'Some good, some bad' 🤷‍♂️ Brian Windhorst on Team USA's 6-point win over Australia | NBA Today

[@OGBasic]

Australia doesn’t have the same team, great journalism

[@SunsJoel]

Booker and AD quite literally won the game for USA today amd all you guys talk about is like Ant dominating the game. SMH He had an awesome 1st Qtr and then bricked and ball hogged the rest of the game. Through 2 games Booker and Ant have acored the exact same amount of points but Booker has done it on MUCH higher efficiency and LESS minutes. LMFAO Y'all a JOKE!!!!

[@brettt141]

This is ants team.

[@wiseandstrong3386]

​@@brettt141Good joke😂😂😂. Not even close.

[@Henry18845]

THIS PRESENCE IS ENOUGH FOR US

[@adu11]

Maybe because Ant was the clear leader and best player on the team only a year ago and 2 decent games from Booker shouldn't mean we should all be on his nuts? 🤔

[@funkslave9425]

Book>>Antman

[@AreolaAnthony]

That line up Richard said….. 😤😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@marlynemonroy6008]

Nope

[@keyshawnwirt1553]

In the NBA no but in the Olympics that lineup would be unstoppable 😮‍💨‼️

[@DEVILISHLY_DELICIOUS]

​@@keyshawnwirt1553because they play real basketball in the Olympics, not the nba.

[@RyanClark-dl3sd]

@@DEVILISHLY_DELICIOUSyou definitely don’t watch the nba or are just a hater. I’m guessing both.

[@DEVILISHLY_DELICIOUS]

@RyanClark-dl3sd unfortunately, I grew up watching the goat. He set such a high standard of what it means to play like a man, that playing the way curry does equates to playing like a girl. Plus, curry can't play any other way because he isn't athletic enough to play like a man. That's why players who are athletic enough to play like men are an embarrassment to the sport for playing like curry/a girl.

[@ZoraDelaney]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="76">1:16</a>: I see KD and Ant now have their own handshake lol

[@ro8247]

Book better watch out Ant man wants Books teammates 👀

[@keithanderson2148]

RJ's 5 of Bron,jt,kd,ad,embiid is hella deadly

[@Bastillon]

stupid lineup with poor spacing. 4 of those guys are used to scoring in the paint and driving inside with shooters around them. Only KD is a true outside scorer.

[@RoryMiller-ng4jw]

There's no way you have Steph on a roster and don't start him lol

[@KnowledgeTv___]

RJ look like a dying Christmas ornament😂😂😂😂

[@garymonaghan7196]

I love seeing Matthew dellevedova Still playing albeit not in the NBA but still playing

[@intothefrayyo]

RJ .. what are you doing 😂😂

[@VJAYJR]

The way he brought up jokic like if he alone is going to kill the US in the interior smh..I hope the rest of the Serbian team is on the same page

[@marklumar2034]

If we defend like this he honestly might! Dominate inside and setup the rest of the team for open threes

[@luislara4266]

​@@marklumar2034can't dominate inside whe we have our own scoring bigs vs one really good scoring big loll not scared

[@dami1936]

​@@luislara4266Y'all underestimate Serbia so much. Trust me when I say they're COLD, even without Jokić

[@miroslavvekic2305]

@@dami1936 Milutinov was more telented than Jokić U18. If he didn't't get sick and missed basketball for like year or more

[@TheStrawThatStirsTheDrink]

Tell me you only know USA basketball and nothing more without telling me.

[@jalynjones9136]

No book highlights? lol y’all are so obsessed with ant

[@noahdoria6472]

Preach!!! We need more love for the best SG

[@mtbaxel9643]

Richard Jefferson's disrespect for Stephen... Common man...

[@ahmedegal6808]

ant needs to start over holiday i dont get it hes a lockdown defender too

[@marlynemonroy6008]

I agree!

