The era when American players could win gold at the Games just by showing up is over. The rest of the world has simply become too good It’s too easy to make excuses for the Team USA men’s basketball team as it stumbles, and stumbles again, on the court…
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Men’s basketball: France 83-76 USAUS men’s team had suffered defeats in Games build-upFor the first time since 2004, the US men’s basketball team have lost in the Olympics. And the US team’s quest for a fourth consecutive gold medal is already in doubt…
Three-a-side version of sport made its Games bow with French president Emmanuel Macron and US first lady Jill Biden among the smattering of onlookers permitted into the arenaIn the before times, when “urban cluster” was a phrase that meant something ve…
For Milwaukee fans, the NBA championship doesn’t negate the progress that’s still needed in the city, but the win felt like a much needed reprieveJabari Thompson had never seen an event bring the city of Milwaukee together like its NBA championship has…
In the era of the much-maligned superteam, the Greek star has the extraordinary skills to show a hometown hero can still win the game’s biggest prizesLaughing and smiling and dancing and hugging and I love you mans and chest bumps and tears and roars t…
Giannis Antetokounmpo ended one of the greatest NBA Finals ever with 50 points and a championship Milwaukee waited 50 years to win again.Antetokounmpo added 14 rebounds and five blocked shots as the Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 105-98 on Tuesday night t…
Giannis Antetokounmpo ended one of the greatest NBA Finals ever with 50 points and a championship Milwaukee waited 50 years to win again.Antetokounmpo added 14 rebounds and five blocked shots as the Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 105-98 on Tuesday night t…
Antetokounmpo logs 50 points, 14 rebounds, five blocksBucks win 105-98 to defeat Suns in best-of-seven finalsGiannis Antetokounmpo ended one of the greatest NBA finals ever with 50 points and a championship Milwaukee waited 50 years to win again.Anteto…
Bucks look to close out Suns for first NBA title since 1971Send Hunter a tweet at @HunterFelt or email him 4.04am BST Suns 79-79 Bucks, 10:54, 4th quarterPortis gets some revenge by opening up the fourth quarter scoring. Kaminsky (?) answers. Sure Fran…
Women’s team beat Nigeria while men defeat No 2-ranked SpainUSA teams are reigning Olympic champions heading to TokyoTeam USA’s basketball teams have finally shown signs of life after a series of worrying upsets heading into the Tokyo Olympics.The US m…
BA looking into alleged ‘breach of the integrity framework’Cambage pulled out of Olympics citing mental health concernsOpals star Liz Cambage is under a code of conduct and integrity investigation, Basketball Australia has confirmed. The governing body…
NBA finals Game 5: Milwaukee Bucks 123-119 Phoenix SunsAs it happened: Read Hunter Felt’s minute-by-minute reportJrue Holiday seized his chance to give the Milwaukee Bucks the lead in the NBA finals.Holiday’s steal and alley-oop pass to Giannis Antetok…
Email Hunter with your thoughts or tweet @HunterFeltTeams tied at 2-2 as series heads to Phoenix 1.00am BST Hunter will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s Andrew Lawrence on the man leading the Suns:Time has not been kind to the Phoenix Suns. Sev…
Phoenix have taken a battering by Milwaukee in the last two games of the NBA finals. But their coach has overcome grief and adversity to get hereTime has not been kind to the Phoenix Suns. Seven days ago they appeared to be on an inexorable march towar…
Game canceled over ‘an abundance of caution’Decision comes after Bradley Beal ruled out of OlympicsThe United States’ men’s basketball exhibition game against Australia scheduled for Friday night in Las Vegas has been canceled because of health and saf…
Bucks rally in Game 4 over Suns despite Devon Booker’s 42Khris Middleton scores team-high 40 points in crucial winGame 4: Phoenix Suns 103-109 Milwaukee Bucks – live!Khris Middleton’s big finish has the NBA finals all even. Related: NBA finals 2021 Gam…
Bucks look to level best-of-seven series with Suns in Game 4Send Hunter a tweet at @HunterFelt or email him at hunter.felt.freelance@theguardian.com 12.45am BST Hunter will be here shortly. In the meantime here’s a look back at Sunday’s Game 3. Relate…
Bucks win 120-100 over Suns in Game 3 behind Giannis’s 41Milwaukee still trail 2-1 in best-of-seven-games NBA finalsGiannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks made the NBA finals’ return to Milwaukee a slamming success.The way the Greek Freak is going, the pa…
Nigeria win 90-87 over heavily favored Americans in VegasResult marks USA’s first ever defeat to an African opponentUSA defeated Nigeria by 83 points at 2012 London OlympicsThis is not how USA Basketball expected to open their Olympic summer. Nigeria p…
