Incompetence in simple art of shooting dooms Team USA in Athens
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When it comes right down to it, basketball is still a shooter&#39;s game. Especially international basketball. And on Friday, the US once again simply didn&#39;t shoot the ball well enough, succeeding on only 32 of
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The United States lost their first  basketball game at the Olympics since 1988 on Sunday when  Puerto Rico sent them reeling to a 92-73 defeat.
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The execution was hardly flawless. There were more than a few ill-advised shots. A handful of defensive lapses.
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ATHENS -- For a team that hasn't lost an important international game in a decade, the United States women are fast becoming what we all thought the US men would be -- undisputed worldbeaters.
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The U.S. men's basketball team were once  again in danger of defeat at the Olympic tournament on  Thursday, trailing Australia 51-47 at the end of the first  half.
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The US men&#39;s basketball team is in the unfamiliar position of trying to look forward after backing into the quarter-finals of the Olympic basketball tournament.
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Sick, injured and reeling from a humiliating loss, the United States basketball team struggled past Greece 77-71 in an Olympic preliminary-round game that signaled more difficulties to come.
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Horrible, terrible, embarrassing. Those are the best words to describe the way Team USA has performed in the 2004 Olympic games. The team of ringers has been
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The United States lost their first  basketball match at the Olympics since 1988 on Sunday when  Puerto Rico gave them a shock 92-73 trouncing.
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ATHENS, Greece  Paul Hamm suddenly needed to be about as close to perfect as he&#39;s ever been. This at the end of a bizarre night when absolutely every gymnast in Olympic Indoor Hall had looked highly imperfect, like novices, not the ...
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No, not by hopping the next flight out of Athens, which was what all the US men&#39;s basketball players no doubt felt like doing after shooting bricks and playing like strangers in their miserable first week of the Olympics.
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Larry Brown was right. The Americans did start hitting their jump shots, and suddenly they look as if they might be the team to beat at the Athens Games.
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So far, no one at the world championships has figured out how to counter Team USA's superior skills, athleticism and depth. Germany provided a clue Wednesday night.
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Allen Iverson scored 17 points despite a fractured right thumb and the reeling United States team was pushed to the brink before beating Greece 77-71 in an Olympic preliminary round basketball game.
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Blame whomever you want for the failure of the American Olympic basketball team. There is no shortage of accountable candidates. Want to blame the Team USA selection committee? ...
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Matthew Emmons is a trained accountant but he got his numbers terribly wrong at the Olympics. The American sharpshooter was just one shot away from a second Olympic gold
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An almost unthinkable lapse of concentration Sunday cost American Matt Emmons an Olympic shooting gold medal. Emmons, far ahead going into his final shot in the three-position