The United States men’s basketball team is always favored to win every game it plays, and with a roster full of All-NBA and NBA All-Star-caliber players, most fans are expecting to see blowouts as Team USA prepares for the Olympics with a series of exhibitions.
With the start of the Olympic Games in Tokyo just two weeks away, however, developments couldn’t be going much worse for Gregg Popovich’s squad. Team USA dropped a second consecutive exhibition game on Monday night, falling 91-83 to Australia.
Since NBA players began playing for Team USA in 1992, the Americans had lost two exhibition games in a 19-year span. Team USA has doubled that total in three days.
NBA fans sounded off on Popovich and Team USA on Twitter following the loss: