The American are on their way to another blowout, leading Australia by 30-plus in the fourth in the Olympic quarterfinals. A few moments ago, Coach K had Deron Williams and Chris Paul on the floor at the same time. Talk about scary. That's more point guard talent than the Knicks have had in the last 15 years.
Not a good morning for Bucks G.M. John Hammond or coach Scott Skiles. Andrew Bogut, who signed a $76 million extension this summer, turned his ankle and is limping around on the sideline pretty severely.
Pau Gasol led defending world champion Spain to the semifinals with a 72-59 win over Croatia. Yao Ming and China were knocked out of the medal round with a 94-68 loss to Lithuania.
In other news, Celtics guard Ray Allen got married. Newsday is going to outbid People for the rights to publish the first wedding pics. Or not.