Melo, U.S. one win from gold

If there was an award for best bench player during the Olympic men’s basketball tournament, it would have to go to Carmelo Anthony.

After scoring 17 points in a rout over Australia on Wednesday, Melo dropped in 18 on Friday in another blowout — this time against Argentina.

Before the game, Argentina guard and NBA All-Star Manu Ginobili basically noted the game was over. He said, “The odds are against us. We have a 10 percent or even a five percent chance of winning, but we are going to fight for this.

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