00:05¡Gracias!
00:49¡Gracias!
01:04¡Gracias!
01:35¡Gracias!
01:36A 17-f금 throw, Puerto Rico.
01:38Nice feet inside, and Artis.
01:40And Puerto Rico opens up a nine-points lead.
01:45A beautiful save by Ljusal.
01:48Carl just right.
01:49Oh, a foul fake!
01:51You think Puerto Rico's not the little bouncing this step right now?
01:54I mean, that play by Arroyo.
01:57Stanley Meyer fell down on that ball fake.
01:59Y el crowd es behind them, 11 on run.
02:02Obviamente hay mucha USA fans, pero la mutual fans están en Puerto Rico.
02:07Y tú puedes ver Larry Brown y decirle,
02:08tengo que tener Tim Duncan en la playa ahora, estamos luchando.
02:11Pero velo aquí con este punto de vista de la cabeza.
02:14Puedo ponerse a Mairi Stoudemire en la playa.
02:17Y si se deslizan y se deslizan a la base de 11 on run.
02:20Es un equipo muy confiante ahora.
02:23Puerto Rico's defensa ha sido excelente.
02:25En la zona de la zona de Duncan.
02:27¡Gracias!
02:57Now, you've got to keep your defense up the floor.
02:59Stay up the floor and keep the pressure on.
03:04Extend your defense and try to continue to get into that kind of flow.
03:10Bodies fly all over the place.
03:12And right out of the steal.
03:13And the lead's back up to 15.
03:16And Larry Brown is just shaking his head over there going,
03:18What team am I watching?
03:20Had a great practice.
03:22The other day in preparation, really struggling here today.
03:25Some good things to happen.
03:26Jeperson, like that.
03:28Now, keep your defense up the floor.
03:37United States scored by 18.
03:39Just under six minutes remaining in the third quarter.
03:43Again, hard to believe the score is Puerto Rico's been up by as many as 22.
03:58How many fast break points does United States have today?
04:08United States has 16 turnovers and 15 field goals.
04:12That was hard to believe.
04:14Just like just continuing to say the score.
04:1764, 62-41.
04:19Wade able to knock it away.
04:21Wade Wade.
04:25Iverson.
04:27Good drive to the basket.
04:28Pretty move from Allen Iverson.
04:30Duncan, double-team.
04:31Ice feet inside.
04:32And Richard Jeperson.
04:34And the foul.
04:36And just like that, it's a 13-point game.
04:40Let's keep our eye on this moment in the game.
04:44Could this be the play?
04:45LeBron James had a great pass.
04:48Duncan with the unselfish play.
04:50Richard Jeperson, who has so struggled tonight to score a basket.
04:53The powerful finish.
04:55You see the emotion, the opportunity for a three-point play.
04:58Is this what the United States has needed
05:00to find a way to get back here in this game?
05:03Santiago.
05:05Nice back throw.
05:07And Ortiz puts it in.
05:09Again, you saw Gary with a nice job of going down and picking up that loose ball.
05:13James wide open.
05:15And it's the play.
05:16LeBron James from downtown.
05:18And it's a 12-point game.
05:21Santiago left off.
05:29Ortiz.
05:32Spinning inside.
05:33Cuts it in.
05:34And foul.
05:35Lamar Ortiz cuts the lead to 12 with a chance for one more.
05:39A lot of different ways to get three.
05:41The United States cannot buy a three-point shot.
05:43But Lamar Ortiz and Tim Duncan are doing a terrific job on the offensive backboard.
05:54Brian Wade with a steal and a dunk.
05:56And a lead cut to 10.
05:58Lamar Ortiz had missed a free throw.
06:00Puerto Rico got the ball.
06:01But Wade coming up with a steal.
06:02His defense has been a big spark here in the fourth.
06:07So effective in the first three quarters.
06:11Arroyo banks it in from three-point range.
