USA-Angola Preview

Team USA and Angola face off at 5:00 AM (Pacific) on 8/12 with the game being shown live on the USA cable network. Angola lost to Germany by 29 is their opener while allowing the Germans to shoot a robust 58.6% from the field.

I don’t know what to say really, other than this is the last cupcake the Americans will face the rest of the way. That’s why it’s imperative that Coach K and his staff get all their last minute experimenting out of the way so they are ready to go full bore against Greece and Spain next. Being that Angola’s tallest guy is 6’8 it would behoove K to get his “small ball” unit some extra burn in this tilt.

Angola will play zone defense almost exclusively and shoot a ton of threes to try and stay in it. The problem for Angola though is that they like to run and gun themselves, and any squad that plays that style is dead on arrival versus Team USA.

Look for the Americans to turn up the defensive pressure at the start of the second quarter and make this one a laugher by half time. However be warned that Angola is a very scrappy bunch that never gives up. That could lead to some chippy play before this contest is over.