Team USA may be favored by about 30 points to beat South Sudan on Wednesday at the Olympics, but is nevertheless leery of an upset. For good reason.
“I would say so,” USA coach Steve Kerr confirmed.
In an exhibition game between the two countries July 20 in London, the youngest basketball-playing nation on Earth came within one shot of beating the all-NBA, star-studded Americans.
South Sudan led the game by as many as 16 points, and it took a dominant second half from LeBron James, including his bullish, game-winning drive to the hoop, as well as some rugged defense on the last play of the game to win 101-100 and prevent the ultimate upset.
The rematch is set for 3 p.m. Eastern Time in a massive soccer stadium just outside of Lille, France, about 2 ½ hours north of Paris.
“We have appropriate fear of everybody,” Steph Curry explained. Read more below.
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