We’re just better, we have better players, better athletes, better schemes ... just better. It’s really that simple.
So there was really no need to push the panic button. We all should have known that, but after Team USA lost three times in exhibition play and then lost its Olympic opener to France, Americans back home started to wonder what was going on.
“I’ve never lost with Team USA before,” Durant told the media after winning the gold medal in Tokyo over the weekend and becoming USA’s all-time leader in scoring and 3-pointers made in Olympic competition.