It was two years in the making and you could tell the Americans wanted to get their pound of flesh and more.Couldn't defend the pick and roll? They not only defended it, they made the Greeks pay with highlight reel blocks, rips and strips plus the odd hard foul.
Couldn't hit from outside? Kobe hit one from downtown Beijing while Carmelo, Lebron, Deron Williams and Redd also contributed from the outside.
Too small and too soft? Bosh overpowered all the Greek big men plus their mothers. In several sequences, the slightly built Bosh and the smaller Wade and Anthony grabbed offensive rebounds over and through "Baby Shaq" Schorsanitis, one of the touted Greek big men predicted to give Team USA big trouble.
In the end, it was just too much Kobe (18pts, several key defensive stops and assists), too much Lebron (15 pts, 5 rebounds, 6assists, 3 blocks, 3 steals), too much Bosh (18pts, great offensive and defensive presence) and too much Wade (15 points, highlight dunks, drives and putbacks all night long)
So now, it comes down to Spain. Will Team USA show the same kind of intensity?
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