At the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro played in the group stage of the men’s basketball tournament.
The defending Olympic champion and the only favorites of any tournament, the U.S. team expected to qualify from the group stage without misfires, but in the games against Australia, France and Serbia the NBA stars failed to avoid problems.
The main sensation of the group And become Australians, shocking the two European giants – France and Serbia, and both games were won with huge advantage.
In the second group initially smacked a loud sensation – Vice-Champions of the 2012 Olympics the Spanish team started the tournament with defeats by Croatia and Brazil. Once in the verge of departure, Pau Gasol and company are going, consistently beating Nigeria, Lithuania and Argentina.
The results of the group stage:
Group a: USA – 10 Australia – 9, France – 8 Serbia – 7, Venezuela – 6, China – 5.
Group B: Croatia 8, Spain 8, Lithuania – 8 Argentina – 8 Brazil – 7, Nigeria – 6.
Thus, in the 1/4 finals August 17-18 will play:
Australia — Lithuania;
Croatia — Serbia;
Spain — France;
USA — Argentina.
