Global Warriors: Advancing To The Quarterfinals

The quest for Olympic glory continues as Warriors on Olympic teams — Draymond Green (USA), Steve Kerr (USA), Nico Mannion (Italy) — advance to the men’s basketball quarterfinals.

A 80-71 Italy win on Saturday resulted in thereby ending Nigeria’s pursuit for an Olympic medal. Team Nigeria (0-3), led by Warriors assistant coach Mike Brown, fell short in preliminary round play.

The American and Italian national teams each sit at 2-1 heading into the quarterfinals, which tipoffs Monday, August 2.

Let’s get caught up on the action following Olympic preliminary round play:

Preliminary Round Standings

1. Australia (3-0)

2. France (3-0))

3. USA (2-1))

4. Italy (2-1)

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