I woke up at seven this morning, waiting for the USA Basketball Teams first game. So excited for one of my favorite times of the year, I turned on the television only to see the equestrian competition going on. Hoping that the basketball game would ensue, I continued to watch the prancing horses for another twenty minutes. It then came to my attention that there was no possible way that NBC would postpone men's basketball for the equestrian competition, so I looked up the time table online and in the newspaper for the Olympic scheduling, and the rage that emanated was uncontrollable. Unable to do anything whatsoever, however, I angrily went back to sleep, then went to church afterwards. I returned home in time to see the second half of the second quarter. So this live blog will start from there. But before it does, I must have my say. WHY CAN'T NBC PLAY THE GAME DURING LIVE TIME, THEN JUST PLAY IT AGAIN DURING PEAK HOURS? WHO DOES THAT HURT? THE EQUESTRIANS? REALLY? WHO CARES? IF I HAVE TO SEE ONE MORE HORSE FREAKING TROTTING INSTEAD OF WATCHING KOBE AND LEBRON SMASH YAO'S FACE IN, I WILL THRASH THE NBC EXECUTIVE CABINET.
- The first sound I heard actually made me calm down and somewhat dissipated my anger. THEY PLAYED THE NBA ON NBC THEME SONG SHORTLY FOLLOWED BY THE OLYMPIC THEME SONG. I must admit, those are my two favorite television songs ever. There is no competition.
- I just watched Lebron miss two of the worst free throws I have ever seen. Lebron, please PLEASE work on that.
- Kobe looks healthier and the team overall looks livelier. I guess the happy endings aren't being added to the end of those massages anymore.
- After watching the past couple of weeks, I can safely say that Dwayne Wade is NOT the second coming of Penny. He is flying by defenders, bodying up and banging down low, hitting fadeaways, and just being the DWade of old.
- It's halftime now, and the US is up by 12. Not bad, but not up to my expectations. They should be up by 30.
- TEAM USA PRACTICE YOUR FREE THROWS.
- There was a pretty good halftime piece about the NBA in China, and Kobe is the most popular player there. Geez, with Kobe's following here, then considering his following worldwide, he could really create a Kobe army that rivals most any other.
- So according to a report, people paid thirty times the face value for a ticket to watch this game. This is most likely the most viewed Olympic game ever. The USA better win big, so the world respects us again.
- Ok, I have seen George Bush at every big event of this Olympics. It's nice to see how much the President really cares about his country. The lazy bum.
- So Sun Yue is playing against Kobe Bryant. Welcome to the Lakers, rookie.
- TEAM USA PRACTICE YOUR FREE THROWS.
- I like the pace of this game. Everyone is playing their hardest, no one looks lazy or is playing lazy.
- It is almost the end of the 3rd, and DWade hasn't missed a shot yet. He's 6-6 from the field and 5-5 from the line. Wow.
- TEAM USA PRACTICE YOUR FREE THROWS.
- The Coke commercial with Lebron and Yao battling with aspects from each country is a really cool commercial. But a cowboy vs. a dragon? Are you kidding me? That's like comparing Shaq to Frodo. Why not an eagle? If you're talking about animals representing countries, doesn't that make a lot more sense?
- Michael Redd has a damn pretty shot.
- TEAM USA PRACTICE YOUR FREE THROWS.
- While we're talking about shooting, if there was a Olympic Shooting Contest, Team USA would be killed. But they'd make up for it in the Olympic Dunk Contest.
- The Redeem Team is up by 33 now with 5 minutes left. Should have been 50.
- I don't think I've ever thought this before. but Dwight Howard looks small in comparison to Yao. He is a big, big man.
- It's nearing the end of the game, but Yi is looking good. Hopefully he'll like New Jersey more than he liked Milwaukee. He has some skill. And I hope Sun Yue is better than what I've just seen.
- In light the the recent Lakers signing of Sun Yue, I came to realize how ethnically diverse the Lakers are. Nothing close to the Spurs, but a far cry from the team with a token white man that they were before.
- With a final score of 101-70, the Redeem Team dominated. I still think it should have been 50.
- Dwayne Wade made every single shot he took, the ENTIRE GAME. I used to semi-loathe him, but I must admit, I've become a believer.
- So to sum things up, TEAM USA PRACTICE YOUR FREE THROWS.
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