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'We were embarrassed at halftime': US relieved after escape against underdogs South Sudan [View all]
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/21/we-were-embarrassed-at-halftime-us-relieved-after-escape-against-underdogs-south-sudan‘We were embarrassed at halftime’: US relieved after escape against underdogs South Sudan
US eke out 101-100 win on late LeBron James layup
Two teams will meet again at Paris Olympics
Associated Press
Sun 21 Jul 2024 07.57 EDT
LeBron James saved the US from what would have been a stunning loss.
James’s layup with eight seconds left was the go-ahead basket on Saturday, and the US Olympic team that’ll soon head to the Paris Games escaped with a 101-100 win over South Sudan in London, rallying from a 16-point deficit to avoid perhaps the biggest upset in the program’s history.
“[It was] a good reminder that when we play against teams, it’s the biggest game of their lives,” US coach Steve Kerr said. “We have to expect everyone to play like that.”
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US eke out 101-100 win on late LeBron James layup
Two teams will meet again at Paris Olympics
Associated Press
Sun 21 Jul 2024 07.57 EDT
LeBron James saved the US from what would have been a stunning loss.
James’s layup with eight seconds left was the go-ahead basket on Saturday, and the US Olympic team that’ll soon head to the Paris Games escaped with a 101-100 win over South Sudan in London, rallying from a 16-point deficit to avoid perhaps the biggest upset in the program’s history.
“[It was] a good reminder that when we play against teams, it’s the biggest game of their lives,” US coach Steve Kerr said. “We have to expect everyone to play like that.”
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