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Pete McMullen

Scranton, PA
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I am a fan of the Duke Blue Devils and Phoenix Suns. ---- I am a HUGE fan of basketball. It is my life. ----- I am a three-time champion of the Tournament Throwdowns' group TD tournaments. ----- I am a FanNation Hall of Famer. Thanks for voting me in, guys. ----- I also write at InformativeSports.com and Bleacher Report, so look for me there. Take it easy...

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Team USA 87, Australia 76

10:40 AM ET 08.05

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The best test Team USA would face during their exhibition schedule would come in the final game. The Aussies held them to the fewest points of any team so far playing without their star big man, Andrew Bogut, who was out with an ankle injury. The Americans shot an abysmal 16.7% from deep while Australia made 40% of their attempts from three-point range.The Achilles' heel of USA has to be their free throw shooting, which could hurt them in the Olympics against good teams such as Spain. They shot only 60.6% from the line today and Dwight Howard alone went 0-for-6 from the free throw…

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Team USA vs. Turkey Recap

10:56 AM ET 07.31

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In what appeared to be USA's first real international test, the Americans put on quite a show. The alley-oops and ferocious dunks were there as usual, but the offensive cohesiveness was something that was missing from the 2004 team. Kobe Bryant, the reigning NBA MVP, only scored nine points but dished out a game-high seven assists. LeBron James, in his first game back from an ankle injury, put up a impressive stat line of 20 points, five rebounds, and four assists.Dwyane Wade was extremely aggressive on both the offensive and defensive ends yet a tad overaggressive at times, being called…

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