The US Men’s Olympic Basketball team crushed the Czech Republic 119-84 to close out pool play on Saturday night in Tokyo and advance to the knockout stage of the Olympic tournament.
The USA struggled to open the game, trailing 9-2 early as coach Gregg Popovich called timeout and made a few lineup changes. The Czech’s shot the ball well and took advantage of some poor American defense and shot 60 percent in the first quarter, leading by seven points going into the second quarter.
Team USA really stepped up their game on both ends of the floor in the second quarter.