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Olympics Basketball: Puerto Rico 92, United States 73
Sikotic™:
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - In an upset that was as historic as it was inevitable, the U.S. men's basketball team lost for only the third time ever in the Olympics on Sunday, 92-73 to Puerto Rico.
It was also the most lopsided loss in the games for the Americans, alarming not only for its significance but also for its decisiveness.
Puerto Rico, which had lost to the Americans five times in the past 13 months, took control in the first half, led by 22 at halftime and gamely held off a fourth-quarter comeback for one of the biggest sports achievements in the island territory's history.
The loss was a blow to the confidence of Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson and the rest of the Americans, but it did little to hurt their gold medal chances. They need only to finish in the top four of their six-team group to reach the quarterfinals.
Still, the defeat will go a long way toward giving the competition the bold idea that it's someone else's turn to move to the top of a sport that's been dominated by one country for nearly three-quarters of a century.
As Carlos Arroyo left the court with just over a minute left, he defiantly pulled at the words ``Puerto Rico'' on his jersey. He led his team with 24 points.
...'BfCfC'...:
thats a big upset :o
then again . there bound to happen :-\
Montana00:
lol i just read this on yahoo.
kinda funny.
eS El Duque:
aww shit..just made a topic lol, didn't see this..gotta delete it now
TEAM Lithuania TO WIN IT ALL 8) [LDK]
On The Edge of Insanity:
Holy shit! USA need to get their act together, cause this sort of shit is embarrassing. Saw they were selling USA tops in a store here in the UK. Out of the three shirts they offered Iverson was the only one who is actually taking part in the olympics. Thats pretty sad.
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