The United States team, which is getting ready for Tokyo 2020, fell to the African team by 90-87 in the first game of preparation.
The The United States team has already played its first preparation match for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and fell surprisingly against Nigeria 90-87. Those led by Gregg Popovich, full of NBA figures, could not win the game in Las Vegas.
It should be noted that Team USA has only been training for four days and is still could not add Devin Booker, Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday who are contesting the NBA final, with the Phoenix Suns the first and the Milwaukee Bucks the second and third.
However, the fall of the main candidate for the gold medal is still striking. Nigerians, with six NBA players, They had a great performance from guard Gabe Vincent, who plays for the Miami Heat, and had 6 of 8 3-pointers to finish with 21 points. For his part, Calab Agada, who plays in the Israeli League, added three triples and 17 points.
At home, Kevin Durant scored 15 points, but only 2 of his first 11 pitches. In this way, the United States begins its preparation for the Olympics with the left foot, although its coach prefers to see it differently. “We’ve only been training for four days and they’ve been focused for a month. It’s a lesson we must learn from and I don’t think it’s the end of the world.”, he claimed.
Surprise and historic defeat of Team USA against Nigeria, before the Olympics
Historic loss of Team USA to Nigeria
The defeat of the North American team is not only a setback in the preparation, but it is a historical and very unusual fall since since the United States compete with NBA players (since 1992) the record in friendlies was 54-2. In this way, Nigeria posted Team USA’s third preparatory game loss in the past 29 years.
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