team USA is one win away from its third straight gold medal, with only Serbia standing in its way. The Americans also beat Spain in the 2014 world championship title game.
“It’s a Game 7”, Jordan said of the gold medal contest. “Of course, our hearts right now are bleeding”. “We are winners, and it is painful”.
Is the real “Dream Team” the women’s basketball squad?
“O$3 ur players really found out today that without Sue it’s certainly not going to be like that”, he said, per ABC News.
The US held 10-point or more leads in the second, third and fourth quarters but each time Spain would claw their way back into the game, keeping the outcome in doubt although the United States never appeared in danger of losing control. For Spain, veteran forward Pau Gasol netted 23 points to lead all scorers.
He did that, and the Spanish weren’t deep enough to find enough other options.
That, as much as anything, shows just how much star power Team USA lacks.
“He played a great game”, Krzyzewski said.
“He’s a good fighter with a lot of good technical skills”, Ramirez said of Stevenson. Spain will still get to play on the final day of this summer’s tournament, doing so in Sunday’s bronze medal game. We never let them play easy. Anthony continued to struggle, as he just couldn’t get his jumper to fall. “If we do that, we’ll be just fine”. “But they want to do that”. “And every once in a while – nah, a couple of times in a while – we’ll find a combination and it’ll flow really well”. However, by no means has their road to the final game been pretty.
But Bolt, who turns 30 on Sunday, is adamant, saying “this is the last one, guys” after his team’s victory. Klay Thompson and DeAndre Jordan blocked two of Spain’s four shots during that stretch. Rodriguez’s left arm caught Jordan across the face. An offensive foul called on Sergio Llull was deflating for Spain.
So here they are, again, playing for gold. We’re good. We’ve got good players.
While Kevin Durant’s 14 points were important, it was Jordan who played co-star to Thompson in this game.
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I was high on Australia until what I saw Friday.
