FIBA Americas Basketball Game

FIBA - We Are Basketball.



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Thursday. USA competed against...um...maybe that's not the right word...played, is that the right word? Maybe swept the floor? schooled? Well anyway...they played against the Virgin Islands. The nighted ended with a score of 123-59. Poor Virgin Islands. Their shots were just not droppin' in the hole. But I also think they were a bit intimidated by the ballers we call team USA. It was awesome. I just enjoy watching athletes that know their sport and play it so well. Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, and Jason Kidd people! C'mon! I might as well put the whole team roster on here. We are talking about some players that we are all about!

The first period was just the beginning of what the rest of the game was going to be like. The best period was the 3rd. Kobe Bryant got a little birthday tune sung to him, first by a small crowd of drunk college students and by the end, the entire crowd was singing to him. He was about to shoot some free throws in the midst of the song, and was a bit distracted, poor guy. But then again, he's Kobe, he can handle it. He smiled and was a bit uncomfortable with the display of celebration from the crowd, but he shook it off and kept playing like it ain't no thang.

Kobe, LeBron and Carmelo

that's right we are on first name basis. :)

I was discussing with my fellow basketball buddy during the game that we just love LeBron James. We both were saying that we were willing to not enjoy LeBron just because of all the hype but you just can't help but LOVE him! He is amazing! I just love that he has no problem making an assist instead of show boating. But he can show off too and still be enjoyable.


And I don't know if this will get a gasp or not, but I didn't really know much, if really anything about Michael Redd (he's a guard for the Milwaukee Bucks). He now has one more fan to add to his club! He is a great player. He was hitting threes left and right. He has a pretty shot, and he is such a compliment to his team mates, that is if he's not constantly getting the ball passed to him because his team mates just wanna give him the ball!





I'm excited to watch some more games. I hope to hit up one or two more next week.
Sooo enjoyable.