RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Something's wrong in Rio.
The team that usually wins big is barely winning.
An unheard of two straight close games for the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team has created a question that few dared consider just a few days ago: Is the best team in the world not good enough for gold?
"I'm not concerned, we're not concerned with things we could do a little bit better," four-time Olympian Carmelo Anthony said. "But we're OK. We're fine."
OK and fine aren't the U.S. standard.
Great. Dominant. Those are the standards the Americans have set.