Dream Team 2012 Scores 156 to Shatter Olympics Record: Did USA Hoops Run Up Score?
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2012/08/03 18:00:00
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USA's 2012 Dream Team made 46 three-point attempts in their rout of Nigeria. America beat Nigeria by 83 points -- marking the final score of the game 156-73. Carmelo Anthony scored 37 points with 10 three-pointers. "It was just one of them nights where as a unit we had it going," Anthony said. "It could have been anybody out on the court playing against us."
ESPN.GO.COM reports:
ESPN.GO.COM reports:
The U.S. men's Olympic basketball team stayed undefeated in record-setting fashion, getting 37 points from Carmelo Anthony and breaking the Olympic mark for points in a game in a 156-73 rout of Nigeria on Thursday night.
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+7They had 3rd String out, if you watched the game, they made a 3 every possession. 72% field goals. Anthony made 10/12 on 3s to break the record, played 12 mins. The coach took him out then. No fast breaks in the 2nd half. I mean the team couldn't shoot that will wide open in practice. The Best game a team has ever had in the history of the sport. 50 points in the 1st Quarter!!! I mean, what can a team do, shoot at the wrong basket??? How bout put the fab 5 of women gymnastics come in and play? or have Nigeria have 10 players on court?
I do not think that any multimillionaire basketball players should be in the Olympics.
Besides when the Olympics first started there was hardly any "pros".
a bunch of kids going up agaisnt professional russian hockey players
what a night that was...
how bring... that 1980 hockey team wih no pros proved the olmpics were only for sel gratifying professional,,to think the non pros fooled us for 100 years
Those kids in 1980 proved they were better and stronger athletes against the odds.. That is the original olympic spirit....
Mom always asked" Just becauseiJimmy jumps of the roof does that mean you should too?"
The Pro-lympic commitee took the cowards way out..they have no honor... ..
All you liberals use this twisted logic
The introduction of professionals was a violation of the intent of the games as they were set forth ,
From what you seem to support, we should let the NBA , NFL and MLB compete in the high shool leagues. because those whining children would be wrong to argue. Demanding that the competition isn't better than you is cheating..
Live long and contine to believe in the OBAMA truth.
I just do not believe they should have change the rules rather than enforce the rules as originally provided.
I apologize for calling you a liberal....
big dogs play in the yard
"We didn't play LeBron [James] and Kobe [Bryant] in the second half, and with Carmelo shooting like that, we benched him," Krzyzewski said. "We didn't take any fast breaks in the fourth quarter, and we played all zone. You have to take a shot every 24 seconds, and the shots we took happened to be hit."
Aside from who they played and benched he makes a good general point about the game. You have to take a shot within 24 seconds of every possession. And if you go out there and just take your possession and intentionally hand the ball back to them all the time that gets insulting. Theres no mercy rule to stop the game. They just happened to hit all their shots.
there are rules in fighting?
2 men enter, one Man leaves
sports is the same thing
2 teams willing to bet the same item (loosing)
for the reward will be grand
don't place the bet if you cannot afford to loose
they probably didn't want to get kicked out for not trying hard enough....
Oh yeah....and covering the spread like they didn't do against Tunisia....I mean after all they got to get paid somehow....they are pro's...they don't work for free.