[@HomerunsamSOSA]

@@ahmedegal6808he’s not a better defender than jrue tho and I love ant. All around I’m taking Ant. But for that role they have for defense jrue has it locked (pun intended)

[@ahmedegal6808]

@@HomerunsamSOSA idk i rather have ant

[@Jaywrites23]

He doesn’t give Steph the credit for the POINT GUARD he still is. Only referred to him and ant at the same position because he sees Steph as mostly a shooter

[@xedril]

whoever said that this team is much better than the 92 dreamteam must be smokin crack... dominance should be expected for the dream team and only the 92 did it...

[@expressvpn8433]

We went from “we should beat everyone by 20” to “these guys don’t know how to play together” lmao

[@matthewlws86]

I feel like I was watching a different game?? The whole Game USA was in control I’m bugging right???

[@Jjmoore221121]

these dudes probably didn’t even watch. It might have been 6 points at the end but the game was never close.

[@aidanloveridge1721]

Windy watched the game and had some concerns. You cant be that bad in the paint against Serbia and that is a fair point

[@corpyhogan4433]

Yeah, this Olympic will really come down to team USA beating themselves

[@HomerunsamSOSA]

Nah they did close the gap but USA was never gonna lose that game.

[@OhJustSomeRandomGuy]

I mean, 18 turnovers is a concern. Joel Embiid getting 5 boards and showing up in most of Australia's highlights is a concern.

[@dsm577]

the Ant Edwards narrative must never die 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheRealBruceLouis]

I don't know if there's some irony to this or if it's just a funny thing that happened, but USA needing a naturalized citizen in Joel Embiid is quite something when it's always the Americans that sends all their citizens not good enough for the NBA or team USA away to be naturalized in other countries for needs.

[@jaredwashington6708]

“Give me a shot at that interior” is wild

[@Troll-king23]

Jaylen brown supposed to be there his athleticism alone is needed! His defense also this is ridiculous

[@TheDON914]

FACTS

[@nkosimataka5565]

More ball handlers is what this team doesn’t need. If LBJ is shooting catch’n’Shoot 3’s why would you need Jaylen brown

[@Marcus-kr9dk]

Derrick whites defense is better

[@Powerule23]

He's not there. If, would, could, should...

[@vamoneygroup]

​@@Marcus-kr9dkbot alert

[@MISTERBLVNCO]

Ant, AD, and Bam are the top 3 players on the team so far

[@TJWest-if3ny]

@MISTERBLVNCO neither Ant or Embiid should start. They’re ball stoppers and their playmaking is subpar.

[@MISTERBLVNCO]

@@TJWest-if3ny that’s why you have guys like Bron and Curry , Jrue, Hali, Bam, DW to facilitate HELLO

[@_nc.incarnate_3770]

Ad has been the best player by a mile. Hes been scoring nearly as much as ant on better efficiency and getting 11+ rebounds while playing the best defense on the team. 17 points, 14 rebounds, 3 stocks in 18 minutes is insane.

[@PetrodollarDealEndedSoWakeUp]

@@_nc.incarnate_37703 stocks? You mean STEALS/BLOCKS?

[@Hussleboyb]

Until KD join back

[@michaelanddenisafoster3328]

ESPN has seriously turned into the View.

[@jordan-uo7vo]

Gotta bench embid for ad dude not in shape at all

[@jordanlove4717]

If Australia had been Simmons and Kyrie they might have been able to win this game

[@polymathkim]

"these OG's never played with young Mike" --Anthony "Antman" Edwards

[@marricewilliams5917]

I watched this game in person. Although the US dominated the first half, Australia's pick and roll offense really could not be stopped, and as the game progressed the went to this action over and over. Their guards were able to get in the lane and repeatedly made good reads to their bigs (thus the 68 paint points mentioned by Windhorst). In the second half, the US turned to ball over way too much, especially in a key run in the third (and early parts of the 4th) when Australia cut a double-digit lead down. In my opinion, this game was way more about the US team's lack of defensive execution than it was about offense production. I think if they improve their rotations on pick and rolls and communicate better on off-ball screens and misdirection by their opponents, then they should do well moving forward. Furthermore, Australia ran several impressive ATO's which led to immediate scores (I think 3) in the second half. I know everyone wants to see dunks, threes, and an up and down game from the US team, but they can only do that if they can control the defensive end of the court.

