SAITAMA, Japan — Kevin Durant had a shot. Then another about 20 seconds later.
Jrue Holiday had one. So did Zach LaVine and Bam Adebayo.
The U.S. had five attempts on the pivotal possession of its latest basketball failure and came up empty on all of them.
That not only doomed the Americans to an 83-76 loss to France on Sunday night, but showed their problems might last well beyond their Olympic opener.
Because if a team can't shoot, it's not going to win.
"The ball goes in or it doesn't," U.S. coach Gregg Popovich said.