Dream Team 2012 Scores 156 to Shatter Olympics Record: Did USA Hoops Run Up Score?

by Fef Posted 2012/08/03 18:00:00

Related Topics: Sports, Dream Team, team usa, Olympics, Basketball, ESPN, Carmelo Anthony, Nigeria

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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:
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.

anthony breaking olympic mark points game 156-73 rout nigeria thursday

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American Nate 2012/08/04 02:42:07 (edited)

No

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They 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?

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carlton999 2012/08/03 07:08:11

No

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In any sports contest the whole point of the game is to score as many points as possible. you go until the buzzer signals you to stop.

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disclaimer 2012/08/03 07:06:18
Feria~THEZombieSlayingB!tch... 2012/08/03 06:34:06

No

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Of course they ran up the score, that's the whole point of the game.

Should they have stopped? No. I was on the other side of that, and the only thing bad about losing by a huge margin, is when someone takes pity on you and doesn't play their best. I was on a soccer team as a kid, and the score was 27 to 3. I felt like it was an insult when they started playing like they pitied us.

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Devonly 2012/08/03 06:03:22

Yes

It was like an all star game...no defense.

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ParkMan 2012/08/03 05:53:39

No

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This isn't 10 & under youth basketball. Team Nigeria can take it.

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TheTruth1313 2012/08/03 05:51:33

No

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In all honesty, who cares if they ran up the score? Do you think the other team would have felt better knowing that the only reason they didn't get beat even worse was because their opponents went easy on them? And while I'm at it, screw all this "everybody gets a trophy" BS!!! You get rewarded for winning!! Trying is it's own reward.

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Don Leuty 2012/08/03 05:50:21

Yes

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Can you think of a better way to intimidate your future opponents. Sportsmanship is a vanishing virtue.

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