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Team USA Basketball Stunned By Loss To Team Nigeria In Olympics Warm-Up Exhibition

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Team USA basketball is used to rolling out the balls and taking home a victory in its Olympics games. The team was 39-0 in its last three Olympic seasons, including exhibitions.Make that 39-1 after Saturday night.

That’s when upstart Team Nigeria smacked a US team led by all-world forward Kevin Durant by the score of 90-87. It was only an exhibition game, but it sends a message that Olympics gold is not guaranteed for a US squad led by some of the NBA’s greats.Team USA had to feel confident heading into the game.

The US has beaten Nigeria by 127 points in its last two meetings, one at the 2012 London Olympics, the other a warm-up exhibition for the 2016 Rio games.But the Nigerian team, made up mostly of fringe NBA players with a few college

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