For U.S. It's Back to Reality of NBA

2007/09/04 17:26:49 @NBA.com: News

Sam Smith of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE writes, "And now Kobe Bryant goes back to throwing passes to Kwame Brown. Or not. "Everybody was in the locker room after the game," Chauncey Billups said with a laugh, "and it was like, 'Oh man, it's back to reality.' Though I think I'm better off than a lot of these guys. My reality is a [good] one." Yes, it's over for the U.S. basketball team until next summer after Sunday's 118-81 victory over Argentina for the gold medal in the FIBA Americas Olympic qualifier. Argentina earned the other Olympic bid. These two teams likely will compete again for the gold medal, which Argentina took in the 2004 Olympics."
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