Did Group Play Reveal Any Secrets to Beating Team USA?

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“We’re not playing our game… We’re buying into what they want to do.” – @KennethFaried35 on what went wrong in the first half.

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The U.S.’s stagnant half-court offense (in which, annoyingly, there’s almost no off-ball movement whatsoever) was somewhat exposed. And the use of full-on zone defenses obviously bothered American players who so rarely see them.
Then again, maybe that first half against Turkey offered no real cause for concern.

Per Nate Duncan of BasketballInsiders.com:

The US did struggle to score in the first half, managing only 35 points on 40 possessions.  But the zone was not the culprit, as the US largely had good possessions.  I counted only five possessions that were suboptimal from a process standpoint, i.e. possessions that ended badly due to a poor decision or inability to get a good shot.  Instead, the US was done in by factors of their own making. There were three completely unforced turnovers where they simply misthrew passes to wide open shooters.  And those shooters, in large part Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, missed a lot of open shots, especially in the first quarter when the US was 1-9 from distance.

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