Varejao is outrebounding everyone in sight....Howard, Bosh, Brand, Miller just name it. Must be over 15 rebounds now. Less than 5 minutes to go..... 82 ~ 79 Brazil leads.
Varejao is very good at rebound and pass. He also has mid-range and hustle. He will be FA next year. Morey should try to get him.
Guess the zone is still the US killer. Where are guys like reggie miller, larry bird? The zone killers on the US team? Is that wade? James?
Man.....the referees want USA to win. 4 to 5 T for USA in the last minute. 87 vs 84 USA now leads by 3, with less than 2 minutes to go.
Are these Chinese refs or international refs? Not that it really matters since this is only a warm up game.
Even though US won this game, it shows that the US team is not that much stronger than the other top teams around the world. They might be better as a group, but on any given day if one or two players from the other teams really step it up, it could be a long day for team USA. They are not out classing other teams now, just better. This is sort of like in soccer where Brazil is always the team to beat but they do not always win the world cups.
Does anyone know Brazil's ranking or standing in the international basketball world? If we ranked ourselves close to Brazil...what does that mean?
