The USA Basketball Men’s National Team survived a late Australia fightback in an underwhelming 98-92 victory in an Olympic warmup game on Monday.
The US led by as many as 24 points in the third quarter, but the Boomers cut the lead to just 86-80 in the fourth. But when Australia missed chances to reduce the deficit further, back-to-back three-pointers from Tyrese Haliburton sealed the USA win. The USA had an eye-watering 18 turnovers and Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker candidly admitted performances like that “will not win us the gold medal.
“We stopped playing mid third quarter and started turning the ball over,” Team USA coach Steve Kerr said, per the NBA. “The game shifted. “We don’t have the continuity like a team like Australia. That means we have to adapt pretty quickly, in a couple of weeks. It takes a little time to become a team. We will get there. This is a good lesson for us. Better to learn that lesson now than later.
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