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 dirty little secret about this US men&#39;s basketball team is that it has played harder than any team in the Olympics and has been superior at doing anything that required plain old-fashioned effort.
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The United States will have to get back to the gold medal game the hard way. After losing 3-1 to the Czech Republic on Thursday night in Ralph Engelstad Arena, the Americans
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The Americans play defense vs. Greece, but outside shooting still suspect going into Aussie game. Allen Iverson, nursing a broken thumb, lead the US with 17 points in a 77-71 victory over Greece yesterday.
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American arrogance is a major culprit as to Team USA's continuing struggles in international basketball and until the U.S. stops underestimating its opponents it will continue to lose.
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International teams, almost all of them, have many capable shooters -- especially from 3-point range. Get caught in a screen, leave them uncontested, be slow getting out, and inevitably they&#39;ll hit those shots.
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The U.S. men's basketball team can console itself with two things: third place and the highest point total of the Olympic tournament. The Americans took the bronze-medal game seriously Saturday night and earned some revenge in a 104-96 victory over Lithuania. But that wasn't what they came to Athens for.
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Larry Brown was despondent, the head of the U.S. selection committee was defensive, and Allen Iverson was hanging up on callers who asked what went wrong. A day after their first Olympic loss in 16 years, the Americans were experiencing varying degrees of distress.
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After a stunning loss and a narrow escape, the United States Olympic basketball team has to stop trying to show off and start making smarter shot selections, US coach Larry Brown said.
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THE Brazil women&#39;s team were the better team, dribbling and faking just like their more illustrious male counterparts. On the other hand, the US team looked slow, even disorganised.
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This zone qualifier looks a lot like all the others -- 1992 in Portland, 1999 and 2003 in San Juan. The United States just doesn't win -- it obliterates. And the goal of every other team this week is: Get to the medal round and avoid the Yanks at all costs.
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Frustrated by fouls, turnovers and a feisty opponent, the United States desperately looked for help. Then along came Sheryl Swoopes to set things right.
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Matthew Emmons is a trained accountant but he got his numbers terribly wrong yesterday. The American sharpshooter was just one shot away from a second Olympic gold medal when he fired at the wrong target in the final round.
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An inspired European team was dominant Friday, while a fragile United States team was demoralized while falling behind, 6Â½-1Â½.
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ATHENS, Greece - Frustrated by fouls, turnovers and a feisty opponent, the United States desperately looked for help.    Then along came Sheryl Swoopes to set things right...
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Lithuanian sharpshooter Sarunas Jasikevicius, snubbed by the National Basketball Association, made the most of his second chance to deliver a dagger into the hearts of a United States Olympic team of NBA talent.
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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.