It all ends Sunday at an hour that few will see. Team USA and Canada will battle for the bronze medal at 4:40 a.m. on ESPN2. That wasn’t the plan for the two teams with the heaviest NBA presence. They had hoped to be in the game that starts at 8:30, the gold medal game. That time now is reserved for Germany vs. Serbia.
It’s going to be hard to get up for fans. The players may have an even harder time and it has nothing to do with game time. The disappointment has to be tough to overcome.