So, Group USA simply acquired fairly the wakeup name.
The American basketball crew had its first exhibition sport Saturday night time in preparation for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. They confronted a Nigeria crew that most likely ought to’ve gotten run out of the constructing by the US.
As a substitute, Nigeria beat Group USA 90-87.
Positive, it was an exhibition sport. But it surely arguably was essentially the most spectacular win in Nigerian basketball historical past because it got here towards an American crew that featured, amongst others, Bradley Beal, Kevin Durant, Jayson Tatum and Damian Lillard.
As a substitute, they had been undressed by Gabe Vincent, a two-way participant within the Miami Warmth group, who had 21 factors, 18 of them coming off 3-pointers.
Group USA was embarrassed on the FIBA World Cup in 2019. They are not off to a lot better of a begin two years later.
The American’s can have one other exhibition Monday towards Australia.
