Aside from the lone blemish on their record, a third-place showing at the 2004 Olympics, t<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/de-aaron-fox-withdraws-from-a-depleted-team-usa-news.88499.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">he US Men&#8217;s Basketball team </a>is expected to maintain a flawless win-loss record, at all costs. Unfortunately, that did not occur last night when USA Basketball was hit with a permanent stain to their record, in the form of a loss to Australia by a narrow score of 98-94.
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Coach Popovich&#8217;s failure to will his squad members to victory, all but snaps a historic run for the US program: 78 victories in succession. After the game, Popovich and most notably, the team&#8217;s projected starting point guard Kemba Walker, were on hand to reflect on the exhibition loss.





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&#8220;They say Team USA doesn’t lose. I get it. They haven’t lost in a very long time, which I understand, but it happens. Teams lose. Like I said, we’re going to take this loss and build from it,&#8221; Kemba Walker <a href="https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2019/08/mnt-vs-australia-2-quotes.aspx" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">opined</a> after the contest. &#8220;That’s all we can do. That’s all we can do is continue to try our best to get better. The real thing doesn’t start until China.&#8221;
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Kemba&#8217;s not fibbing. It can be at times, rather difficult, to raise one&#8217;s &#8220;compete level&#8221; when the stakes are lowered. Hence why NBA players often take a month or so to rear into gear upon opening tip-off. The FIBA World Cup commences in a week. Is USA&#8217;s loss to Australia a caveat or just another blip on the radar? Comment below.
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