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NBA Capsules: Marion's 22 points lift Mavericks over Jazz
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After back-to-back last-possession losses, the Dallas Mavericks easily could have let another one get away.
Instead, the defending champs used veteran leadership to hold off the Utah Jazz 94-91 on Thursday night.
"We hung in there," said Mavs forward Shawn Marion. "We knew they were going to make a run. They're a young and energetic team. They play hard in this building. We kept our composure. We were able to respond after every run they made."
Marion, a 12th-year pro, scored a season-high 22 points, including a late layup off a pass from Jason Kidd. It came after a 3-pointer by Jason Terry broke an 87-all tie with 2:26 remaining.
The win snapped a two-game losing streak and cooled off the league's hottest team.
Actually the Jazz were still pretty hot afterward in a game that saw four technical fouls called and second-year pro Derrick Favors ejected late in the third quarter after throwing the ball into the stands to protest a call.
"It's for sure we got fight," said Al Jefferson, who led Utah with 22 points. "We got to get that reputation around the league that we're not going to be pushed around. We're going to fight to the end. Dallas may have won the game, but they know they were in a fight."
The Jazz were down by 13 in the second quarter and by 11 in the third before rallying. Utah led by three early in the fourth after a dunk by C.J. Miles, but couldn't hold on.
"They had some big buckets down the stretch, and we had a couple of times when we couldn't convert and the stress got to us," said Miles, who finished with 17 points and hit a late 3-pointer for the final margin.
The Jazz lost at home for only the second time all season — the other came in overtime against the Lakers. It was only their second loss in the last 10 games overall.
"This is a big win," said Dirk Nowitzki, who had 12 points and five rebounds for the Mavs. "This is a tough place to play."
Nowitzki stoked the Jazz emotions late in the third when he slapped the ball out of Favors hands after Favors was called for an offensive foul.
Backup point guard Earl Watson stood up for his teammate, and tussled with Nowitzki on the sideline, drawing the first Jazz technical. Thirty seconds later, Favors drew a technical and ejection when he was called for another offensive foul and tossed the ball into the crowd.
"I was pretty frustrated," said Favors, who had 10 points. "I let my emotions get to me."
Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin wasn't happy that the Jazz lost control. But he liked the fight, especially with so many young players seeing significant minutes.
Rookie Alec Burks played 22 minutes and second-year pro Gordon Hayward 27.
"Tyrone Corbin is doing a great job. They have lost a lot of key guys — (Andrei) Kirilenko and (Mehmet) Okur," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. "These young guys are playing hard and playing within the system and their big guys are getting better and better."
Carlisle, who acknowledged before the game that this isn't the same Mavs team that won the NBA title last season, still feels pretty good about the group he does have despite the up-and-down season.
"We're making steady progress," he said. "But it is work. We got to continue with it. It doesn't happen overnight. It simply doesn't."
The Mavs were coming off back-to-back last-possession losses to the Lakers and Clippers, but they came out strong Thursday.
The Mavs led 59-50 at halftime but were up by as many as 13 after a 13-4 run fueled by Marion's running jumper and Terry's 3-pointer.
"We didn't come out with enough energy and intensity in the first half and they jumped on us," said Paul Millsap.
"That was the turning point of the game. You got to bring it."
Nowitzki and the Mavs slowed down one of the league's hottest players in Millsap, limiting the Jazz power forward to 2-of-7 shooting in the first half. Millsap had averaged 23.3 points and 9.8 rebounds in his previous four games but had just six at halftime and finished with 16 on 6-of-16 shooting.
Utah also had dominated in the paint in recent games was but was outscored 30-18 in the first half in that category and 48-38 overall.
Millsap said Utah was slow to rotate defensively and allowed easy layups.
Marion was happy to take advantage.
"I had some great positioning and I was able to get what I wanted to," he said.
"We know we're taking baby steps in the right direction. We're still just trying to learn from mistakes and get better every game."
NOTES: Mavs G/F Vince Carter missed his second straight game with a sprained left foot. Coach Rick Carlisle said before the game the injury is not serious, but that Carter would not rejoin the team on this road trip, which ends Saturday in New Orleans. ... Former Mavs swingman Josh Howard missed his third straight game for Utah with a strained left quad. ... Lamar Odom, who has struggled to find his rhythm since being traded from L.A., started 3 of 3 on Thursday and finished with 11 points. ... Nowitzki was whistled for a technical foul at the end of the first half.
