05 August 2012
Game 5: China vs. USA
The U.S. went a little crazy today. They broke Team's USA's previous Olympic record for number of assists in a game (old record = 30, new record = 33) and tied Team USA's records for points scored (114). Needless to say, they won: 114-66.
This concludes the group play. On Tuesday they play Canada (North American rivalry FTW!) in the quarterfinals.
Here's the bad part: Australia will play China in the quarterfinals. If Australia wins, they'll play the U.S. in the semifinals. That means that the U.S. and Australia can't get gold/silver like they have the last three Olympics. Which means (assuming we beat Australia), Lauren Jackson can only get a bronze, at best.
Anyway....
I enjoyed this Washington Times article, Olympics 2012: The real Dream Team: USA women’s basketball: "Every year there’s a new, sweeping headline about Team USA’s male basketball players, whether they’re a Dream Team, Redeem Team, Dreaming Team, or anything. They endure the glare and ever-present pressure of the media for being a Dream Team every four years, usually coming up with the gold and enduring hellfire should they fail, condemning the next Olympic team to be another Redeem Team. Silly men, they could take a lesson from their counterparts, the women: don’t lose. The USA’s women’s basketball team hasn’t lost a game in the Olympics since 1992, the same year that the men stole all of the thunder from every sport in Barcelona. They’ve been as dominant as one can be in any sport, and they’ve managed to keep their mouths shut throughout the experience as well. The same could not be said for the men."
In Olympic non-basketball news (gasp!), check out this side-by-side comparison of two vaults.
This concludes the group play. On Tuesday they play Canada (North American rivalry FTW!) in the quarterfinals.
Here's the bad part: Australia will play China in the quarterfinals. If Australia wins, they'll play the U.S. in the semifinals. That means that the U.S. and Australia can't get gold/silver like they have the last three Olympics. Which means (assuming we beat Australia), Lauren Jackson can only get a bronze, at best.
Anyway....
I enjoyed this Washington Times article, Olympics 2012: The real Dream Team: USA women’s basketball: "Every year there’s a new, sweeping headline about Team USA’s male basketball players, whether they’re a Dream Team, Redeem Team, Dreaming Team, or anything. They endure the glare and ever-present pressure of the media for being a Dream Team every four years, usually coming up with the gold and enduring hellfire should they fail, condemning the next Olympic team to be another Redeem Team. Silly men, they could take a lesson from their counterparts, the women: don’t lose. The USA’s women’s basketball team hasn’t lost a game in the Olympics since 1992, the same year that the men stole all of the thunder from every sport in Barcelona. They’ve been as dominant as one can be in any sport, and they’ve managed to keep their mouths shut throughout the experience as well. The same could not be said for the men."
In Olympic non-basketball news (gasp!), check out this side-by-side comparison of two vaults.
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