US Media Sore Losers
The amount of whinging I've read in the US media over their basketball loss it incredible.
Excuse #1
We didn't have enough preparations time.
Excuse #2
The refs were calling fouls on Tim Duncan.
Well I saw the replays, and the majority of them were clearly fouls. Where the refs did fall down was in the lack of traveling violations called on various US players.
The main reason they lost was because they shot horribly from both the charity stripe, and from the 3 point line. I suppose if they had of had more time to practice together they would have made more free throws?
If you want to find an excuse, blame the selection committee for forgetting to include shooters on the team. The team that you sent just wasn't that good. The US may have the potential to send the best team, but on this occasion no-one could seriously argue that it was the best team.
Excuse #1
We didn't have enough preparations time.
Excuse #2
The refs were calling fouls on Tim Duncan.
Well I saw the replays, and the majority of them were clearly fouls. Where the refs did fall down was in the lack of traveling violations called on various US players.
The main reason they lost was because they shot horribly from both the charity stripe, and from the 3 point line. I suppose if they had of had more time to practice together they would have made more free throws?
If you want to find an excuse, blame the selection committee for forgetting to include shooters on the team. The team that you sent just wasn't that good. The US may have the potential to send the best team, but on this occasion no-one could seriously argue that it was the best team.
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