United States 83-78 Philippines
These last 2 weeks were a pair of very close games, with the first being a 5 point win against the Philippines. Philippines had a very nice guess that connected on our attack, which made this game much closer than it needed to be. Our defense ended up being the catapult that launched us into victory, but one shining star on the offensive end was McNair, who concluded this game on 9-14 shooting with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. The defense held them to just 30% from the field and 78 points and we outrebounded them by 13.
United States 94-88 Israel
This game was a series of runs, and we ultimately came out on top. We were sitting comfortable at the start of the 2nd quarter with a double digit lead, until Israel went on a 4 minute run where they shot 10/10 scoring 23 points to take the lead. We ended up being down 4 at half. The team started out on a hot 8-0 run to start the 2nd half and carried that momentum all the way until the end of the game. I got a little nervous in the final minute, with 50 seconds left we were up 13 and a blinked and next thing I knew we were only up 5. Team held strong though and secured the 6 point win.
We match up with Serbia in our week 4 game. Serbia sits at 0-3 in the group and are coming off of a 18 point loss to Spain earlier today. They are going to come out hot looking for their first win in the group so we will need to make sure that we are ready and do not come out slow.
Go USA!