U.S. Basketball Men in Unfamiliar Territory
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The U.S. men's basketball team is in the  unfamiliar position of trying to look forward after backing  into the quarter-finals of the Olympic basketball tournament.
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Jan. 4 - Some players seem destined to make a statement in big games, and some seem to shy from the moment.
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The start of the men&#39;s basketball bronze medal game was delayed more than a half-hour Saturday night after both the United States and Lithuania arrived wearing white uniforms.
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Stephon Marbury is confused, his coach is reaching for answers and the Knicks are losing more games than they should be. Sound familiar?
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ATHENS, Greece -- Things are clearly far from perfect for the US Olympic men&#39;s basketball team. But now, perfection isn&#39;t important. Victories are. Against anybody.
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All that talk of the United States returning to the top of the basketball world will have to wait. The reality is that the Americans are no closer now than they were two years ago.
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The United States men didn&#39;t leave Olympic basketball&#39;s drastically altered landscape empty-handed on Saturday. A bronze medal was hardly what the Americans wanted or expected out of these Summer Games.
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The NBA All-Star Game is getting stale, and the way to fix it is to pit American players against international players, playing not for show but for pride.
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The United States men's basketball team  could breathe a sigh of relief on Wednesday after its first win  but lingering concerns over a lack of outside shooting and team  defense have coach Larry Brown scrambling for answers.
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International teams, almost all of them, have many capable shooters -- especially from 3-point range. Get caught in a screen, leave them uncontested, be slow getting out, and inevitably they&#39;ll hit those shots.
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From the string of U.S. romps to the sound of "The Star-Spangled Banner," the FIBA Americas championship was a reminder of the way international basketball tournaments used to look. There never was much doubt about the outcome. The real questions involve next summer.
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ATHENS - The US men have a basketball medal, but there is little consolation in the prize. Third place fell a couple of steps short of expectations, but the Americans had nowhere else to go Saturday in what
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Dream Team no longer: The U.S. squad is learning a hard lesson in how the rest of the globe plays ball
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A fired-up opponent makes shots from everywhere while the Americans scramble around desperately looking for answers.
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Perhaps if National Basketball Association players ask nicely, the guys from Argentina wearing gold medals will come to the United States and give them a few pointers on how to play the game.
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American arrogance is a major culprit as to Team USA's continuing struggles in international basketball and until the U.S. stops underestimating its opponents it will continue to lose.
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An unbeaten US National Basketball Association squad and European champion Greece has advanced to a World Basketball Championship semi-final showdown with lopsided triumphs.