Time-Lapse Video of Venue Deconstruction

This link will take you an article from The Guardian newspaper that includes a time-lapse video of some of the temporary venues being taken down.  Included among the venues being deconstructed is the basketball arena shown above.

US Men's Basketball Team

Last night the US men's basketball team beat Nigeria 153 to 71 and set an Olympic record for most points scored in a game.  The previous  record of 138 points had been set by Brazil in 1988.  Here are just a few of the statistics from last night's game:

- Overall shooting 58 of 81 (72%)
- 2 point shooting 29 of 36 (81%)
- 3 point shooting 29 of 45 (64%)
- Free throw shooting: 8 of 12 (67%)
- 36 rebounds
- 49 assists
- 7 turnovers

 Lebron James before the game.

Carmelo Anthony

Kobe Bryant

US bench.

Anthony Davis

Kevin Durant

Timeout.

 Deron Williams

Lebron James

Coach Mike Kryzewski

Russell Westbrook

The team acknowledging the crowd after its record-setting win.

The other game of the evening saw Great Britain losing to Spain by a score of 78-79. Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls plays for Great Britain.  (In case you might not know, I live in the Chicago area.)

US Women's Basketball Team

There were two games at tonight's women's basketball session.  The first game featured Canada (red) against Great Britain (white).

As you can imagine, there were a lot of British fans on hands.

Great Britain's Natalie Stafford suffered a black eye after catching an elbow in Great Britain's 65-73 loss to Canada.



The second game in the session saw the US breeze past Angola.  The final score was 93-38.

Tip-off.

Coach Geno Auriemma

Lindsay Whalen

Simone Augustus

Sue Bird

Time out.

Maya Moore

Angel McCoughtry

Asjha Jones

The halftime entertainment included a unique presentation of the Olympic rings.

Swin Cash

Diana Taurasi

Candace Parker