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If you haven’t seen the USA vs Angola game, you should try to catch it on replay. It was full of highlight moves as Angola just can’t keep up with the Americans.

Although there’s this Angolan guard, Carlos Morais, who was just spectacular in the 4th quarter against Team USA’s bench. In one play, the game’s high scorer breezed past by Chris Paul and the rest… off the dribble! You gotta be lightning quick to do that. He also had a jam where he relegated defense specialist Tayshaun Prince to just an onlooker.

The Angolans are simply no match against the superior American team who won 97-76. I really pity the person assigned to guard Kobe Bryant. Even in the NBA, nobody can effectively guard Bryant one on one. Props to the Angolans though for qualifying in this event.

But the real test for the US team should be on their next game tomorrow against one of the powerhouse, Greece. Catch it live on bTV at 8PM.

USA Men’s Basketball Team Schedule

Here’s the rest of Team USA’s men’s basketball schedule for the preliminary round.

• Aug 14 – USA vs Greece – 8 PM
• Aug 16 – USA vs Spain – 10:15 PM
• Aug 18 – USA vs Germany – 8 PM (Chris Kaman plays for the Germans)

You can catch the games live if you have bTV. They also air the replay in the following morning.

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