The "Redeem Team" as they call themselves, otherwise known as USA Basketball, made a huge statement today as they defeated host China 101-70. Lebron James and Dwayne Wade led the way way offensively with eighteen and nineteen points respectively.
In with all the hype and expected record viewers it was never really that close. China came out with a lot of emotion and adrenaline feeding off the home fans, but USA weathered the first quarter storm then stepped on the gas in the second half to blow open the game. All but two players on the USA roster (Kidd, Prince) had points.
Yao Ming led the way for China with thirteen points in a losing effort.
Hopefully this win is a sign of things to come for Team USA. Lebron James, who guaranteed gold coming into the Olympics, held up his end of the bargain in game one making big plays on both ends of the floor. If Lebron and company can bring it every game as they did tonight there is no reason why this team should not head back to the States with gold.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
USA Routs China
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Well it was a whopping, but ,in their defense, China covered the 32 point spread haha.
Haha wow. That is both sad and impressive.
China may have the advantage because of the fact that it's their court but still USA manage to beat them.
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