[burzum]

Greece had an awesome field goal and 2-point percentage. For the most part the teams were evenly matched, but the US teams poor field goal percentage finally caught up with them. The earlier Italy game was really close due to this problem.

Greece:
2-point: 27/38 (71%)
Free throw: 23/33 (70%)
Fouls: 25

USA:
2-point: 24/38 (63%)
Free throw: 20/34 (59%)
Fouls: 26

These FIBA games are like the World Cup. If you don't prepare yourself for the penalty shots you are really hurting yourself. 51 fouls in this game! Good grief!

[Mr. Jeeves]

There are some great shooters in the NBA, but they don't tend to make the USA National team because they aren't the guys with the big shoe contracts. Adam Morrison is the kind of guy who could have helped this team a lot, but he got cut. The players they did pick have immense physical talent, but none has the will to win of a Michael Jordan or Larry Bird - that quality seems to have disappeared from today's NBA.

This result is a big embarrassment for USA Basketball.

[dfwgator]

I knew the US wasn't going to win the Gold. Can't shoot and don't care about defense, that will get you killed when it comes down to playing the good teams. And I emphasize the word "team" here.

But now they can all come back home to their multi-million dollar contracts and go back to making fun babies.

[stacytec]

Wow! I honestly though the USA team had a good shot this year at the gold. Even with the loss, I still like the team that was fielded compared to the last. These guys had the right attitude, regardless of the outcome.

[Mase]

The "team" game beats the one-on-one game. It was no surprise in the Olympics and it comes as no surprise here.

[Cyclopean Squid]

Well, so much for us being best at baseball and basketball. At least the USA is still tops in football (American football, that is).