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Nigeria shocks US men's basketball team with historic upset in Olympic tune-up game
Nigeria edged the U.S. 90-87 in Las Vegas, handing the Americans just their third exhibition loss since NBA players began playing in 1992.
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LAS VEGAS — This is not how USA Basketball expected to open its Olympic summer.
Nigeria probably didn’t expect it, either.
If there was any expectation of invincibility for the Americans heading into the Tokyo Olympics, it’s already gone — after Nigeria shocked the U.S. 90-87 on Saturday night.
Nigeria pulled off an international shocker with a roster primarily filled of little-known NBA players that found a way to beat a group of All-NBA, All-Star and max-contract performers.