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Team USA falls to 0-2 in Olympic exhibitions after loss to Australia
ESPN ^ | 7/12/2021 | Brian Windhorst

Posted on 07/12/2021 7:33:48 PM PDT by God luvs America

Team USA might indeed win its fourth consecutive Olympic gold next month in Tokyo. But if they do, it will be a story of overcoming adversity.

The Americans lost their second consecutive exhibition Monday, this time bested by Australia 91-83 in Las Vegas. Dating to the 2019 World Cup, where they finished seventh, Team USA has lost four of their past five games. They've also lost two in a row now to Australia, a team expected to contend for the gold in Japan.

It was a better showing than the loss to Nigeria on Saturday but just reading those words is a little mind-boggling considering the pedigree of this roster and coaching staff. Damian Lillard, who had 22 points, and Kevin Durant, who had 17 points, definitely looked more like All-Stars. But in the end, they weren't able to deliver clutch shots.

The final indignity came with one minute to play and the U.S. down five as Jayson Tatum tossed up an airball on a corner 3-point try. It was better than the next possession, which resulted in a turnover.

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KEYWORDS: chat; hoops; passtheballtome; sports
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To: God luvs America

Also rooting against the women’s soccer team. Disgusting how these vile, entitled Milennials have destroyed such a patriotic tradition.


21 posted on 07/12/2021 7:51:38 PM PDT by montag813
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To: God luvs America

Sweet!

Better take a knee Popovich, your BLM retards don’t “have
their head in the game.”

Being apolitical might bring better results in the future.


22 posted on 07/12/2021 7:51:57 PM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel)
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Why is bouncy ball an olympic sport anyway? We shouldn’t promote illiiteracy


23 posted on 07/12/2021 7:52:34 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: God luvs America

+1


24 posted on 07/12/2021 7:52:36 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: montag813

yep


25 posted on 07/12/2021 7:53:07 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: God luvs America

Dear Jalen and Stephen A., Those honkies are good. Damn good.
26 posted on 07/12/2021 7:54:49 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: God luvs America

Test all the players for marijuana like that woman sprinter.


27 posted on 07/12/2021 7:56:33 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: God luvs America

Get woke, go broke.


28 posted on 07/12/2021 7:59:19 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: God luvs America

I said the same thing last night. First time in my life.


29 posted on 07/12/2021 7:59:33 PM PDT by arkfreepdom
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To: God luvs America

Who cares? Overcoming adversity? BS. The US should go back to using college kids.


30 posted on 07/12/2021 7:59:39 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: God luvs America

I gather it’s basketball but dang, maybe explicitly say which sport no later than the third sentence??


31 posted on 07/12/2021 8:00:37 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: conservative98

Might want to get your eyes checked. A couple of those dudes are honkys.


32 posted on 07/12/2021 8:01:05 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: God luvs America

LOVE OUT

Kevin Love, who played in just three minutes after losing to Nigeria on Saturday, was the only Olympic team that didn’t play in the US match.


That’s racist.


33 posted on 07/12/2021 8:03:57 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: God luvs America

If only there was a gold medal for virtue signaling. These ungrateful athletes who insult their country can go straight to hell.

Sucks the the NBA is so scripted that they cannot even win against amateur athletes.


34 posted on 07/12/2021 8:04:20 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic )
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To: PAR35

That’s my point.


35 posted on 07/12/2021 8:04:35 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: PAR35

Jalen and Stephen A didn’t want any honkies on Team USA because white men can’t ball. Well, they just got beat by a bunch of them.


36 posted on 07/12/2021 8:06:42 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: montag813

So true.

Millennials didn’t grow up in a vacuum though.

Who or what organizations are turning them into left wing zealots?

They didn’t get it from the womb or their “mother’s milk.”


37 posted on 07/12/2021 8:06:54 PM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel)
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To: God luvs America

Concur. I am Israeli so it’s not like we ever have much of anyone.

But at least our players don’t hate our country.

What pieces of crap.


38 posted on 07/12/2021 8:09:47 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: God luvs America

39 posted on 07/12/2021 8:10:16 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople ("The issue is never the issue. The issue always is the Revolution." Lenin)
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To: God luvs America

It’s a real shame - there was a time this would have meant something to me in a way as sports was a good escape to have fun and root for your team, but now it really doesn’t. They have destroyed sports and turned it into another political organ. So what if they lose...and indeed, Advance Australia Fair!


40 posted on 07/12/2021 8:11:06 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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