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00:00The second game of five exhibition matches in the Team USA showcase to get ready for
00:09the 2024 Paris Olympics yesterday afternoon out in Abu Dhabi.
00:14It was an early start here stateside around noon Eastern time and the Americans against
00:20the Australians were booked as a 20 and a half point favorite.
00:24Pre-game over-under, yes albeit for an exhibition, 188 and a hook.
00:29It was Team USA in its first exhibition match last week against Canada, who has the second
00:35best price, maybe the second best outlook for the Olympic Games, winning and covering
00:40by 14 in a highly defensive game.
00:43Not necessarily the case yesterday in Abu Dhabi.
00:47Team USA victorious, 98-92 the victory for the Americans, but the Aussies easily cover
00:54in a much more competitive game than the 20 and a half point pre-game number might
00:59indicate.
01:00188 and a half does go over as well.
01:03DRS, anything that Team USA should be concerned by after this second exhibition match against
01:09the Australians?
01:10No, because they're just trying to find their legs at this point right now.
01:13And also keep in mind, you're out in Vegas, you're flying to Abu Dhabi, you're playing
01:17a team that you really didn't game plan for.
01:18You're just saying everybody's going to get about 20 minutes, get your shots up and we'll
01:22see what happens.
01:23So Team USA wasn't behind in this game or didn't play lackluster effort.
01:27They were up about 25 points at one point, I believe, and let it slimmer down to a closer
01:32score at the end of the game.
01:33But I'm not worried about that either way at this point.
01:35It's just a team looking almost like an exhibition where it's like, is anybody shocked?
01:39Like, oh my God, Kansas City went one and two in the exhibition season in the NFL.
01:42Like, nobody cares about that because you're just trying to get your reps in at this point.
01:46And also the better players, and yes, there are better players than some here on the Olympic
01:50team, are going to get many more minutes than the other players who are undeserving
01:54of that.
01:55And that's not a fair word to say, but you get the point.
01:56There's starters and there's guys coming up the bench for a reason here.
01:59Team USA is going to be just fine.
02:00I don't look at this game and say, oh no, they're in a little bit of trouble now.
02:04Once they get to the Olympics, you'll find out exactly what's going down in games one
02:09and games two to see if Team USA is formidable, which we know they are, but just how formidable
02:13of an opponent they will be.
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