I watched the game. You can't put the whole game on Marbury, but he was atrocious. Kind of reminded me of...well...Marbury.
Odom committed the dumb foul on the three-pointer. As for who was guarding Jasikevicius on most of his shots? No one. TIM DUNCAN didn't show on the other side of the screen roll.
The US Team can't shoot. Especially not free-throws.
I found this funny: going into the game with Lithuania, the US Men's team was DEAD-LAST in 3-point percentage. In fact, if you throw in all the WOMENS basketball teams, the US Men's team was DEAD-LAST in 3-point percentage.
Darn, it's a good thing they've got that line shortened for international competition. Might kill someone with some of the bricks that we clang up there. Oh...good point...everyone's safe, because those bricks are coming from the FREE THROW LINE.
Yes, we're NEXT TO LAST in Free-Throw percentage (Mens' only - don't know who is worse, and don't know where we are when we add the women in).
Tell you what - if Lisa Leslie proves she can still dunk by dunking in the Olympics, I say next time, let's just have an exhibition of the US women vs. the US men. Might has well get our teams ready - our women ready for victory and our men ready for embarrassment.
HOWEVER, let me say this about the men's team: I didn't recognize them when they took the floor. They were playing INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL at the start of this game. And they were looking decent at it. They were beating a zone with good passing. For a moment, I thought we had a chance...even at the gold.
It's not our players aren't capable of playing the style...it's just that it's so new to them. And a lot more pleasant to watch, too. ARE YOU LISTENING, DAVID STERN?
