United States Defense in the NBA: A Closer Look at Their Championship-Level Performance

That 75 point Mark. And or I think what you got to give credit to United States defense is when. When they needed to be good, they cranked it up. And that’s one thing about NBA players, they have another level. You talked about it all time about how talented, but they have another level they can go to. And we have seen that in the medal round. To Rosen with his first field goal. And here comes Lowry with just No. 6 remaining. George with the other. This was surprising. Walloped Australia in the semi finals by 26 after they lost earlier to them by 15. But Donovan hits the jumper and 3 on 3 on the layup. He was in and out of the lineup. Could just never got going in the rotation. You know, he’s one of those guys, 35, 36 minutes is gonna give you that. And he really hasn’t had much of a chance. But you know, Mark, it’s tough to play 12 guys. You know, Harrison Barnes. Talk about a guy who played on a world championship team. Got back to the NBA Finals, Boston, Game 7. Steve Kerr has a great confidence and. And trust in Draymond Green because of all the struggle a little bit. And so he was the guy that was sort of the odd man out minutes wise. But it’s not because he’s not a great player. That if it’s off to steel and then hits from downtown, originally a First round pick of the Phoenix Suns coming up on two minutes remaining. Jimmy Butler on target.