The Senior USA Men’s Team took another leading game in the Olympics against Australia by 11 (87-76) but they still felt that this game could’ve been played a lot better. USA is still the undefeated team with 5 wins 0 losses. Dwayne Wade, who had 22 points, agreed that they didn’t perform as well:
“We’re still growing. We’re still going to get better as each game goes on, but I think tonight we learned something.” Wade added. “We’re still growing. We’re still going to get better as each game goes on, but I think tonight we learned something.”
USA’s Senior Men’s Basketball Team played Turkey tonight an lit up the floor once again winning by a whopping 32 points (114-82) in the 2008 Summer Olympics! LeBron James returned to the court after a mildly sprained ankle and brought the USA team to the win after a rocky start. James totaled 20 points on the board. LeBron talked about how powerful the USA team is after the game:
“We have guys that can come in and wear a team down. Wear a second unit down or wear a first unit down,” James said. “Once we realized it’s going to not happen in the first quarter but toward the middle of the second quarter and then toward the end of the third quarter, we can break the game open, and that’s what we did.”
The USA Basketball Senior Team got off to a great start in the 2008 Men’s Basketball Olympics last night and made me very proud! Although LeBron James was injured with a sprained ankle for the challenge the team still did wonders on the court without him beating Canada by 55 (120-65)!!! Imagine if LeBron James was playing! Coach Mike Krzyzewski said he wanted Dwyane Wade as emergency backup just in case something happened to Kobe Bryant or LeBron James. The backup [Dwayne Wade] kicked into overdrive in the challenge against Canada scoring 20 points in his first game in 4 months. Chris Paul, who had 11 points and 8 assists, talked about Wade’s perservance:
“D-Wade is a warrior to anybody who knows him. He’s been rehabbing and he’s been working out probably more than anybody, just trying to get back in shape,” Chris Paul said. “That’s D-Wade. We see it every day in practice and you saw it tonight, that he’s back. When he’s aggressive like that, we’re a dangerous team.”
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA // WEDNESDAY, JULY 23RD 2008 » The star players of the USA Basketball team are now currently training for the 2008 Olympics as we speak. They were actually practicing at a local high school to prepare them for the official games. They played against selected rookies including Derrick Rose as well for preparation. Check out more photos from their practice after the cut.
LOS ANGELES // WEDNESDAY, JULY 17TH 2008 » The 2008 ESPY Awards presented by ESPN went down last night at the NOKIA Theatre. The celebs and athletes came out to honor the biggest events in the world of sports from the 2007-2008 calendar year. David Beckham, Derek Fisher, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, Forest Whitaker, Carmelo Anthony, Candace Parker and more all showed up in support of the nominees for ESPYs last night. Check out more photos from the Red Carpet below and after the break!
ESPN Magazine recently sat down with star players, Kobe Bryant; LeBron James; Dwayne Wade; and Carmelo Anthony, of the USA Basketball Team and asked them about playing with the new teammates and how they thought this years’ Olympics are gonna be like. Stay tuned for more Olympics news soon! Check out the video above.
The Denver Nuggets can seem to get it right. I don’t know if it’s intimidation of Kobe Bryant or what. The L.A. Lakers win a another victorious game last night by 18 (102-84). The stats are now in the Lakers favor with their own winning rampage (3-0). Top player of last night’s game has to be Kobe Bryant. Kobe scored 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists.Pau Gasol had 14 points, 5 assists, and 3 rebounds. Lamar Odom had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 assists. Allen Iverson was disappointed about the loss and knows he wasn’t on his best skills last night. Iverson had a total of 15 points, 3 assists, and 4 rebounds. A.I. said after the game:
“I was getting to the basket, I just wasn’t finishing.” Ivo added, “And the same thing happened to ‘Melo’.”
(Photos: Getty Images) The L.A. Lakers redefined themselves last night with a huge win and leading them with a score of 2-0 in the playoffs. The final score went to the L.A. Lakers (122-107). No one could stop Kobe Bryant last night, scoring 19 points within a time span of 4:19 of the 4th quarter. K.B. had a total of 49 points and 10 assists. Pau Gasol had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Luke Walton had 18 points. Opponent Allen Iverson responded after the game:
“Tonight, the way he was going, we probably could’ve put 10 people on the court and probably wouldn’t have been able to stop him [Kobe].”
(Photos: Getty Images) The most valuable player of yesterday afternoon’s game is Pau Gasol. He was definetly on point with his offense and did more than exceptionally well on defense. Gasol had 36 points, 8 assists, 16 rebounds, and 3 blocked shots. L.A. took the victory with a 14-point win (128-114). Kobe Bryant scored 18 points of his total 32 points in the last 8 minutes of the game to make sure they’ll lead the victory. Lamar Odom had 17 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists. On the opposing team, Carmelo Anthony was MVP out of his teammates scoring 30 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals. Allen Iverson had 30 points as well before he was immediately removed for 2 technical fouls. L.A. Lakers’ MVP of the game, Pau Gasol, said at the end of the game:
“It feels amazing, it feels great. I had a blast out there.” Gausol said, “We did a pretty good job, we can do better. We’re happy with the win, I’m happy with the win. Hopefully there will be many more.”
Basketball star Carmelo Anthony was arrested for DUI early Monday morning (Apr. 14th), just hours after leading his team to a victory over the Houston Rockets. The Denver Nuggets Small Forward was pulled over in his Mercedes after he was spotted weaving in and out of lanes and failing to dim his high-beam headlights. He was in the car alone when he was pulled over at about 4 A.M., Denver Police said.
In a statement issued through his attorney, Anthony said he regrets the incident.
“Carmelo apologizes to his fans, the Denver community, his teammates and the Nuggets organization for the distraction this is causing them,” the statement said.
Anthony was taken into custody, booked and later released after consenting to a blood test. He has a court date scheduled for May 14th.
