The Official Team USA Basketball Thread: Going For The Gold

[Jesus Is Lord]

lol kobe overshadowing lebron once again.

look at the front page. US men set up semifinal hoops rematch vs. Argentina - Olympic sports- NBC Sports

LONDON - Kobe Bryant felt the game getting close, then put it away from long range.

Bryant made six straight 3-pointers in the second half, LeBron James finished with a triple-double, and the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team advanced to the semifinals with a 119-86 victory over Australia on Wednesday night.

Bryant scored 20 points, flashing three fingers in the air after his third consecutive 3-pointer in the fourth quarter had pushed the game well out of reach and proved that yes, he would deliver the kind of game that's expected of him in London.

James finished with 11 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists for the Americans, who advanced to their third straight Olympic semifinal meeting with Argentina, which beat Brazil earlier Wednesday. Carmelo Anthony added 17 points and Kevin Durant had 14.

The Americans beat the Argentines 126-97 on Monday in the final game of pool play, yet another night they didn't need much from Bryant, who came in averaging just 9.4 points as both he and his teammates kept assuring people there was nothing wrong with the five-time NBA champion.

This time was different, and he delivered.

Australia scored the first 11 points of the second half, cutting the Americans' lead to three after back-to-back 3-pointers by Joe Ingles. The U.S. lead was only six before Bryant, who has never gotten in an offensive rhythm in London and just minutes earlier had committed another puzzling offensive foul, finally broke out.

He made a 3-pointer, then batted away a pass, chased it down along the left sideline, and pulled up for another 3-pointer that made it 70-58. James followed with a basket that pushed it to 14, and the Americans never let the Australians get much closer.

Not the way Bryant shot, anyway.

He was 0 for 3 in the first half, then made six in a row. He hit three straight in the fourth quarter to blow it open, the crowd chanting "Kobe! Kobe!" before he finally missed on a ridiculously long attempt before calling it a night.

Patty Mills scored 26 points and Ingles had 19 for Australia, which had the misfortune of running into the U.S. in the quarterfinals for the second straight Olympics.

the US once again.

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

the US once again.

i wont lie..every time bean hit them 3s deep down i was

on the outside to the general fourm i had to pretend i was









i had 5 anti-kobe threads lined up all ready to get plat stauts

 

[Gotright]

lebron games was expected....we needed this from kobe

 

[jfkennedy]

I didn't watch the game since I was in a training class but I came on here and saw people shytting on Kobe. I kind of couldn't take it, like, "damn, my nikka is fukking up again. The coli hate is about to run deep. -runs."

Just went on ESPN and saw he hit 6 3's in a row.

LOL.

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

i wont lie..every time bean hit them 3s deep down i was

on the outside to the general fourm i had to pretend i was









i had 5 anti-kobe threads lined up all ready to get plat stauts

 

[Ku$h Parker]

kobe helped lebron get the triple double, lebron helped kobe out of his slump there is no need to argue. U.S won goddamn.

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

lebron knees
their so perfect...black excellence

 

[The War Report]

 

[Malta]

Offensively, this is without question the most explosive team we've ever sent to the olympics. Yeah other teams might be more balanced and run a more cohesive offense, but this team has too many monster scorers and when they get hot it's a fukking wrap. Everyone on the roster can hit 3s except for Chandler and Davis, shyt is absurd.

 

[Ku$h Parker]

Offensively, this is without question the most explosive team we've ever sent to the olympics. Yeah other teams might be more balanced, but this team has too many monster scorers, everyone on the roster can hit 3s except for Chandler and Davis, shyt is absurd.

If only Rose didnt

 

[Houston911]

Offensively, this is without question the most explosive team we've ever sent to the olympics. Yeah other teams might be more balanced and run a more cohesive offense, but this team has too many monster scorers and when they get hot it's a fukking wrap. Everyone on the roster can hit 3s except for Chandler and Davis, shyt is absurd.

can you imagine this squad if they were healthy?

dwight in place of tyson chandler
derrick rose in place on andre iguodala
dwayne wade in place of anthony davis

 

[Malta]

can you imagine this squad if they were healthy?

dwight in place of tyson chandler
derrick rose in place on andre iguodala
dwayne wade in place of anthony davis

This will sound crazy, but I'd take Bynum over Dwight for the Olympics cause you can run offense through him at times. I don't think Bynum is better, but he's more used to playing with star players than Dwight and finding a role, plus he can hit 3s


Also, with the way Coach K uses players, Steph Curry and Klay Thompson would be huge on this team.

 

[Killer Instinct]

Kobe responding big after a subpar performance, and in turn making the critics eat crow...? I've seen this movie before.

 

[OG_StankBrefs]

 

[OH SOHH TRILL]

can you imagine this squad if they were healthy?

dwight in place of tyson chandler
derrick rose in place on andre iguodala
dwayne wade in place of anthony davis

Chandler would still be on team. Hardin would be out