What does that mean exactly?
Simple
Look, this isn’t about beating Brazil.
It’s not even really about kicking the shit out of Brazil.
We all knew both things were going to happen.
Sure they were blowing teams out by 20+, but they weren’t playing their best basketball.
When things move to single elimination, there’s no room to screw around.
There was no overlooking their opponent and giving them life by playing slow or being careless with the basketball.
There was no screwing around offensively or a lack of effort defensively.
Team USA punched first, and Brazil never got close to recovering.
Team USAcan be even better.
Now we just need it for 2 more games.
His role on this roster is simple.
At the very least, he hasn’t played his way out of it.
- This was also easily the best performance of the Olympics for Joel Embiid.
In one corner, you have Ant who has been shooting/scoring the ball with ease.
One day we’ll properly appreciate Kevin Durant.
At least that’s my hope.
In the end, all Team USA did today was what they were expected to do.
Come out with this same effort and execution against Serbia, and it’s onto the Gold Medal game.
4 wins down, 2 wins to go
