Team USA Basketball 2024 (Women's)

[Capt. Factorial]

Here's a thread for discussion of Team USA women's basketball this year. If anybody has any info about exhibition games prior to the Olympics, feel free to add!

Here's the schedule for now:

Olympics Group C Games:
Monday July 29, Noon PDT vs Japan (USA)

Thursday, August 1, Noon PDT vs Belgium (USA)

Sunday, August 4, 8:15 AM PDT vs Germany (USA)


Olympics Medal Round Games:
Quarterfinals are scheduled for Wednesday, August 7:
2 AM PDT
5:30 AM PDT
9 AM PDT
12:30 PM PDT

Semifinals: Friday, August 9:
8:30 AM PDT
Noon PDT

Bronze medal game: Sunday, August 11, 2:30 AM PDT
Gold medal game: Sunday, August 11, 6:30 AM PDT

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

No love for 3x3?

 

[Capt. Factorial]

No love for 3x3?

Call me when the USA team isn't constructed of a group of dudes in their mid-30s with failed-at-best NBA careers.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Call me when the USA team isn't constructed of a group of dudes in their mid-30s with failed-at-best NBA careers.

Okay.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Okay.

And here my rip on Jimmer Fredette is ruined because I don't even pay attention to what thread I'm in...

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

If you weren't a fan of how the US men "spammed" three-pointers against Serbia, you're really not going to like the Japanese women's offense.

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

If you weren't a fan of how the US men "spammed" three-pointers against Serbia, you're really not going to like the Japanese women's offense.

On the other hand, if you like <6 foot basketball, this is a must watch game

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I'll say this for Japan: when you're that small across the board, I reckon you don't really have a choice but to be prolific shooting from distance. I think the tallest player on their team is 6'1".

USA leads by 11 at the half, 50-39. A'ja "The REAL MVP" Wilson leads all players with 17 points and 7 rebounds. Japan staying in striking distance, thanks to 22 three-point attempts, versus 16 two-point attempts.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

On the other hand, if you like <6 foot basketball, this is a must watch game

That's a thing?

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

That's a thing?

It's the olympics, open your mind

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I still have questions about Kara Lawson that need answers.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I think the biggest surprise so far in this game has been me finding out that the Mawuli sisters were actually born in Japan.

 

[Tetsujin]

I think the biggest surprise so far in this game has been me finding out that the Mawuli sisters were actually born in Japan.

Yeah, they’re naturalized only because both their parents are from Ghana but they’re both very much Japanese, nationalist weirdos be damned.

 

[Tetsujin]

Maybe Japan needs to spend a little less time on threes and a bit more time on not smoking these layups.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Considering that Japan is the reigning Olympic Silver Medalist and USA "only" beat them by 15 last time, this was a good quality win for the Americans.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Belgium has been giving USA all they want, but a quick 6-0 run has USA back up by 11, two minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Belgium was game, but USA held them off for an 87-74 win. A'ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart combined for 49 points.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3x3 defeats host country France 14-13 to improve to 2-3 and keep their medal hopes alive.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3x3 wins their second match of the day, this time over Canada, in come-from-behind fashion. USA trailed by 3 points, with less than a minute to go, and rallied to force overtime. Then they gave up the first basket in overtime, before winning on a two-pointer.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I didn't realize they played twice. whoops. the first game was nail-biting enough.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3x3 team has gotten stronger each time out: they've now won five in a row, and have gone from 0-3 to a semifinal match against top-seeded Spain on Monday.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Haven’t watched every game but they looked great today whereas they were borderline unwatchable early in this tournament.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Dare I say it? I think the 3x3 team got jobbed: that was a heavy whistle in favor of Spain, IMO. Plus a rule that gives you two shots once you go into the penalty, in a game that has one-pointers is nasty work.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Dare I say it? I think the 3x3 team got jobbed: that was a heavy whistle in favor of Spain, IMO. Plus a rule that gives you two shots once you go into the penalty, in a game that has one-pointers is nasty work.

Didn't see the game but when I learned the foul rules I thought they sounded pretty absurd for the same reason. How many FTs did Spain wind up shooting?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Seven.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

YIKES

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

YIKES

Yup. Seven free throws in a game where free throws have the same value as field goals, and you only play to 21. Spain had the same number of made FTs as they had made 1-pointers.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3x3 recovers from their semifinal loss to defeat Canada 16-13 for the Bronze Medal.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

3x3 recovers from their semifinal loss to defeat Canada 16-13 for the Bronze Medal.

7 FTs in a game to 21 is ridiculous on its own but given that the majority of games I've watched finish with score lines like the Bronze match it's even worse.

Congrats to the ladies. They looked really rough to start and great by the end. I am sure had they had a little more time together they'd have won gold. I also trust a healthy Brink will be on the 5 woman court in four years.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

United States versus France in the final event of the Paris Olympics. USA needs to win just to tie China in the Gold Medal count.