(Source: FIBA - International Basketball Federation) MADRID (2016 Rio Olympics) - What will it take to beat the United States at an Olympic Games, something that has not happened since 2004 when Puerto Rico, Lithuania and Argentina pulled off the feat in Athens, Greece? It's going to take extraordinary effort, concentration, a confident approach. A team will have to be make a lot of shots, perhaps control tempo. It will have to defend for 40 minutes. No team can turn the ball over against the USA and survive their transition game. On the evidence of the USA performances since the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship, it's going to take a perfect game by an opponent to...
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