USA Basketball Liveblogging

The USA versus China Olympic Basketball Game is going to be one of the most watched basketball games of all time, so why not at 10 EST in the morning live blog it. There are over a billion people in China and roughly 20,000 people in Watertown, Massachusetts, so there are going to be mad viewers.
President Bush and President Hu are in attendance and as I begin writing four minutes have passed in the first quarter with China leading 11-9. The game started with a Yao Ming 3-pointer and China has continued to shoot well from outside. Dwight Howard and LeBron have been outstanding for the US with Howard getting the US on the scoreboard with a vicious dunk over Yao. LeBron is taking it to the basket and finishing difficult shots and just pinned the ball on a fast break, too. Kobe looks weak, as he has hit the side of the backboard and gotten blocked by Yao already. Jason Kidd has been subbed for already, thankfully, as I trust Chris Paul and a very good Deron Williams to carry the US at the point. Another thing of note, the announces are Mike Breen and Doug Collins – who is wearing very ugly prescription sunglasses inside – instead of the two ridiculous dudes that were commentating the tune up games. Too bad we won’t hear that dude say things like “sick, dude, sexy, baby, etc.”
Chen Jianghua breaks down the US team impressively, getting to the basket and now a Wang Zhu Zhu appearance. Yi Jianlin has been disappointing so far as he has done nothing and the US on defense keep hacking and going for every possible steal ever. The game has been exciting so far with a tie score of 16-16 although we know Chris Adams-Wall isn’t watching as he hates it and is probably watching “21” the movie about counting cards in preparation for his 21st birthday!!
The first quarter has come to a close with the US leading 20-16 and the last minute was quite entertaining with Yi trying to draw a foul on Howard and ending up throwing the ball way out of bounds, but China somehow getting the ball back on a weird call. Carmelo Anthony grabbed a board with one hand and brought it in and yelled, “Ooooooohhhh!!!” even though no one was competing for it with him. And there was a shot of LeBron on the bench biting his nails like he for some reason always does.
US leads 31-29 halfway through the second quarter, I had to take a typing break so I could eat some breakfast man. Some more meaningless things I observed, Yi Jianlin looks putrid getting destroyed on both ends, Nets fans are pumped if there are any! LeBron is proving he is the best player in the world as he has made another spectacular play by blocking a Chen Jianghua shot with two hands and then throwing a Kevin Love outlet pass to Dwyane Wade for the dunk on the other end. Kobe made his first significant play by dunking on some dude with two hands after earlier in the quarter saving a ball on the China end and giving them a lay-up. China is hitting everything from 3 keeping them in the game, maybe the US should contest at least a couple of these shots.
Wow! a magnificent sequence, Jason Kidd with a one handed long pass to Wade who threw up a lob to LeBron, who of course finished on a dude and got the foul, then proceeding to miss the free throw. The US is so bad at free throws as mainly Howard and LeBron seem to be taking them, that’s a problem. The US has quickly extended the lead to 13 points with a minute or so left in the half, scoring mainly on transition buckets. US leads at the half 49-37, and the China team Hyperdunk shoes are all red and quite ugly, weird that every country has the same shoes and tight fitting jerseys. Nike is dominating the world, and Dwight Howard is on the outside as he is the only non-Nike member of the US team and he gets no notoriety because of it. Howard is the best big man on the planet and played pretty much the entire first half, shutting down Yao, and gets no love because he rocks Adidas. I guess that makes sense as Adidas sucks newayz.
I am going to listen to “Green Light” by John Legend featuring Andre 3000 and “Lost!” & “Lost?” by Coldplay on repeat throughout halftime. Then I am going to make “Lost?!?!?!?...” on GarageBand. And eff the Netherlands for scoring a goal in the 93rd minute on a lucky but sick free kick!
It’s the second half baby! Yi Jianlin is 1-8 from the floor now and the one is a put back dunk on a missed Yao Ming 3-pointer over Carmelo Anthony. Now Dwight Howard got blocked on a fast break, what is going on?!? LeBron barrels through the lane and dunks, he is mad good yo, believe dat! A very boring third quarter is over with the score 74-48 , US ahead. China only scored 11 points this quarter and saw Yao Ming go down with an ankle injury, not really that good for China or the Rockets! Dwyane Wade has 19 points on 7/7 shooting and 5/5 from the free throw line, that’s cool. The US can’t hit open 3’s especially Kobe and that could serve as a problem later on, Redd hasn’t played much at all, but this game is pretty much O.V.A. I got my mojo back baby, oh behave!
I stopped watching in the fourth quarter, I got bored and browsed the Internet instead. The US probably wins by thirty or so, but I saw this Sonic commercial last night and thought it was extremely funny. Peace friends and just because I’m losing doesn’t mean I’m lost!!