USA Basketball

The USA men's basketball team played Argentina in the group stage of the Olympic tournament. It was a close game through one half, then the Americans seized control in the latter stages to win comfortably. Today's semifinal followed the same script, with the US winning 109-83.

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USA Basketball has a storied history over the last 20 years, from the Dream Team until today (I am doing what everyone in America should do by pretending that the 2004 Olympic Basketball team never even existed)

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LeBron James proved in this year's NBA Finals that he was someone who could get the job done in crunch time. Nobody would have thought that he'd need to do it again in today's game against Lithuania but, if he didn't, the US wouldn't have won in a 99-94 thriller

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Records were shattered on Thursday as the USA men's basketball team eviscerated Nigeria 156-73 in pool play action, breaking the Olympic record for most points scored in a game.

Criticized by many for their slow starts in games against France and Tunisia, the Americans came out with guns blazing and finished the first quarter leading by 26

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In their final warm up game before the 2012 Olympics, the United States men's basketball team defeated a potential gold medal game opponent, beating Spain 100-78.

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The United States men's National Basketball team made Great Britain look more like Terrible Britain after a 118-78 drubbing in Manchester, England today.

USA shot 60.3% from the field and had six double figure scorers, led by Carmelo Anthony and Deron Williams who each had 19 points

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In their first exhibition leading up to the 2012 Olympic Games, the United States national basketball team handled the Dominican Republic to the tune of a 54 point beat down.

The US shot 57% from the field for the game, paced by Kevin Durant who shot 9-11 from the floor including 5-6 from three point range for a game high 24 points

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Imagine this. You run a business or manage a business. One of your employees totally quits on you and the result is you get fired. Now that same quitter professes how much he likes you and respects and can't wait to be together again. While this isn't an exact replica this pretty much lays out the scenario for USA basketball in the upcoming Olympic games from London!

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Nike has released their new Team USA designs, although I'm not sure if they've made a #17 Jeremy Lin jersey yet.

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