After convincing wins over China and Venezuela, things were bound to get much more difficult for the United States men’s basketball team. With an Australian team chock full of NBA veterans on the schedule for Wednesday night, the Americans were going to have to do more than simply show up to the basketball arena in order to win.
But with that being said, few people expected the game to be as difficult as it was. Mike Krzyzewski’s team ultimately won by the final score of 98-88, erasing their first halftime deficit in Olympic play since their disastrous bronze medal run in 2004.