Jul 172012
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Marcelo Huertas, right, is the kind of player that can give Team USA’s pressure defense problems.
Anderson Varejao, Nene Hilario, Tiago Splitter. The Brazilian frontline was NBA-tested and active around the rim — just the kind of matchup that could give relatively undersized Team USA problems at the Olympics in London. But when the two national teams met in Washington DC, it was a 6-3 point guard, Marcelo Huertas, who really gave Team USA headaches.