[@CoachRJ334]

Steph Holiday Tatum LBJ Embiid It's not who starts it's who finishes Closing Lineup Steph Booker Ant Bron AD

[@tae1or]

no KD?

[@CoachRJ334]

@@tae1or send KD home he's a distraction

[@Ripdd1975]

Ad did dude wrong walking over him

[@yeahaight1163]

They’ve been trying so so hard to make ant Edwards the star

[@billhicks808]

He is. You all are trying real hard to keep him from it. Sorry he's not a Laker.

[@TheDON914]

​@@billhicks808that poverty franchise in shambles 🚮

[@dmoney51630]

@@TheDON914 with 17 rings, get yo goofy azz on

[@AllanteHarvey]

@@billhicks808he not booker been playing better in the lineup or not

[@HomerunsamSOSA]

@@AllanteHarveyhe is. Have you been watching ? He created his own shot, he passin and defending. Booker is a spot up shooter on. This team.

[@ozob]

Embid is never in shape stop making excuses Richard and he shouldn’t be in the starting line up

[@GMoneyXL1969]

Why isn't AD a starter?

[@kaysheye7784]

Team USA has been fine either way

[@dreskee8422]

What type of response is B+ effort. As a American, you always put forth an A+ effort.😎

[@relivec]

The dream team never let a single game get within 10 points ever. From exhibition games to Olympic final

[@jamestillman9810]

That was a different era. The foreign teams had virtually no NBA players. If this team played those opponents, it would be 30 point or more victories.

[@yddubbud8229]

what is this obsession with the dream team?

[@methos4866]

​@@yddubbud8229They are simply the standard by which Team USA is measured.

[@nnamdi602]

Windy wasn’t no where to be seen when they whooped on Canada 😂

[@Chupapiyayaya]

Whooped?

[@corpyhogan4433]

@@Chupapiyayayayes lol Canada started to close the gap in garbage time

[@xofmetleh6618]

Exhibition game

[@Roadrunner0077]

USA was losing sis​@@corpyhogan4433

[@Jaydoggie1]

what does that have to do with being sloppy in the paint? Serbia will dominate the USA if they dont fix their work in the paint

[@Reddo2407]

The USA needs to do serious work on their defense

[@Getdownhill22]

Wym they we're barely playing smh

[@beantown4life]

​@@Getdownhill22they played like crap

[@ajthompson7000]

@@beantown4lifethey didn’t play bad till the 4th quarter they were up 20

[@beantown4life]

@@ajthompson7000 you're happy with a 6 point win

[@Karlo-e5y]

Also had turnovers which is more about chemistry given time

[@samltaif163]

Lebron -PG Steph - SG KD -SF AD -PF Embiid -C

[@fan2hd277]

The fact that they had to buy Embiid to weaken France shows how little confidence the us have in their potential.

[@billysummers1616]

France are giving him death threats for choosing the US, so that shows how little confidence they have. 4 straight Olympic golds, how about France?.....

[@blinkonce29]

What game were they watching, they literally cut the lead when the game was basically over like what.

[@moonoo2353]

People need to calm down lol, Usa just messed around in this game. When they really played, they were up by 20+ then they kinda let it go. When the olympics come, we are gonna win everygame by 20+. Guarenteed. Nothing to worry about.

[@user-lt1fx2he5s]

You can’t be messing around because you might catch the right team on the wrong day and they will upset you.

[@stackhat8624]

Yet Australia wasn't testing and "messing" around? All teams at this stage are "messing" around with lineups and testing things.

[@JeremyGraczyk]

​@@stackhat8624Nah I watched the whole game, Australia looked very well put-together with great on- and off-ball movement, looked like they've played together a while and know what they're doing. The US just stopped caring in the 2nd half. They went up 24 and were basically just like "eh, good enough" - almost every turnover that occurred to get Australia back in the game was unforced. Sure a couple guys like AD and Book put in effort the whole game but again, if the whole team takes it seriously the entire game they can't be beat

[@barnowl2832]

Hope team USA agrees! Lol

[@methos4866]

Can you tell me the lottery numbers for next week as well?

