Top of the charts: Anthony now top scorer in US history

After the game, Dream Team star Paul George said the Australian had a reputation for being dirty. We had every opportunity to win the game. Sheer talent – and some timely 3’s from Carmelo Anthony – saved the Americans, but the Boomers from Down Under exposed some weaknesses even if they were not able to get the final job done.

Ledecky’s medal haul is now up to three gold and one silver in four races so far.

The current trend in Rio Olympics showcases China’s gold-worthy divers which only intensifies onlookers’ curiosity as to how much these athletes have sacrificed to get to where they are now. Australia also held multiple seven-point leads in the first half. They huddled as a team, thanked the fans and walked off the court. “That’s the only way a team is going to get us out of our comfort zone is to muddy the game, doing little stuff to get to us”. Despite an interrupted preparation, the Boomers opened their campaign with comprehensive wins over European heavyweights France and Serbia.

Whether you believe he is the best player in Team USA history or he is just benefitting from playing more games than anybody else on loaded teams, you can’t deny how fun it is to watch Melo play on this stage and how much passion he has as a leader of his country. They can go cold from the field, make mistakes on defense and look like a team full of guys who don’t usually play together.

“There were only two possible scenarios after the first half tonight”, Colangelo said.

Former Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut leads a group that includes San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills and new Milwaukee Bucks point guard Matthew Dellavedova.

Venezuela power forward Nestor Colmenares made the two plays of the game down the stretch.

“To be honest, we really won by quite a large margin when you consider that Kyrie Irving was born in Melbourne so all of his points count for us”.

The list of events happening on August 11, Thursday, in Rio de Janeiro time, August 12 in the USA revealed that World champion Mitch Larkin would continue his rivalry with the Americans at 11:26 a.m. for the Men’s 200m backstroke swimming competition. As good as they are individually, they’re greater as the sum of those parts.

The Boomers next play China, while the United States of America face Serbia.

“A few mental lapses in the last quarter but we understand what we need to do to beat a great team like the USA”, Mills said. “We want to send a message to the rest of the world that we’re here on business, we’re focused on winning, and that’s what we care about”. “We beat a very good team and we earned that win and we will need to continue to earn our wins”.

An Andersen three under pressure from the top of the arc then tied the scores for the fifth time in the game before an Ingles lay-in orchestrated the seventh lead change.

The Boomers did not trail by more than eight points until the final seconds and actually led the 17-time gold medallists for large periods of the game on Wednesday night (early Thursday AEST). Serbia and Venezuela are each 1-2 (Serbia leads in point differential), and China is 0-3.