Olympic Basketball

I just watched the U.S. vs. Australia women's gold medal game. It was fantastic. The Ausies hung around and made a game of it for three quarters. Full measure to the U.S. women though. They turned it up a notch in the fourth quarter and the Ausies just didn't have an answer.

I guess I was half right yesterday regarding the men's side. I was wrong about the U.S. team's talent coming together and playing well. But I was right about a team that plays perfectly can beat a more talented group of individuals. The U.S didn't play well and Duncan was at the wrong end of some soft calls. But you would think that by now he would have adjusted. The U.S. team is deep enough that they shouldn't drop off as much as they do when Duncan is out. The Argentines played very well and got big contributions from a lot of different players.

It will be interesting to see if the U.S. team folds in the bronze medal game. I hope they don't. How they play in this last game will go a long way to dispel some of the foolishness about them not trying. I think they have tried throughout these games but just lacked some of the chemistry necessary to really do good things on the basketball court. The gold medal game should be exciting as two hungry teams go after the gold.