The Angels / 12.07.2021 23:14:17
The basketball team of USA, full of stars from the NBA, lost on Monday to Australia by 91-83 his second game in a row preparation for the Tokyo Olympics.
The US team, which fell surprisingly on Saturday to Nigeria (90-87), suffered a new fiasco on Monday in the friendly homer held in Las Vegas (Nevada).
The base Patty Mills, of the San Antonio Spurs, was the leading scorer of Australia with 22 points While Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers) had 22 points and Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets) another 17 for the United States.
United States, which closes the home run on Tuesday against Argentina, recruited a powerful team for the Games with the goal of revalidate the olympic gold and make up for the disappointing performance of the China-2019 World Cup, in which he fell in the quarterfinals.
However, the veteran coach Gregg Popovich is having serious problems to strengthen the chemistry in a group full of players who are top stars in their franchises and who must adapt to the rules of FIFA basketball.
“We’ve been better tonight. We haven’t been together for a long time.”Popovich tried to reassure. “In the first half we defended as we have to defend (…) In the second we were tired and it was not the same. But it is totally understandable.”
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