[@torianoflennory3775]

USA Basketball gold Even though SLO starts

[@ggsway14ggsway14]

Coffee is life.

[@jsn23nc]

Patty Mills and Giddy is Australia best players 😂😂😂. Dont want to hear no excuses

[@joel_13_]

International ball is different

[@RCL5976]

​@joel_13_ that's an excuse

[@otisls]

"We talking about practice. Not a game. Not a game. Not a game. We talking about practice", Allen Iverson’s, May 7, 2002 ...

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Five in & five out 1st unit PG: Stephen Curry SG: Jayson Tatum SF: LeBron James PF: Kevin Durant C: Joel Embiid 2nd unit PG: Tyrese Haliburton SG: Anthony Edwards SF: Devin Booker PF: Anthony Davis C: Bam Adebayo

[@tae1or]

no jrue or derrick white tho 🤔

[@SomeChink]

Good thing you don’t coach the team, because I can guarantee you the coaching staff doesn’t see Holiday as the 11th man on this team

[@torianoflennory3775]

Great 2nd unit....

[@____2080_____]

I’m really angry at this segment. I expect ESPN to go in to not just cheerleading for the US team, but show that the US team was literally a conga line in the paint, allowing for Australia to essentially pick a part that paint. This is necessarily about when the losses, but really going to the XO’s of things the US can do better and in light of the entire world playing much better than the dream team era

[@marklumar2034]

I wanna see more of Steph, Haliburton, and Bam together. They could really push the ball and have fluid movement in the half court.

[@user-qf1br9dq8m]

Espn analysts lookin like they're in a circus now a days.

[@meechryles7072]

It's been that way for awhile now

[@tigerhoods7927]

They always been

[@user-qf1br9dq8m]

@@tigerhoods7927 not like lately

[@tigerhoods7927]

@@user-qf1br9dq8m lol it’s been like this for years

[@user-qf1br9dq8m]

@@tigerhoods7927 not like lately, not like lately, not like lately

[@boblansonfig3972]

1. Basketball has grown tremendously from the 90’s , expectations of us blowing out teams like they did back then is not realistic lol teams and player development are way better 2. I don’t expect USA to be flawless , but at the end of the day we will win God I’m truly not worried . Yes we have big names , but people need to understand how important chemistry is lol big names don’t matter without chemistry , with that being said we have enough to win even if it’s by 10 or less .

[@MrWilson-zx9ix]

The starters for both sides broke even but the USA bench smashed the Aussie bench.

[@baffingirl4648]

Thinking that US team is awfully insecure when Grant Hill announced how heavily US team recruited Embiid away from France team! Optics of poaching when you already were stacked with stars upon stars DONT look so great!

[@richardjimenez4496]

yea im not worried. we’re still figuring out lineups while teams are going to have their best shooting nights and it won’t be enough cause we have more game changers and playmakers on defense.

[@malikgreen9312]

Steph Ant Kd when healthy Lebron and AD

[@pinbarbecue1100]

I doubt KD comes back because of the calf injury

[@kaysheye7784]

@@pinbarbecue1100 you think he will be back for the real games?

[@pinbarbecue1100]

@kaysheye7784 I hope so, but calf injury is tricky. KD is injury prone too

[@TheCoco7411]

KD tryna get a medal without playing

[@DEVILISHLY_DELICIOUS]

Steph plays like a wnba player. Ant plays like an nba player.

[@tigera6]

And Fiba basketball isnt NBA neither, its more like WNBA.

[@DEVILISHLY_DELICIOUS]

@tigera6 not if the USA team plays it. FIBA basketball is like the wnba because the players aren't as athletic as the best nba players. When the USA team loses by missing a bunch of 3s and giving up a bunch of paint points you'll see what I'm talking about.

[@WaveChronicles0]

It’s funny they compare this team to the Dream Team.

