The USA Basketball men’s national team lost to Nigeria last Saturday, 90-87, playing laissez-faire basketball against a team that was full of NBA players and hungry to make their mark on the FIBA stage.
Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal got the start for the Americans. As Kevin Broom noted last night, he didn’t play well on defense. And on offense, he was quiet, only scoring 2 points on 1-of-7 shooting in 25 minutes. To be honest, he was one of the worst performers for both teams, even considering that Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant shot just 4-of-13 from the field in a 17 point performance.