Six minutes into the game, Andres Nocioni splashed a three pointer, and Argentina took a 19-9 lead on the United States in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Rio Olympics men’s basketball tournament. Things were going, in a word, badly.
I don’t want to pin all of the credit for the victory on former Marquette Golden Eagles great and current Chicago Bulls guard Jimmy Butler, because the U.S. had made a 7-0 run when he entered the game with just over three minutes left in the first quarter. The Americans were still trailing 19-16, though, and when the period ended after three straight minutes of Jimmy Butler doing Jimmy Butler things, Team USA was up 25-21.