[@crazyvideotape245]

its funny people dont realize that the foreign basketball teams that the original (dream team) played way back in "92" was the weakest foreign basketball teams in olympic history, lol the foreign basketball teams now today are way more skilled, tougher , better and advanced now in the 2020's , and today's usa basketball team are definitely playing against way harder , tougher more difficult competition overseas than the original dream team did in "92" that's just facts.

[@WaveChronicles0]

@@crazyvideotape245 So you’re saying the best concentration of basketball players on one team on earth, can barely beat teams where the rest of the talent is spread out amongst many countries, got it lol👌🏾

[@WaveChronicles0]

@@crazyvideotape245 The facts are the best player on Australia is Josh Giddey..you can argue every single player on Team USA is TWICE as good as Giddey..win by 6 lmao

[@Eltardotv]

We need Kd lol

[@gabepizza]

The FIBA team last year was actually undefeated in exhibitions. It was the 2019 & 2021 teams that lost in exhibition

[@ZoraDelaney]

I think they were referring to the 2021 Olympic team......

[@raymondchew1561]

Joel Embiid looks so slow out there

[@kaysheye7784]

He will get there eventually

[@methos4866]

​@@kaysheye7784story of his career 🤣

[@Z00000M]

If it's not a blowout then it is bad because we all know a real strong USAB team will dominate every game.

[@lxpang]

My expectations are that team USA should be better prepared before leaving US shores and that they should beat Australia by 20 or more.

[@DD-sr9xm]

It’s a boondoggle. They are going to France in the summer for a free holiday - to drink wine and shop at LV.

[@PetrodollarDealEndedSoWakeUp]

It’s boondoggle, chicanery and shenanigans. Indeed.

[@CowboyChuntis]

she cooked at the end. Ant should start because he is the best player on the team.

[@notnaaferrer]

This just shows you don't need a super team to win a championship, what you need is chemistry and team play. You may have all the superstars but if you don't play well together then you end up like this.

[@PrVox34]

This may be the 1st time they lose with their AA team

[@fan2hd277]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="363">6:03</a> what is he smoking! This is a shooting lineup it has nothing to do with size and defense. The only guy that can really defend there is AD.

[@garymonaghan7196]

A win is a win, no matter what but we want to win by 30 or more to make a statement that we are still the best

[@ernestmuric6719]

That American team has the top ten players in the NBA on it. The Aussie team has a old patty mills a 6 th man in NBA and that kid who slept with a minor.

[@TheOGGrandpa]

The two women look like peacocks with their outfits and they got the audacity to roast my boy RJ for his fit

[@Woppy323]

Bron looks good and playing the role well

[@kwilliams1958]

Great big line up by RJ...most definitely not an original note, because the coaching staff has different line ups for different matchups.

[@enriqueheal]

If you watched the game Bron is not defending 😂😂

[@anthonycortez9905]

I hope that Team USA doesn't rely so much on the three-pointer. They gave up a lot of points in the paint but spent very little time scoring in the paint. As long as they hit 3-pointers and the other team is hitting two pointers, they will win. If the 3 ball is not falling these international teams will have a chance.

[@torianoflennory3775]

Keep da Great us work 💯

[@nitoshadow]

USA team will be fine a bunch of elite versatile players

[@ThisAinThatMetro]

Ben Simmons couldn’t even make Australia team lmao

[@duchampsrook]

Fans don’t want to see B+ basketball, we want to see A+ basketball. Can’t compare this USA Basketball team vs the Dream Team until they bring back the Gold!

[@phatch5444]

Lighting did windy dirty

[@MMAALL]

Pretty deplorable effort by US. I mean, they won. But that was about a 70 percent effort game. They out-talented Australia. They didn’t out-effort them, however.

[@TJWest-if3ny]

@MMAALL haha deplorable?! Shut up.

[@seanrobinson8676]

All these countries have top NBA talent who have played together more the the USA team I'm not asking them to blow out teams just win

[@kentstateflash]

Go World

[@thep751]

Who are these top talents? None of them ever even make a nba all star teams or games once. Except for Giddy, I think none of them are NBA starters on their respective teams. Usa let them drive to the basket all day, always late and not putting good effort on defense. Only 3 point shots save them the game.

