[burzum]

If the US team shot free throws like they normally did (~70%), they might have won. Instead they shot free throws like they did when they played Italy (56% for that game). Another point that I failed to mention earlier is that the US team depended to much upon their ability to steal the ball from their opponents. This didn't work against Greece. They had 4 steals total in this game. For many games they had 15-20 steals in a game. Even against the harder opponents the US team typically had almost 10 steals. But this game they were evenly matched: 4-4 in steals.

Greece obviously studied hard on how to beat the US team from the earlier US-Germany match: don't allow steals, don't let the US team near the basket, and watch them flounder on free throws and field goals.

[stacytec]

The funny thing is that it took this long for a team to catch on to a good strategy. Many had critiqued the lack of shooters on the team prior to Mike making the final team cuts.

[apro]

Chris Bosh is quoted in an interview saying, "We didn't play any defense. They got 101 points. They got second chance points. They outworked us. "They taught me how you can lure a team to sleep and then just go," he said. "I'm going to take this tape home and watch it. Every day."