What if we'd lost?

Fox Sports has the story of the 'squeaker' win by the US basketball team over the Angolan team: "Team USA's 97-76 win over Angola was actually a shocker. Given that their opponents were undersized, poor shooters, inferior ball-handlers, and virtually defenseless, the Americans didn't do themselves any good by playing in such a sloppy and lackadaisical fashion. Despite all of the convenient excuses — they'd just had a day off, it's hard to get up for such a weak opponent, they were conserving their energy for the forthcoming contest vs. Greece — the Americans were just plain awful."

Rico says he's relieved that we won't have to make endless excuses for actually losing...