After blowout wins over China and Venezuela, two teams they were quite familiar with due to a combined three games played in pre-Olympic exhibitions, the United States men’s basketball team should face a stiffer test Wednesday night. Australia will be the opponent, and like the Americans they’ve been quite impressive in two comfortable wins to open their Olympic competition.
The Boomers have multiple pros that the casual fan will recognize, including Andrew Bogut of the Dallas Mavericks, Patty Mills of the San Antonio Spurs and Matthew Dellavedova of the Milwaukee Bucks, but the roster is deeper than just those two men.