US basketball team survives another scare
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Laker Girl-type dancers during breaks. Thump-thump music turned up to maximum decibels. Trampoline-dunking exhibitions at halftime. These are called the modern Olympics, but only at Helliniko Indoor Arena are they quite this modern.
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The Washington women&#39;s basketball team left Edmundson Pavilion bloodied last night -- but, for one of the rare times recently, not beaten.
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The Washington Wizards, a team that has openly questioned its own desire to play defense, clamped down on the Boston Celtics in overtime to earn a 110-105 victory last night before 14,613 at MCI Center.
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ATHENS -- Same starting lineup, same subs, same tactics. The US Olympic basketball team may be an unimpressive 1-1, but coach Larry Brown won&#39;t do any tinkering for today&#39;s game against Australia.
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At least there's one U.S. basketball team that can still shoot straight. And these U.S. women rebound it pretty well, too. With a dominating performance on the boards and two big scoring spurts, the United States overcame another slow start and beat the Czech Republic 80-61 Monday.
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Someone forgot to inform the US Olympic basketball team that it was sent to Athens to try to win a gold medal, not to embarrass its country.
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Mike Krzyzewski was on one knee facing his seated team as he always is during a timeout. This time, however, was different. Led by the big three of JJ Redick, Daniel Ewing and Shelden Williams
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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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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.
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A threat made against Toronto Raptors guard Vince Carter caused the team to increase security at last Wednesday&#39;s game against the New York Knicks.
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NEW YORK - They had one quite costly fourth-quarter foul. They made turnovers and went cold on offense at the worst of times. They missed far too many free throws.
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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, the Dream Team is in the quarterfinals of the Athens Games...
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A confident American team enters the playoff rounds of the World Basketball Championship on an impressive run but some familiar faces are blocking the US path to reclaiming the global throne.
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ATHENS, Greece - 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 loss ever for America and its first since adding pros...
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The Knicks lost last night to the Nets&#39; A Team, the one with Jason Kidd in the lineup for 21 minutes, 40-32. They beat the B Team, the one without Kidd, for 27 minutes, 55-39.
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ATHENS, Greece - Written off after their opener and branded failures back home, Stephon Marbury and the Americans are showing signs that they just might be the team to beat after all. Marbury set a U.S...
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A threat made against Toronto Raptors guard Vince Carter caused the team to increase security at last Wednesday's game against the New York Knicks.