Prosecutor: Mavericks coach charge may be dropped
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The $40,000 bail that a Dallas Mavericks assistant coach posted can be used to clear up a Las Vegas casino debt that led to his arrest in Los Angeles County, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Darrell Armstrong, 43, can direct that the money be used to satisfy $37,500 in casino markers, or IOUs, claimed by Harrah's Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, said Samuel Bateman, chief deputy Clark County district attorney in charge of the bad check unit.
"Usually the bail set is the same as the amount owed," Bateman told The Associated Press. "He agreed to convert it to restitution in return for dropping the case."
Efforts by The Associated Press to identify and reach Armstrong's attorney Thursday weren't immediately successful.
Armstrong and Mavericks Coach Rick Carlisle declined to comment Thursday night before a game against the Utah Jazz.
Armstrong had been named in a felony warrant issued in December stemming from allegations that he failed to repay four markers he obtained June 14 at Harrah's.
Unpaid casino markers are treated in Nevada like bad checks under a state law that lets district attorneys file criminal charges and collect a percentage of any settlement. Bateman's office stands to gain about $3,750.
Armstrong was arrested Tuesday, after Los Angeles sheriff's deputies identified him as a passenger in a vehicle stopped for a traffic violation in Marina Del Rey, Calif. He was freed on bail Wednesday. The driver and another passenger weren't arrested.
Armstrong won't have to appear in person in court when Bateman asks a Las Vegas judge to dismiss the case, the prosecutor said. A date wasn't immediately set.
Mavericks spokeswoman Sarah Melton said Thursday that she had no other information.
-- Ken Ritter
Martin scores 32 in Houston's 90-88 OT win
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Rockets seemed to be rolling in the first half against New Orleans, shooting well and building a double-digit lead. Luis Scola knew better.
"We weren't executing the right way," the Rockets forward said. "They came back, and that's what happens when you don't play good."
Houston survived one of the worst fourth quarters in team history to hold off the Hornets 90-88 in overtime on Thursday night. Kevin Martin scored 27 of his 32 points in the first half, Samuel Dalembert grabbed a season-high 17 rebounds and the Rockets won their fifth straight game. Barely.
"It just looked like the life was out of us," Martin said. "But we found a way to pull out that one."
Courtney Lee scored a season-high 17 points and Kyle Lowry added 10 points and eight assists for the Rockets, who shot 3 for 21 from the field in the fourth quarter and mustered 7 points, matching a team record set three times previously.
Martin hit 10-of-14 shots in the first half, then went 2 for 6 in the fourth as the Hornets rallied to tie it.
"I always tell them, 'Give the fight and do your best,'" New Orleans coach Monty Williams said. "We did everything we could to win the game."
Jason Smith scored 17 points and Jarrett Jack and Marco Belinelli added 15 points apiece for the Hornets, who've lost 12 of 13.
But the players on New Orleans' bench went nuts when Jack swished a baseline jumper with 3:47 left in overtime to give the Hornets their first lead, and Smith hit one from nearly the same spot to put the Hornets up 86-83.
Jack scored again before Dalembert converted a three-point play. Scola sank two free throws to tie it with 1:10 remaining.
Martin picked up a loose ball with under 30 seconds left and missed a layup on a fast break, but Dalembert grabbed the rebound and dunked with 11 seconds left.
"We put ourselves in that situation," Dalembert said. "We dug ourselves so deep that we had to dig ourselves out. And we did it."
Belinelli missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer, and Houston escaped to beat the Hornets for only the second time in the last eight meetings.
"I'm only taking positives from this game," Smith said. "We played hard and that's what we have to do every game to give ourselves a chance to win."
Houston shredded the Hornets' defense in the first half, going 8 for 14 from 3-point range and matching its first-half season high point total set in Monday's 114-106 win in Washington.
With the Hornets focused on Martin in the third quarter, Dalembert scored six points inside to keep Houston in front. But like Scola, Houston coach Kevin McHale sensed that the Rockets were losing their offensive rhythm.
