LOL - US men beat Nigeria 156-73 in Olympic basketball

[andrewmwc1]

LONDON—The last group in England with this many records was The Beatles.

The U.S. men's Olympic basketball team beat Nigeria 156-73 Thursday night, an epic blowout that answered the Americans' detractors and sent a clear message to let them be.
After two opening routs that provoked criticism of their slow starts and outside shooting, the Americans rewrote the record books.
They led by 26 in the first quarter, had an Olympic-record 78 points in the first half and Carmelo Anthony scored 37 points, including 10 of 12 3-pointers, to break the U.S. single-game scoring record in less than three quarters.
"Our guys just couldn't miss," said coach Mike Krzyzewski.
Incredibly, they eclipsed the 100-point mark with 5 minutes still left in the third.
"When we get hot, it's a big problem," Kobe Bryant said. "So you have all these guys on one team and then all get hot on the same night, it's tough."
They broke the Olympic record for most points in a game with 4:37 still to play, and set U.S. records for 3-pointers (26), field goals (59) and field-goal percentage (71).
When Andre Iguodala hit a 3-pointer with 4:37 left, the Americans had surpassed the previous Olympic record of 138 points set by Brazil against Egypt in 1988. When the record was announced to the mesmerized crowd, all the players seated on the U.S. bench got up and walked single file past Krzyzewski, slapping hands with him and his staff.

[EzeNt]

so?

this would only mean something if nigerians were the best at playing basketball

[brianr76]

USA should be given an automatic buy into the finals..... No country stands a chance against a team with nothing but the best of the NBA. It was like watching a high school team play... Well team USA.

[nathan549]

USA should be given an automatic buy into the finals..... No country stands a chance against a team with nothing but the best of the NBA. It was like watching a high school team play... Well team USA.

this.


and Nigeria have a team?

[rootcon]

“We didn't play LeBron [James] and Kobe [Bryant] in the second half, and with Carmelo (Anthony) shooting like that, we benched him," Krzyzewski said after Anthony scored a U.S. Olympic record of 37 points in 14 minutes and 29 seconds. "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.

“I take offense to this question because there’s no way in the world that our program in the United States sets out to humiliate anymore.”

[andrewmwc1]

this isn't a pro-US thread....but still, I thought it was pretty funny....

Even still Nigeria has some tall dudes on their team...

[BrainDonn]

our urbanites are conditioned, theres run wild





haha jk

[houstontiger]

But the Nigerians stole their identities in the third quarter, it was all a distraction. So who really won?

[soapy]

tbh im semi-impressed nigeria has enough people who like BB to put out a full team. im not sure how we managed (although looking at how badly weve done maybe we did just select tall people at random frm the street to play for us)

[Octium]

and this is breaking news how?

who else besides US actually plays?

[JrM703]

But the Nigerians stole their identities in the third quarter, it was all a distraction. So who really won?

Inb4 General Ofori requests a check for $20.00 mailed to him so he can send me $10,000,000.00 USD

[andrewmwc1]

BTW - Nigeria has 170,000,000 people in it.....that's twice the size of Germany

https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...k/geos/ni.html

[Prose]

i just noticed that Canada had actually won a medal in basketball, 1936 they won silver. never would of thought

[JrM703]

and this is breaking news how?

who else besides US actually plays?

Spain, and Argentina have very good teams.

[andrewmwc1]

But the Nigerians stole their identities in the third quarter, it was all a distraction. So who really won?

LOL'd!

[BrainDonn]

and this is breaking news how?

who else besides US actually plays?

do you live under a rock? basketball is the fastest growing sport in in the world... countries from asia, eur, and s america have all fielded pretty decent teams in recent years

[zzzdawg]

i agree, but look what happened in 2004 lol.

[JrM703]

BTW - Nigeria has 170,000,000 people in it.....that's twice the size of Germany

https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...k/geos/ni.html

Are you a Wizard? Must be from VA brah....

Top 10 in population globally, and most populous in Africa.

[Yoopwat]

This score means nothing to me. You got double their score, isn't that like 2-1 in football?

[JumpTheGun]

do you live under a rock? basketball is the fastest growing sport in in the world... countries from asia, eur, and s america have all fielded pretty decent teams in recent years

pretty sure no one has a national league of NBA's standard or the level of funding in the US, also different level of school basketball programs.

[128]

and this is breaking news how?

who else besides US actually plays?

....

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/eve...3/rankMen.html

[Arnotts]

do you live under a rock? basketball is the fastest growing sport in in the world... countries from asia, eur, and s america have all fielded pretty decent teams in recent years

Is it really? I ask this as a basketball fan.

After Jordan retired, I heard basketball outside of the US has been declining in popularity.

[LittleLexodus]

This score means nothing to me. You got double their score, isn't that like 2-1 in football?

you mean soccer?

[128]

This score means nothing to me. You got double their score, isn't that like 2-1 in football?

[modena12]

i just noticed that Canada had actually won a medal in basketball, 1936 they won silver. never would of thought

A Canadian invented the game

[Yoopwat]

Not being sarcastic brah, how's that a big win wouldn't 50-0 or something be better?

[128]

Not being sarcastic brah, how's that a big win wouldn't 50-0 or something be better?

do you even basketball?

[meteoraniac]

and this is breaking news how?

who else besides US actually plays?

2004 Olympic champion, Argentina.

Spain is pretty good as well.

[Fahnestock]

Not being sarcastic brah, how's that a big win wouldn't 50-0 or something be better?

location:UK brb having a worse ranked team than Nigeria.

This isn't a real Nigerian team though, the majority of them are american-born.

[JoshSP1985]

Is it really? I ask this as a basketball fan.

After Jordan retired, I heard basketball outside of the US has been declining in popularity.

I remember in elementary every kid that played that thought he was tough **** ran around with his tongue out. It was annoying as fcuk.