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Group A, Day 3: USA vs. Nigeria

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Group A, Day 3: USA vs. Nigeria

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Normally I'm not one for blowouts, but I can make an exception for history, they're just unconscious from three. It's amazing to watch.
 
And we have a record! I only started watching in the second half, but I hardly saw any contested shots by team USA...
 
When was the last time Team USA scored this much in international play? And what was the score?

Congratulations to Team USA for a record-setting game! All they need now is the gold medal!
 
I'd say this was dream team esq, but that wouldn't be doing it justice.

Lithuania should be happy, because there's no way in hell we will shoot anywhere near this good for the rest of the tournament.
 
Nigeria for some reason stopped defending since then. Seems they kind of preferred to give up 3-point-shots instead of dunks. "saving face" in a weird way.
JGX said:
It was 85-52 before Melo's flurry of threes, 62-16 since then.
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Richey666 said:
Nigeria for some reason stopped defending since then. Seems they kind of preferred to give up 3-point-shots instead of dunks. "saving face" in a weird way.
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Yeah, they had two guys defending the lob to Davis and two guys walking back down the court.

This is setting us up to shoot 9 for 46 from three in an important game, right?
 
Carmelo Anthony 37 points in 14:29 min of play, that is more than 102 points / 40 min. That must some kind of record also :D

Well Nigeria did not play any defence at all, so it was a preparation and actually quite boring game, like a softer type of training...
 
What we witnessed today guys is something out of this world! We won't get to see something like this ever again imo!

The last time I watched something as impressive in a live game on tv was when Kobe scored 81 points.
 
If the USA coasts to a Gold medal, especially after this display....I would not be surprised if it adds fuel to Stern's argument for a U-23 tourney.
 
insane game indeed. only watch the 2nd half and its one of greatest shooting display i seen. 29 3 pt fgs made by US is one more than 28 TOTAL fgs made by whole nigeria team. a total massacre.
 
Khalid80 said:
What we witnessed today guys is something out of this world! We won't get to see something like this ever again imo!

The last time I watched something as impressive in a live game on tv was when Kobe scored 81 points.
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i witness half of it and still.. AMAZING display of shooting by US. Melo anthony who by NBA standard is not a great 3 pt shooter shot 10/12 in 3 pt arc in this game. btw lebron and kobe didn't play the entire 2nd half.
 
Well this is turning out to be a memorable Olympics for the entire USA delegation.

And how fitting for Iguodala to hit the historic mark against none other than Nigeria. Both ironic and amazing. DWill and CP3 are still trying to find their mojo, and it looks like USA may not even need a PG. Might as well let LBJ run it from now on.
 
Nikoo said:
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A crossover worth a gold medal in itself :D That player can retire from basketball now :D
 
Sad day for basketball imo. Shameful to basketball as a whole.
 
Hmm I didn't have a chance to catch the game live, but when I looked at the score I thought, "That was rather unsporting of Team USA, wasn't it?" especially after Tunisia's coach praised them on Tuesday for not running up the score unnecessarily.

But after watching the replay, I don't know. Nigeria lost its spirit, if it ever had any to begin with, midway through the first quarter. I have never seen a team get so demoralized so quickly in a game. It's not like the US went hard for all 40 minutes; it's more like the Nigerian team just wanted the game to end as quickly as possible. If anything, this game gave me newfound respect for Tunisia.

The Skinn crossover was probably the only highlight of the whole game for Nigeria, which will have to hope that future observers will forget all about this debacle and only remember this year for their upset of Greece in the OQT.
 
One thing I wondered going into this tournament was would Nigeria be sated just by getting to the Olympics, and after the Tunisia game, really the second half of the Tunisia game it has seemed that way.

It kind of makes sense though, considering we were all convinced Nigeria winning against Greece was one of the biggest victories for Africa of all time. Everything after has been a victory lap.
 
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