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...
