...the USA FIBA team took home the gold! Kevin Durant (KD) was voted MVP of the tournament, with several eye-popping performances, including dropping 28 on the team from Turkey in the gold medal match. Along the way, KD set or tied several tournament records...truly an inspired performance. Along the way, Russell Westbrook, Derrick Rose and Lamar Odom impressed with their performances as well. The team's performances against Team Russia and Team Turkey (a surprise finalist) were especially noteworthy. And while some might say we (the US team) is "expected" to win pretty much every international basketball competition we enter (the Olympics included), I'd say that if you are still thinking that international cats can't ball, you got another thing coming. Considering the US team hadn't won gold in the international FIBA tournament since 1994, you gotta show respect to the international game, and the players that run it.
Though this squad was dubbed "The B-Team" I think we left the championship game knowing the future of the L is in good, no, GREAT hands. Our FIBA squad:
Kevin Durant
Derrick Rose
Danny Granger
Chancey Billups
Eric Gordon
Rudy Gay
Stephen Curry
Russell Westbrook
Andre Iguodala
Kevin Love
Tyson Chandler
Congrats the the gold medal squad from the good old US of A!
(photo from usabasketball.com)
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