There’s a global confrontation brewing in Brazil at the moment. It’s true. Forgive my overstatement, but peep this: There are a mere eight teams left in the Men’s Basketball tournament for the Olympics. It’s the Quarterfinals. And it’s all going down on Wednesday. Gird your loins, let’s run through the day’s schedule.
First, at 10am (wait, really?), our man Jonas Valanciunas leads Lithuania into a match against the ruffians from down under on team Australia. This is significant for a couple of reasons. One, the Aussies have been playing some inspired ball as of late, losing only to the USA (in a close game no less!