The United States on Thursday night knocked off
Nigeria’s D’Tigers 156-73, in the highest scoring basketball game in Olympic
history.
It was a game in which Olympic scoring records were
broken across the board, reports NBA Circle.
Carmelo Anthony scored 37, surpassing the US record of
31 by Stephon Marbury, on 10/12 from three point land, also a US record, in
just 14 minutes.
The US shot 29/46 from 3 (a record) & 30/37 from
inside the arc on 41 assists (tying the Olympic record). The 156 US points
surpassed the Olympic record of 138 by Brazil and the 83 point differential is
a US Olympic record.
The final score of 156 points is the U.S highest
winning scoring while 83 point differential is a U.S Olympic record.
The sensational win featured 37 points from Carmelo
Anthony for a U.S Olympic individual scoring high.
No fewer than 12,000 spectators gathered on Thursday to
watch the keen Group A basketball game between both sides at the Olympic
basketball arena in London.
The game was another dismal outing for Nigeria’s
D’Tigers, two days after their defeat by Lithuania.
The USA-Nigeria game ended 49-25
in the first quarter and was 78-42 at half-time.
The third quarter ended 119-62
in favour of U.S, with Nigeria showing no sign of improving.
The game ended U.S 156 Nigeria 73, with many going away
disappointed at Nigeria’s poor outing so far
Oh noooo :-(
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