Second Loss No Big Shock to U.S. Hoopsters
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Once there was shock. Now there are shrugs. The U.S. men's basketball team wasn't taking its latest Olympic defeat too hard Sunday, knowing its spot in the quarterfinals was assured.
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Winning a gold medal would ease the sting of two Olympic qualifying defeats for the United States team of National Basketball Association stars.
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ATHENS, Greece - In an upset that was as historic as it was inevitable, the U.S. men's basketball team lost for only the third time ever in the Olympics on Sunday, 92-73 to Puerto Rico...
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Same starting lineup, same subs, same tactics. The U.S. basketball team may be an unimpressive 1-1 in the Olympic tournament, but coach Larry Brown won't do any tinkering for Thursday's game against Australia.
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The Raptors point guard, who had his second poor outing in a row yesterday in a 114-109 overtime loss against the Washington Wizards, said he does not regret voicing his displeasure about his reduced court time to reporters Saturday in New York.
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The American men&#39;s basketball team bounced back from a defeat by Puerto Rico to beat Greece 77-71 Tuesday while Lithuania, China and Australia were among the other winners.
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And so it has come to this for the United States&#39; men&#39;s basketball team: It is happy with a grind-it-out victory over Greece, a nation that certainly knows pita but not pick and rolls. What did we learn from Tuesday night&#39;s 77-71 victory over our hosts ...
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ATHENS, Greece - The U.S. men's basketball team atoned for two preliminary-round losses with a big victory Thursday...
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While Celtics guard Rajon Rondo enjoyed the Sophomores' 136-109 victory last night in the Rookie Challenge, he lost a bet to teammate Kevin Garnett in the process.
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ATHENS, Greece - Lamar Odom made a key defensive play on Greece's Dimitris Pipanikoulaou, preventing him from getting a clean layup attempt that could have cut the United States' lead to two points, and the Americans won 77-71 Tuesday night in the second round of the Olympic men's basketball tournament.    In a much closer game than expected, the Americans bounced back from their embarrassing loss to Puerto Rico in their opener and avoided dropping to 0-2, which would have matched their loss total from the previous 68 years...
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In an upset as historic as it was inevitable, Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson and the rest of the U.S. basketball team lost 92-73 to Puerto Rico on Sunday, only the third Olympic defeat ever for the Americans and first since adding pros.
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The United States men's basketball team  could breathe a sigh of relief on Wednesday after its first win  but lingering concerns over a lack of outside shooting and team  defense have coach Larry Brown scrambling for answers.
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On a day when No. 18 Louisville was shocked by Syracuse and No. 10 Penn State looked sluggish in losing at Michigan, there were no real surprises in the rest of the top 25 yesterday â except for the amount of points that were scored.
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While it didn't produce as much hand-wringing as did the men's shortfall in Japan earlier this month, the US women's basketball team's semifinal loss last week at the World Championships in Brazil was far more startling. The men, after all, had been sixth in 2002 and third at the Olympics. The women not only hadn't been beaten at the global ...
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Bronze is better than nothing. That's one Olympic lesson the U.S. men's basketball team was able to understand. The Americans took the third-place game seriously Saturday night, earning some revenge and salvaging some self-respect in a 104-96 victory over Lithuania. Although they didn't get what they wanted in Athens, they didn't embarrass themselves in their finale, either.
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ATHENS, Greece - The United States men's basketball team endured another brutal loss Saturday night. But because Angola is playing even worse than the Americans, they're in the quarterfinals of the Athens Games...
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The United States men's basketball team lost to Puerto Rico, 92-73. The loss could put the American gold medal hopes in jeopardy.