"We had no flow in that second half after having had a lot of flow early," McHale said. "On average, you can feel it coming on and it's a bad feeling."
The Rockets' bench was unable to stretch the lead early in the fourth, and Lowry says the New Orleans defense deserves credit for turning the tide.
"They junked it up a little bit on us," Lowry said. "Just being physical, just being everywhere, just showing hard on the defensive end and making sure we didn't get easy shots."
Martin returned and converted a three-point play with 7:02 left for a 78-69 Houston lead.
The Hornets' defense fueled a 9-0 run capped by Smith's turnaround jumper to cut the deficit to 80-79 with just over two minutes remaining.
Smith had a chance to win it in regulation, but his turnaround at the buzzer rimmed out.
NOTES: The Rockets have held double-digit leads in eight straight games, one shy of matching their longest streak since 2008-09. ... Houston has won 18 consecutive games when holding its opponent below 90 points. ... Dalembert has three double-doubles this season, all in the last week. ... The Hornets have held 12 of their first 14 opponents below 100 points. ... The Rockets had a 53-48 edge on the boards, only the third time this season that the Hornets have been outrebounded. ... Hornets coach Monty Williams set no target date for the return of shooting guard Eric Gordon, who's been out since Jan. 4 with a bruised right knee. ... Rockets F Jordan Hill sat out with flu-like symptoms.
-- Chris Duncan
Other NBA Capsules
James scores 31 as Heat roll past Lakers
MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James shook off flu-like symptoms to score 31 points, Chris Bosh scored 15 and the Miami Heat won their second straight, topping the Los Angeles Lakers 98-87 on Thursday night.
Shane Battier scored 11 and Mario Chalmers finished with 10 for Miami. James was sent home from the team's shootaround practice earlier in the day to rest, and finished with eight rebounds and eight assists to go with 12 for 27 shooting.
Pau Gasol scored a season-high 26 for the Lakers, Kobe Bryant scored 24 and Andrew Bynum finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
Miami moved to 5-0 this season without Dwyane Wade, who missed his second straight game with a sprained right ankle. He missed three games earlier this season with left foot soreness.
News & Notes
After losing Horford, Hawks show surprising grit
ATLANTA (AP) — When Al Horford tumbled to the court, his hopes of playing again this season all but snuffed out, everyone figured he'd take the Atlanta Hawks down with him.
Well, look who's in first place. The Hawks have won four straight since their All-Star center tore his left pectoral muscle, an injury that required surgery and will keep him out for most if not the entire rest of the season.
A talented but enigmatic team known for buckling under pressure, Atlanta has shown surprising grit and resolve in the wake of Horford's devastating injury.
"Everyone really sucked it up to do a little more to fill that void," forward Marvin Williams said. "You can't really replace a guy like that. The whole team has to chip in a little bit to do the things he does."
Granted, all four wins since Horford's injury have come at home, and three were against teams with losing records. Still, the Hawks have impressed even themselves by managing to hang together, led by Joe Johnson and Josh Smith but getting contributions from nearly everyone on the roster.
"I didn't know how we were going to fare without him because he does so much for this ballclub," Smith said. "I think we were able to answer the bell."
Smith, in particular, has taken his game to a new level — or at least the level everyone long expected from this immensely talented player. Still only 26, he's been in the league for seven maddeningly up-and-down seasons, always appearing on the verge of a breakthrough but never quite establishing himself as one of the league's elite offensive weapons.
When he takes the ball to the basket, he can be unstoppable. Too many times, he's been content to sit outside and pump up jumpers.
Not anymore. Since Horford went down, Smith is averaging 21.8 points and 11.8 rebounds per game, stirring talk that he deserves his first trip to the All-Star Game.
"Josh has learned not to just settle. In the past he would settle for a particular part of his game," coach Larry Drew said. "And he's playing under control. When he plays under control and makes the simple play, it makes him that much more effective. He's a really good passer for a big man, and he is really starting to understand the part of staying aggressive and in attack mode, but yet not force it."
Johnson is a five-time All-Star, but he was coming off a tough shooting year and got off to a sluggish start this season. That all changed when the Hawks lost Horford. Since then, Johnson is averaging just under 25 points a game.