06:15What a huge shot for Carlos Arroyo.
06:20Nice feed to Odom.
06:23Dwayne Wade with a pretty pass.
06:26Iverson for three.
06:27And comes right back.
06:29Boy, that's a huge bucket.
06:31Fight for the rebound.
06:31Here comes Arroyo.
06:34Arroyo draws a foul and one.
06:40And Puerto Rico back up by 11 with a chance for one more.
06:46He hit the big three-point shot when the United States had cut it to eight.
06:50Follows it up here with the drive.
06:53Wade tries to size him up for the block.
06:55And you know what he does?
06:56He takes his body and neutralizes Wade where he could not jump.
07:00Got the foul and a chance here for the three-point play.
07:03Arroyo jacks it up.
07:06Knocks it down.
07:07Carlos Arroyo.
07:12For Rittner.
07:15History's being made today.
07:17Iverson can't connect.
07:21So history made in this one is the United States will lose for the first time since NBA players allowed
07:28to participate in the Olympic Games.
07:31Cassiano puts the exclamation point on it.
07:40It's finally happened.
07:41The United States loses an Olympic play with NBA players.
07:46Larry Brown congratulating the staff from Puerto Rico.
07:50And the players doing it as well.
07:53Team USA beating Sally.
07:56The United States a stunning, shocking opening game.
07:59The Olympics losing to Puerto Rico by 20 points.
08:02With me, Captain Allen Iverson.
08:03You said the loss to Italy in the exhibition games was a wake-up call.
08:07What was this?
08:08Obviously another one.
08:11Things just didn't go our way tonight.
08:13You know, we didn't shoot the ball well.
08:14They were back then in the zone and we shot the ball terribly from outside.
08:18And we didn't play well defensively.
08:20They played better than us tonight.
08:22What does this do to your confidence?
08:24I know Larry Brown said before the game he wasn't confident about this team.
08:27They weren't gelling.
08:28What does it do for you?
08:30I don't know.
08:30I mean, like you said, it was a wake-up call.
08:33But if we lose our confidence, we might as well go home.
08:36You know, I don't think we'll lose our confidence.
08:38We understand that, you know, we're not out of it.
08:40We've got to play the next game.
08:41And that's it.
08:42We focus on what we've got to do the next game.
08:45We learn from this game and try to move on.
08:47What about your pride?
08:48I know how much it means to you to wear that USA uniform.
08:50What does this do to your pride?
08:51The only thing that you're the first team with professional players from the NBA to lose in the Olympics.
08:55I mean, it hurts.
08:56But, you know, we can turn it around.
08:57You know, we've got an opportunity to make history.
09:00You know, we've got an opportunity to win a gold medal, and that's all we're concerned about.
09:04You know, this is a setback, and hopefully we'll just move forward.
09:07Carlos Arroyo, you play against him during the NBA season.
09:09Why is he so effective in a game like this?
09:12I mean, he just played well.
09:13You know, that's the way it goes.
09:15You know, at any time any guy can step up and play big, he's an NBA basketball player.
09:19He's not in the NBA for nothing.
09:21You know, guys got pride.
09:22Guys play hard every night.
09:24And some guys have great games.
09:26You know, tonight he just had his game, and nobody for our squad can get it together.
09:30That's all.
09:30It's not a good outside shooting team.
09:32Is that going to be an Achilles heel and a weakness throughout this tournament at the United States?
09:35I don't think so.
09:36We don't want to shoot outside.
09:37We want to get easy baskets.
09:39We want to try to get stops and run.
09:40We couldn't get stops tonight, and that hurt us real bad.
09:43You know, our thing is to try to get the ball as close as we can to the basket.
09:47We didn't shoot well tonight.
09:48You know, we settled for jumpers just like they wanted us to, and we weren't able to hit them.
09:51They had a good game plan, and they knocked us off.
09:54All right.
09:54Thank you very much.
09:55All right.
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