[@tigera6]

Imagine Kobe was on this team, he would have given them US boys a whooping in the locker room. Kobe never cheat effort.

[@stephenl7756]

That lineup is the checkmate move. Problem is you got Steph and ant on the bench. It’s stupid the amount of firepower they have. I want Steph ant and booker splitting time at the 2?

[@j-dizzle6264]

Team USA has too much fire power coming of the bench... to say their roster is deep is an understatement. Any loses will be upsets... but, there's a handful of teams that are good enough to push them... Canada (should be ranked 2nd), Australia, Germany (underrated), Spain. The fact that Canada is ranked 7th in the world rankings goes to show you that the rankings don't really mean anything... I'd say they really should be ranked 2nd. Australia played well... great teamwork... very well balanced roster. They should come away from that game thinking on a good day they could win.

[@blantonmcelhaney5614]

They need to let the best players play more minutes. Stop coaching like this is an ALL STAR GAME.

[@40yearprocess.6]

Has anyone seen Ben Simmons?! 😮

[@methos4866]

He's missing... just like his ability to shoot.

[@ngkky]

Tyrese Haliburton should be the last guy off the bench. He plays no defense whatsoever.

[@user-vu7hg1sq4y]

Cancel your ESPN

[@OfficialMJLILJ]

Play some Australian highlights 😂😂

[@mcu2478]

Why are these women reporting the NBA ??? God please tell me that……

[@briananderson9650]

How dream team was whipped ppl by 80-100 😂😂😂

[@terrenceburnette187]

It's so much more talent around the world now I'm basketball..players literally scoring at high will..

[@jsn23nc]

​@terrenceburnette187 wrong Dream Team was just more talented bigger and physical

[@jameskent836]

They sucked back then the opposing teams

[@captain2323]

The world has caught up now as windy has said. Dream team had it easy while also being STACKED like this team.

[@ryanbennettbennett4059]

Kids picked right. That jacket is dope.

[@torianoflennory3775]

Can I say da real forgot live show no hate can I say 2nd unit defense better than offense ADJrue tyHaliburtn 2nd unit defense looks so Bett than starters 💯💯

[@peterthegreat6385]

Team USA 2nd half play is concerning

[@yddubbud8229]

when team USA beats Serbia and Germany in their exhibitioin games, these should shut up these naysayers

[@pg13pacernation30]

AD has been the best player so far but hey will see once the Olympic Games start

[@torianoflennory3775]

I like 2nd unit more overall that unit truly wins great contributions Ant davis

[@mdsoulsounds]

Velvet and fur in July! 😄

[@jac6811]

If they understood that this is what we want to see in the All-Star game, granted this is one sided but look they can actually play both sides of the court and its awesome to see.

[@Firefenex1996]

How dare they joke about RJs fit while wearing jackson Pollock throw up.

[@JC-zk7rt]

A.E. looking like MJ or Kobe, already developing his jumpers getting all the fans excited. Basically just give it to the guys that reps Kobe to get it done.

[@c.j.4620]

RJ should have worn a white shirt.

[@exploshai]

this isn't a full strength aus team, their best player thybulle isn't even in the squad

[@redconsciousness2090]

They just stopped carrying about the game in the last 6 minutes. They will be more then fine

[@fearsDNA]

Guys who don’t play talking so much basketball is crazy.

[@ebrowne25]

Get Tatum out the starting lineup

[@Knickerbocker7]

Windy looking skinnier or is it just me?

[@nabetse1999]

Yeah, he looks better compared to how he looked a year ago. Hope he continues to get healthier

[@mtbaxel9643]

They left his luggage in Dallas so he's not very happy

[@joshtate3954]

Could be Ozempic

[@user-qf1br9dq8m]

Dark shirts hide the man boobs

[@vicr5665]

Bron promised him to be drafted by lakers next season. So, dude is getting in shape.