Aug 122012
LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. men’s and women’s basketball teams made their expected sweep of London gold but it was not an open and shut case for the NBA stars in a tough test in the gold medal game against a polished Spain team. The U.S. men made it look easy through most of the tournament with some extraordinary ‘hybrids’ – supremely talented players able to thrive in a variety of roles. A spate of injuries before the final U.S. training camp robbed the American men of some of their most potent pivot men, including Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh. …