2012 Team USA Basketball Thread

[Jay520]

This is the official 2012 Team USA Basketball Thread!!

Here you can post comments and stories from the games for the 2012 USA Basketball team.

Here are the games and times(not sure if they are uk time or et) for each of the games for team USA below.

Preliminary Round
Sunday, July 29 - 9:30 am et/6:30 am pt 2:30 p.m in UK. USA – France
Tuesday, July 31 - 2:15 pm et/11:15 am pt 10:15 p.m in UK. Tunisia - USA
Thursday, August 2 - 2:15 pm et/11:15 am pt 10:15 p.m in UK. USA - Nigeria
Saturday, August 4 - 9:30 am et/6:30 am pt 2:30 p.m in UK. Lithuania - USA
Monday, August 6 - 2:15 pm et/11:15 am pt 10:15 p.m in UK. Argentina - USA
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, August 8 - 9 am et/6 am pt 2:00 p.m in UK. Session 1 (2 Games) or 3 pm et/12 pm pt 8:00 p.m in UK. Session 2 (2 Games)
Semifinals
Friday, August 10 - 12 pm et/9 am pt 5:00 p.m in UK. Semifinal #1 or 1 pm et/10 am pt 9:00 p.m in UK. Semifinal #2
Finals
Sunday, August 12 - 11:00 a.m. Bronze Medal Game or 10 am et/7 am pt 3:00 p.m in UK. Gold Medal Game

[Jay520]

U.S. drains 3s to pull away

LONDON -- Hardly dreamy, still dominant. Kevin Durant scored 22 points, LeBron James added eight assists and the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team opened tournament play with a rough-and-ragged 98-71 win over France on Sunday.

The U.S. was never in real trouble, and after overcoming some major foul issues and sloppy play, the superstar-laden squad finally put France away in the second half.

http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2...ll-away-france

[angel0430]

I think they are going to have an issue with Aregentina and Spain...

[Jay520]

U.S. men break points record with 156

LONDON -- Carmelo Anthony and the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team rewrote the record books Thursday in a 156-73 romp over Nigeria, an epic blowout that answered the Americans' detractors after two opening routs that provoked criticism of their slow starts and outside shooting.


They led by 26 in the first quarter, had an Olympic-record 78 points in the first half and Anthony scored 37 points, going 10 of 12 on 3-point attempts, to break the U.S. single-game scoring record in less than three quarters.

http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2...-points-record

[Kosmo kards]

Well they just barely beat Lithuania today, so they need to be more prepared for future games.

[angel0430]

They had a good second half against Argentina...

[cgb_orl]

Patty Mills should have gotten some run in the playoffs