United States 156, Nigeria 73
Just when we all thought the debate regarding who was the best USA team of all time was over, something like this happened.
Carmelo Anthony scored 37 points, including 10-12 from three, in 14 minutes of play to set a record for most point scored in a game by a Basketball player from the United States in an Olympic game, the previous record was
34 by no other than former Knick
Stephon Marbury. More records were set, largest margin of victory ever (83), most three pointers in a game (29) & three points attempts (46)
Kobe Bryant and
Kevin Durant started hot in the first quarter, but no one was hotter than
Anthony. The only positive for Nigeria was former NBA player
Ike Diogu had a nice showing with 27 points and 7 rebounds.
France 82, Lithuania 74
Tony Parker had his best game of the Olympics so far with
27 points (2 three pointers, 7-10 from the FT line), and 5 rebounds.
Nicolas Batum contribute with 21 points, 6 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 2 steals. Lithuania was very cold in the 2nd half (France's defense had something to with that) but they also missed some shots they normally make, you can read more about this game
here.
Australia 81, China 71
Wang Shipeng made 7 three pointers for China, he finished with 21 points, but they weren't enough to beat an Australia team that was hungry for a win.
Patty Mills got rid of his poor three point shooting, he went 4 out of 8 from downtown and 21 points,
David Andersen had 17 and 7.
Argentina 92, Tunisia 69
Argentina started really poorly, after one quarter of play they were behind
28-14.. Yes, they were losing by 14 against Tunisia.. But they quickly recover from the 2nd quarter on to defeat them by 23 points.
Manu Ginobili was perfect from the three point like (4-4) and 24 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals.
Luis Scola had a double double of 20 & 10,
Carlos Delfino scored 21 points.
Salah Mejri had 19 points, 14 boards and 7 rebounds for Tunsia.
Russia 75, Brazil 74
This was definitely the game of the day, Russia was leading almost all game until suddenly Brazil tied the game in the 4th quarter and went up by 5, but Russia didn't panic, they remained playing with composure.
Alexey Shved made a three pointer to tie the game,
Marcelo Huertas gave Brazil a one point lead with a few seconds to go, however, Russia had one final timeout to draw a final play and they did just that.
Vitaly Fridzon made the three pointer (and getting fouled in the process, which they didn't called) to give Russia the win. For Brazil,
Larry Taylor played really good, he scored 12 points (5-7 FG) off the bench and
Leandro Barbosa scored 16.
Andrei Kirilenko finished with 19 and
Alexey Shved with 16 for Russia.
Spain 79, Great Britain 78
Spain played poorly for the second game in a row, it could be because of the absence of star player,
Juan Carlos Navarro, who sat down due to an injury he has fought during the entire season (Plantar) or maybe they were underestimating their opponents. Spain took a 9 point lead in the first half, only to see it slip away and almost came out with the defeat.
Luol Deng and
Joel Freeland played outstanding when it mattered most for Great Britain. Deng finished with 26 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 1 steal. Freeland with 25 points, 7 rebounds. Spain was lead by
Pau Gasol 17 points and his brother
Marc had 12.
