After a couple of bad losses in friendlies, many of us (and especially me) were pessimistic about the USA Basketball men’s national team’s game against Argentina on Tuesday night. The Argentines were FIBA Americas’ top team in the 2019 FIBA World Cup.
On the one hand, I wouldn’t be mad if they blew Team USA out. That said, the Argentines have also played Nigeria and Australia this past week, losing all their matches. So to be honest, Team USA had their best chance to win tonight and they really needed to. Fortunately, their talent and offense pulled through in a 108-80 win earlier this afternoon in Las Vegas.