After beating Australia by ten points Wednesday night, the U.S. men’s basketball team appeared to be done with the drama at the Olympics. But Friday against Serbia things got even worse for the two-time defending Olympic champions, as their struggles on both ends of the floor nearly cost them the game.
The Americans hung on to win 94-91, with a Bogdan Bogdanovic three-pointer in the final seconds missing the mark. Kyrie Irving led six Americans in double figures with 15 points, but that offensive balance masks the fact that once again that their ball and player movement wasn’t at the level that they needed it to reach.