On the second night of a back-to-back, the Boomers sat out their NBA stars in Patty Mills, Joe Ingles, Aron Baynes and Matthew Dellavedova against Nigeria.
And still, they record a huge 39-point win in a battle of undefeated teams at Las Vegas. Six players scored in double figures led by Chris Goulding s 21 points - all of which coming on a perfect 7-of-7 from beyond the arc as the Boomers knocked down 18 3-pointers on 62.1% efficiency.
2022 NBA Draft prospect Josh Giddey impressed in his 24 minutes, putting up 14 points, four rebounds and three assists.
For Nigeria, who were playing all of their players and were coming off wins over Team USA and Argentina, Josh Okogie and Obi Emegano top scored with 10 points apiece.
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07/12/2021
People occasionally say problematic things on live sports television, and that leads to backlash, apologies, and sometimes consequences. In the case of Stephen A. Smith’s widely-blasted criticisms on ESPN’s
First Take Monday that Shohei Ohtani tends to only answer English questions through an interpreter, though, it initially only led to one. Smith took incredible Twitter backlash on those comments, including “I don’t think it helps that the number one face is a dude that needs an interpreter so you can understand what the hell he’s saying in this country.”
The criticisms for Smith there came from journalists, sports fans, and more. But the only response from him or ESPN as of 6 p.m. Eastern was a video posted to Smith’s personal account (and not retweeted by First Take, or by any other ESPN account) where he didn’t use the words “apology” or “sorry.” Instead, he claimed critics were misinterpreting him, then restated his “point” that Ohta