"Everybody really made a conscious effort to step their play up, whether it was the bench or the starters," Johnson said. "There's an understanding that without Al, we're missing a big piece of what we do here. Everybody has really focused in a lot more and really stepped their game up."
Indeed, the Hawks' revamped bench has made Horford's injury a lot easier to absorb. Even though cost-conscious Atlanta failed to re-sign Jamal Crawford, the NBA's Sixth Man winner in 2010, some bargain acquisitions by general manager Rick Sund have paid big dividends.
Tracy McGrady, thought to be all washed up, has shown flashes of the skills that once made him such a feared player. Willie Green is giving the Hawks quality minutes. So is Jannero Pargo, running the second unit. And then there's Ivan Johnson, who's been the biggest surprise of all.
A 27-year-old rookie who's had issues with his temper, he was banned from the Korean league for frequent misconduct, culminating with an obscene gesture toward an official, and he was benched in the D-League for getting too many technicals.
He seems to understand this might be his last chance, playing with the sort of controlled desperation that had always eluded him. Clearly, he's got potential, which is why he was on the court in the final minute of Wednesday's 92-89 victory over Portland.
"The bench has been huge all year," Williams said. "We've started slow a couple of times, but they've come in and really turned it up for us."
Now, to get the fans of Atlanta on board.
As usual, the Hawks rank near the bottom of the league in attendance. Even with football season over in these parts and spring training a month away, the Hawks are still struggling to get noticed. They averaged only 12,128 during their perfect homestand and the upper decks behind each basket were largely empty for the win over the Trail Blazers.
Of course, the skepticism by the fans is easy to understand.
The owners, known as Atlanta Spirit, already sold off the city's NHL team and they had a deal to peddle the Hawks to California businessman Alex Meruelo — but the deal fell through over financing issues.
Now, the owners say the team is off the market and they're fully committed to building a championship contender. But it's hard to take them at their word when two large auxiliary scoreboards at each end of Philips Arena have been dark all season, apparently broken. There appears to be no sense of urgency to get them back on line.
The players aren't worried about empty seats or blank scoreboards.
Compared to Horford's injury, those are minor concerns.
The Hawks play six of their next seven games on the road — beginning Friday at Philadelphia. The stretch should provide a better idea of whether this team can keep winning without one of its best players and emotional leader.
Smith wasn't so sure if they could a week ago. Now, he's more confident.
"If," he said, "we keep doing the right things — keep sharing the basketball, keep helping out on the defensive end, keep communicating — I think we'll win our fair share of games."
-- Paul Newberry
Rookie Biyombo moving to center for Bobcats
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Rookie Bismack Biyombo is beginning to make quite an impression with the Charlotte Bobcats. Enough so that he's moving up the depth chart.
Bobcats coach Paul Silas said starting Saturday night against Chicago, Biyombo will move to center where he'll backup starter Byron Mullens for the remainder of the season. That's a good move for Biyombo, who had been buried on the depth chart beneath a glut of power forwards including Tyrus Thomas, D.J. White and, at times, Boris Diaw.
The decision comes after Biyombo's most impressive game as a professional Tuesday night at Orlando.
Biyombo registered his first double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the loss to the Magic, and played well on defense. Even though Magic center Dwight Howard scored 25 points, Silas likes the job Biyombo did on Orlando's dominant big man. Biyombo had four blocks and nine defensive rebounds and seemed to frustrate Howard late in the game.
"I was playing him at the power forward spot and I had so many guys there," Silas said. "But now he's going to be my backup center. He's going to play there from here on in. He and Byron will share that spot and Byron will start and Bismack will come off the bench."
Biyombo is only 6-foot-9, but Silas considers him the toughest player on the team.
He showed that against the Magic.
Silas points to one sequence in which Biyombo blocked a shot on one end and raced the floor to finish with a dunk on the other end.
"That's something you don't see every day," Silas said. "He really played hard and played tough. He's probably the toughest player I have on the club. And he deserves more playing time."
That doesn't mean Biyombo is a complete player. Far from it.
He's still learning the American game after spending last season with the Spanish team Fuenlabrada.
Of all of the first-round picks this year, perhaps nobody needed a training camp and summer league ball more than Biyombo. Simple concepts were foreign to him and it's taken awhile for him to pick them up.
