• Nigeria stuns Team USA men's nigger basketball in Olympic tune-up for o

    From hamilton@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 11 12:27:40 2021
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    Why aren't you niggers out protesting and burning businesses
    down?

    The U.S. Men's basketball team started its Olympic exhibition
    slate on Saturday, and it didn't go well. In one of the most
    stunning international upsets in history, Nigeria defeated Team
    USA 90-87 in Las Vegas. This was Team USA's first ever loss to
    an African nation. Team USA is now 54-3 in exhibition games
    since 1992.

    Kevin Durant led Team USA with 17 points, but couldn't find his
    shot and went just 4-of-13 from the field. Meanwhile, Jayson
    Tatum went for 15 points and seven rebounds, and Damian Lillard
    added 14 points and four assists. Overall, Team USA had a poor
    shooting night, going 26-of-63, just 41% on the night.

    Trailing by three points in the closing seconds, they had a
    chance to tie the game, but couldn't execute the play that was
    drawn up during their timeout. It took far too long to develop,
    and Nigeria eventually fouled to prevent the Americans from even
    getting up a 3-point attempt.

    If you want some context as to what constitutes calling this an
    all-time upset, look at the result when these two countries
    played at the 2012 Olympics in London:

    After the London Games, the U.S. and Nigeria met again in 2016
    for an exhibition, and the U.S. won by 44 (110-66).

    On Saturday, Nigeria -- which is being led by Warriors assistant
    coach Mike Brown -- took the common route to pulling off a
    massive upset: it got scorching hot from 3, hitting 20-of-42
    triples and never trailing in the fourth quarter. Gabe Vincent,
    of the Miami Heat, hit six of those 3s en route to a team-best
    21 points. Nigeria also won the rebounding battle 46-34.

    You would think this would get Team USA's attention as it
    continues to prep for the start of the Olympics in Tokyo. We'll
    see if this lights a fire when the U.S. gets back on the court
    for its next exhibition on Monday vs. Australia. After the loss,
    that's the approach Jayson Tatum and head coach Gregg Popovich
    were taking.

    "In a way, I'm kind of glad it happened," Popovich said. "That
    means nothing if we don't learn from it. It could be the most
    important thing in this tournament for us."

    "I think this is good for us," Tatum added. "We are going to
    learn a lot from film, regroup and stay positive."

    https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-finals-three-reasons-why- bucks-still-very-much-alive-despite-suns-sitting-two-wins-away- from-championship/

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