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[Post Game Thread] The United States defeat Puerto Rico, 104-83 behind Anthony Edwards’ 26pts, Tatum’s 10pts/10rebs and LeBron’s 10pts/8ast



by Far-Asparagus6416

40 Comments

  1. TheRealBrownPudding

    Anthony’s gotta chill he’s out for blood

  2. bigtice

    USA is too deep — rinse and repeat.

    Edwards showing how versatile his game is was fun to watch today.

    And at this point, I’m convinced Curry is sand bagging so he can show out in the Gold Medal Game.

  3. There’s always a player in the Olympics/FIBA that lets the world know that he’s coming. Off the top of my head, DRose and KD had that moment in 2010. Anthony Edwards is having that moment in this Olympics. He’s ready to take over the league next season.

  4. iamhereforsomework

    ANTHONY “send da video” EDWARDS!!

  5. Far-Asparagus6416

    Huge performancee from Ant man and an all around team win

  6. jimmylamstudio

    Ant doing his Jordan Olympics run

  7. Altruistic-Twist-379

    Ok r/nba who is to blame for this win

  8. That ANT windmill…whew! USA really turned it up in the 2nd with 39 points

  9. texas2089

    The United States of Antmerica 🫡🫡🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  10. Spud_Rancher

    Anthony Edwards is so much fun to watch, I’m happy he’s in the West because I don’t want to watch him cooking my team regularly lol

  11. GuestBadge

    At this rate, other teams should get to pick one player who isn’t starting so that they can add him to their roster before playing USA. This team is just too deep.

  12. I would say minutes gotta tighten up soon, but we’re gonna play Brazil in the QF, so not yet. 

  13. herbalite

    embiid with the ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED made me lmao. then almost gets stolen and airballs. love it

  14. commandrr

    USA blowout and embiid and tatum both got heavy minutes, finally a positive postgame thread!

  15. IceTruckHouse

    Feels like the chemistry is good when the second unit just let Ant cook.

  16. GamingOni

    That 2nd Q run from the US was the story of the game imo. 39-16 is just crazy

  17. you-cut-the-ponytail

    The amount of boos Embiid is getting was crazy lmao. There’s an equal amount of cheers when he scored too. I’ve never seen a stadium so divided.

  18. Free_Relationship692

    unfortunately, no dapping/clapping highlight today.

  19. Current table for Pool C.

    Pos | Team |Pld |W |L |PF |PA |PD |Pts
    —|—|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|
    1|United States|3|3|0|317|253|+64|6|
    2| Serbia|2|1|1|191|176|+15|3
    3| South Sudan|2|1|1|176|182|−6|3|
    4| Puerto Rico|3|0|3|228|301|−73|3

    Ranking Table for Playoffs

    Pos | Team |Pld |W |L |PF |PA |PD |Pts
    —|—|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|—-|
    1 | United States|3|3|0|317|253|+64|6|
    2| Germany|3|3|0|268|221|+47|6
    3| Canada|3|3|0|267|247|+20|6|
    4|Team 4|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
    5|Team 5|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
    6| Australia|3|1|2|246|250|−4|4
    7| Greece |3 |1 |2 |233 |241 |−8 |4
    8|Brazil|3|1|2|241|248|−7|4

    Team 4 or 5 is either Serbia or France. All dependent on how Serbia vs. South Sudan finishes.

    First Round Playoff Matches

    * USA vs. Brazil (D1 vs. G1)
    * Germany vs. Greece (D2 vs. G2)
    * Canada vs. France (E1 vs. F1)
    * Serbia vs. Australia (E2 vs. F2)

    Semi Finals is

    * Winner of D1/G1 vs. Winner of E1/F1
    * Winner of D2/G2 vs. Winner of E2/F2

    You cannot face a team from the same group as you in the first round of playoffs.

  20. jsanchez030

    we play brazil. whats the rest of the bracket assuming serbia wins?

  21. Jeffo1234

    Can you imagine playing a Olympic game and your hall of fame teammates just letting you iso every point? Ant must be dreaming rn

  22. GRILT_CHEESE

    Nice games from the two most hated guys on this sub, Tatum and Embiid

  23. incredibleamadeuscho

    Absolutely dominant performance by USA

  24. NoKnowsPose

    I hate the Game Threads. It is just a whole bunch of hating and negativity against the US players by what seems to be Americans. So weird.

  25. Tanny2arthurjuan

    We need Lebron with the headband for the rest of the tournament 

  26. noerapenalty

    I have zero takeaways from a group stage win against Puerto Rico, who was a heavy underdog in this game.

  27. GlenRiversForPrison

    r/nba racking their brain for ways to blame Embiid and Tatum for not contributing enough to this 21 point win

  28. Comfortable-Asf

    Tatum with the silent double-double I see 👀

  29. steeeeeeee24

    That behind the back pass by lebron was smooth

  30. imonfireahh

    That second quarter by LeBron was a passing master class holy

  31. Bnjoroge

    The ball movement was incredible. Love how selfless folks were apart from ant’s isos because he was hot. Don’t see any team upsetting them if they play like this

  32. FookOuttaHear

    Super proud of my guy Jose Alvarado. Dude willed his country to the Olympics.

  33. Well the best player of my nba team just destroyed my country which leaves with mixed feelings since I want to see Ant do great but I would prefer if it happened against another team or in a loss against PR (in that miracle scenario).
    Its a shame that PR lost all their games but im just going to be happy that I got to see my country participate in the olympics for the first time since I was a child. So im just going to appreciate the experience to qualify and celebrate that win against Lithuania. Men’s Basketball in the olympics is definetly one of the hardest tournaments to qualify in general, so many good teams miss out every olympics its crazy.

    Also shoutouts to the Puerto Rican women’s basketball team. They also lost all their games but im glad that they also qualified and 2 of their loses were one score games atleast.

  34. carasc5

    I’m impressed how competitive a team from a place as small as Puerto Rico can be against this USA team. Itd be like taking only players from Oklahoma and somehow not getting beat by 50

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