USA Basketball 2014 World Cup: #USABMNT vs Mexico PREVIEW

USA Basketball 2014 World Cup: #USABMNT vs Mexico PREVIEW (Photo: USA Basketball home page)

USA (5-0) vs Mexico (2-3)

Tipoff: Saturday, Sept 6th, 2014- 7 AM PT

Location: Barcelona, Spain

TV: ESPN2, also available on ESPN3

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors (by @BeeRyry)

Last Game: Mexico lost 87-74 vs Lithuania

USA won 95-71 vs Ukraine

Team USA results:

9/4: USA 95, Ukraine 71
8/30: USA 114, Finland 55 (boxscore)
8/31: USA 98, Turkey 77 (boxscore, highlights)
9/2: USA 98, New Zealand 71 (boxscore)
9/3: USA 106, Domincan Republic 71 (boxscore)

Probable Starting Lineups:

USA:
PG: Kyrie Irving
SG: Stephen Curry
SF: James Harden
PF: Kenneth Faried
C: Anthony Davis

Mexico:
PG: Jorge Gutierrez
SG: Francisco Cruz
SF: Marco Ramos
PF: Hector Hernandez
C: Gustavo Ayon

Stephen Curry Quote:

When asked: Do you feel like the good part about this team in the first five games is that you all haven’t hit that point where you just roll from start to finish, that that game is still to come.

Steph responded: Yeah, we haven’t played the perfect 40 minutes. This is a long journey, nine games and we’ve got to find different ways to win. I think we have gotten better every single game with our performance, so that’s something that was a mission going into pool play, knowing if we played our best we should win the pool and set ourselves up for a lot of confidence while we’re here in Barcelona. So, that’s what we’re doing.”

What to look for:

In the last game vs Ukraine the #SplashBrothers started the fourth quarter together. Hopefully that turns into coach Mike Krzyzewski‘s secret weapon!

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