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[brandonimhotep]

Nigeria win 90-87 over heavily favored Americans in Vegas. Result marks USA’s first ever defeat to an African opponent. #LASVEGAS -- #TeamUSA suffered a stunning and sobering defeat in its first exhibition game before the #Olympics, getting outplayed by #Nigeria in a 90-87 loss Saturday night. Coming into the game the Americans had been 54-2 in exhibition games since professionals started playing in 1992, and just nine years ago beat Nigeria by 83 points in the #London Olympics. Five years ago, Team USA beat #Nigeria by 43 points in an exhibition. Nigeria has seven current NBA players, and that talent showed, particularly in its physical defense and 3-point shooting. But the Americans started five All-NBA players and were unable to deliver against a team that appeared to play more together, a common challenge in international competition. After falling down by eight points with less than two minutes remaining, Team #USA made a furious rally and twice had the ball with a chance to tie, but its execution was poor. Nigeria made 20-of-42 3-pointers, repeatedly passing its way through Team USA rotations while racking up 21 assists. Guard #GabeVincent, who plays for the #MiamiHeat and goes by #GabeNnamdi when playing for Nigeria, made 6-of-8 3-pointers and finished with 21 points. #CalebAgada, who plays in the #Israeli league and is soon to play summer league with the #DenverNuggets, scored 17 points off the bench. No African team has ever reached the Olympic quarter-finals. The United States return to action on Monday when they face Australia in the second of five pre-Olympics exhibitions. #TeamNigeria 🇳🇬 #TeamUSA 🇺🇸 #Angola #Botswana #Guinea, #Egypt Ethiopia #Ghana #Kenya #Liberia #Mozambique, #Namibia #Nigeria #Senegal #SierraLeone #Somalia #SouthAfrica #Uganda #Zambia #Zimbabwe. https://www.instagram.com/p/CRLmGHTDKmc/?utm_medium=tumblr