US Basketball: Worth A Pair Of Olympic Golds

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Spain put on an a good show. But out in the Olympics, good just isn’t good enough. Having said that, the US Men’s Basketball team dubbed The Redeem Team closed out the 2008 Olympics Basketball tourney with a perfect 8-0 record and held off the Gasol brothers with a 118-107 victory to clinch the gold.

The US Women’s Basketball team had also won the gold via a 92-65 beating over Australia yesterday. It’s been said, and I’ll say it again, the US Basketball Team is worth a pair of golds.

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US vs. Spain and Australia

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Two countries would have to bring their A+ games to beat the US basketball teams. It all begins tonight at 10:00PM (GMT +8:00) when the 2008 Olympics Women’s Basketball gold medal will be settled by a game between Australia and the US. Since I don’t pay attention to anything WNBA, I have no idea who the other stars are on the US Women’s Basketball team other than Lisa Leslie. I’m not even sure if she’s on the team this time. Well I just hope they win to hype up the men’s team.

Tomorrow afternoon, 2:30PM (GMT +8:00), the US Men’s Basketball team will play Spain. Again. This time, and as hinted, it will be about nothing else but for the gold medal. Spain lost to the US when they first met during group elimination play. I think it was a blow out.

Having said that, I think it’s going to be easy for Lebron, Kobe and company–unless of course if Pau would prove me wrong. Tomorrow. I’ll be glued to the tube by then as I’ll be off work come jump-ball time.

Was Busy Last Week

The last time I made a post on this blog was about a week ago. And all I could say is: yeah, I was busy. Busy with work, busy with family… basically busy with life. I’ve been on the forums (BlackBerryForums, PhilMUG, MacRumors, CDOCentral) and what not but I’ve only been lurking mostly and reading some threads of attention without actually replying to any of them. 

I guess I was just paying too much attention to the Olympics. But what do you expect? It’s supposedly the greatest sporting event every four years. I think Olympics 2K8 will best be remembered for Michael Phelps and how he managed to bag 8 gold medals. That’s quite a story right there. The last time 7 gold medals went to an individual was about 4 decades ago (or 36 years to be exact) when fellow American Mark Spitz swam for it at the ‘72 Munich Games. And here’s what Mark had to say when Michael got gold #7 at Beijing: 

Epic. It goes to show you that not only is this guy the greatest swimmer of all time and the greatest Olympian of all time, he’s maybe the greatest athlete of all time. He’s the greatest racer who ever walked the planet. 

For the latest news about the Beijing Olympics, head on over to official website > The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. I think China’s going to run away with the most golds. But I am not saying anything beyond that though.

Celtics In Six (Period)

Sorry I forgot to follow-through as I just couldn’t believe the Lakers lost. I was rooting for them. My prediction was even simple: Lakers in Six. I guess I just believed too much in the triangle. Anyway, I’m glad the Celtics got it over with at home. It was murder out there. It’s like every shot the Celts made in the fourth quarter was much like adding insult to injury or more fuel to the fire. So the final score was Celtics 131, Lakers 92. It was the most lopsided closeout win in NBA Finals history. I thought I saw the Celts had scored more points in the fourth quarter than the Lakers so, that about says it all for the contest. BTW, it’s Paul Pierce who ran away with the Final MVP trophy. That’s him and the coach, Doc Rivers, on photo above.

With the NBA Finals over, I guess we can all look forward to the Beijing 2008 Olympics in August. I’d be all glued to the basketball games by then in anticipation of some great games involving the United States. See you then.

*Photo courtesy of the NBA.