Hopefully no one on Team USA broke a sweat during the match up with Lithuania because if that was the team’s effort it could mean trouble for the U.S. men’s basketball team going into its next match up with the experienced and effective Team Argentina.
A possible explanation for the nail biter is that Team USA was still on a high two days after the record breaking defeat over Team Nigeria but Team Lithuania was neither starstruck nor impressed.
It took 4 quarters for Team USA to get that message though and finally stepped it up.
Lebron James scored 9 points in the final four minutes of the game helping Team USA narrowly escape a huge upset.
“You want to get tested. The best teams want to be tested. We love the competition,” Lebron James said. “I think we’ve got some of the greatest competitors in our league, in this world, so you want to have a game where you feel like you were tested, and we had that today.”
When asked about taking control of the offense, James had this to say:
“I’ve been kind of doing everything else, which I’m OK with. I’m here to do all the little things, do whatever this team needs, especially from Coach K’s perspective, but like I told you guys I can also score. I’m blessed and happy that I was able to make a few buckets down the stretch.”
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