France must have heard that the United States wants to change the words to the New Colossus and then SWIPE! We’re rolling, folks. Before Kemba Walker even knew the game started, the French were attacking. Frank Ntilikina subsumed a bobbled ball and Kemba was officially shackled. It took thirteen seconds.
Tied after one quarter, the Americans did what they could to keep pace through the first half. Perhaps sensing the need to spearhead an impromptu expedition deep into the Hainan Province, Donovan Mitchell dashed headlong into the French defense. He found a fellow patriot in Marcus Smart, whose dastardly battering ram attacks kept the Americans seizing forward.