Jayson Tatum, Staff USA Handed Unprecedented Exhibition Loss To Nigeria

So, Staff USA simply received fairly the wakeup name.

The American basketball crew had its first exhibition recreation Saturday evening in preparation for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. They confronted a Nigeria crew that most likely ought to’ve gotten run out of the constructing by the US.

As a substitute, Nigeria beat Staff USA 90-87.

Positive, it was an exhibition recreation. But it surely arguably was essentially the most spectacular win in Nigerian basketball historical past because it got here in opposition to an American crew that featured, amongst others, Bradley Beal, Kevin Durant, Jayson Tatum and Damian Lillard.

As a substitute, they have been undressed by Gabe Vincent, a two-way participant within the Miami Warmth group, who had 21 factors, 18 of them coming off 3-pointers.

Staff USA was embarrassed on the FIBA World Cup in 2019. They’re not off to significantly better of a begin two years later.

The American’s could have one other exhibition Monday in opposition to Australia.