July 10, 2021
Team USA’s bid for the gold medal in the upcoming Olympic Games just took a huge hit following a shock loss to Nigeria on Friday night. It was nothing more than a non-bearing exhibition tune-up match, but this did little to deter the critics from lambasting the national squad’s effort on the mean streets of Twitter. Unfortunately for him, Team USA head coach Gregg Popovich turned out to be one of the biggest scapegoats in the head-scratching defeat.
Nigeria were 31-point underdogs entering what should have been a one-sided matchup. This is why it comes to no surprise that the fans were pretty upset with Team USA suffering an 90-87 defeat in their first exhibition match. Kevin Durant and Co. actually had a chance to tie the game with 13 seconds left, but for some reason, this is how they executed their final play: