Had to comment on the Olympics I watched yesterday. That 4X100 swimming relay was insane. My wife actually audibly yelled when the random U.S. guy caught the heavily favored French guy to win the gold. To get her to yell about a sporting event is pretty difficult to do. Me, not so much. But she doesn't get that excited often. I was really, really entertaining.
Also, Olympic basketball is excellent. It is unlike an NBA game, because the teams opposing the U.S. team play like mid-major college teams, except for the most part they are much more talented. The U.S. team is so talented, but they have a hard time ridding themselves of the NBA style of play. They have a really hard time defending the three, which showed when China opened up at 7 for 11. If they continue not to close out on the shooter, Spain and/or Greece is going to make 25 threes in a game on them and win. What I don't understand is why the U.S. doesn't play full court and trap the opposition. Whenever they decide to do it, they get themselves four or five steals and dunks in a row. And they are quick enough to get back if the press is broken. All of their guys are relatively young, and the "big" guys are small, so there is no reason they couldn't run the floor for 40 minutes. Anyway, the game was really fun to watch yesterday. Sucks that they play at like 8 a.m., so I probably won't get to watch another one (because I will be smashed for Saturday mornings game).
On a side note, surprising that a crazy fucking Chinese guy randomly stabbed two Americans (no it really is surprising.) Also surprising is that a citizen killed someone before a member of the Chinese police/military did.
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