Was it true? Was the ‘B’ team that the United States had sent to Rio just not good enough to samba their way to an Olympic gold medal?
Even worse, were they going to lose to Argentina before they even got to the medal round?
For a moment, at least, it looked that way when Argentina led early in their knockout round game with the US.
But midway through the first quarter Paul George came off the bench and though Argentina took a 19-9 lead, things were about to change.
Drastically.
George and Kevin Durant spearheaded a 27-2 run that catapulted the US into the lead of what became their 105-78 victory over Argentina.