The NBA lockout and a contract rift with Fuenlabrada put him even further behind.
But his performance against the Magic was what the team had been looking for. Biyombo was an encouraging 5 of 5 from the floor against Orlando and made very few mistakes.
But Silas said there's still plenty of work to do, particularly on offense.
"For a while he couldn't even catch the ball and was very nervous offensively," Silas said. "But now, working with (assistant coach) Rob Werdann, he's catching the ball and learning how to shoot, even little baby hooks. But this coming summer we really have to work on his shots. Once he gets confident in his shooting he's going to be really good."
Biyombo is very modest, deflecting all and any praise.
He views himself as a beginner, a kid with so much to learn he can't even choose what he needs to improve on the most.
"I have to get better at almost everything, to be honest with you," Biyombo said. "To me, every day is a learning process. It's going to take a long time, but it's starting to click."
Silas said he loves Biyombo's passion for the game.
"His aggressiveness and toughness and intensity, I like all of that," Silas said. "He's learning. Before he wouldn't be in the right spot or wouldn't rotate correctly, all of those kinds of things. Now it's getting there. I like the way he approaches the game. He wants it. He's working hard every day. That says a lot to me about a guy who was drafted (seventh overall)."
Biyombo said battling Howard was "a good challenge," but clearly he wasn't intimidated.
"He's a tall guy," Biyombo said. "I enjoyed playing against him."
Prior to Tuesday night's breakout game, Biyombo was averaging less than 12 minutes per game with 29 total points and 36 rebounds in 13 games. Strangely, he didn't play against Cleveland the night before the Orlando game.
That made his performance all the more surprising.
"You always have to be ready and stay positive," Biyombo said. "You just never know. I'm always ready and as far as my playing time, that's a coach's decision and something you can't control. I have to get better."
When he does, Silas thinks Biyombo has star potential.
"People are going to be very surprised, I think, in a year or so with his ability to get it done," Silas said.
-- Steve Reed
All-Star Westbrook signs extension with Thunder
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder signed All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook to a multiyear contract extension on Thursday.
Westbrook was set to become a restricted free agent at the end of the season, meaning the Thunder would have had to match any offer he received from another team. Instead, they locked him up with a new deal 15 games into this season. Terms were not disclosed but Yahoo Sports reported the deal was worth $80 million over five years.
Oklahoma City has the best record in the Western Conference, with Westbrook averaging 20.5 points, 5.5 assists and 5.0 rebounds. He was chosen as an All-Star for the first time last season.
"We are thrilled to solidify Russell's future with the Thunder," general manager Sam Presti said in a statement. "Since we arrived in Oklahoma City, Russell's work ethic, persistence, character, and involvement in our community have helped us establish the standards that we are committed to on a day-to-day basis. He is a valued member of our organization and we look forward to his continued contributions on and off the floor."
Westbrook made the All-NBA second team last season after averaging 21.9 points, 8.2 assists and 1.9 steals — ranking among the top 15 in the league in all three categories. The Thunder made it to the Western Conference finals last season, losing to the Dallas Mavericks.
He scored a season-high 36 points in Oklahoma City's 105-102 loss at Washington on Wednesday night.
The Thunder had an off day Thursday during a three-game East Coast road trip and Westbrook was not immediately available for comment. They play Saturday night at New Jersey and the team plans a news conference after returning to Oklahoma City.
James playing, Wade out for Heat-Lakers
MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James will play through illness Thursday night. Hours after sending James home from the team's game-day shootaround practice with flu-like symptoms, the Heat said the two-time MVP would be in the lineup against the Los Angeles Lakers.
And that decision came as no surprise to the Lakers — James' former coach in particular.
"When you talk about great players like him, those guys even though they're sick or a little injured or whatever, they find a way to perform at a high level," Lakers coach Mike Brown, one of James' former coaches with the Cleveland Cavaliers, said Thursday afternoon. "I don't think it's any different for LeBron."
James has been battling sickness for much of this week. He said it affected him in the early minutes of Miami's game against San Antonio on Tuesday, a contest where he started slowly and still finished with 33 points, 17 of those in a huge third-quarter run as the Heat turned a 14-point halftime deficit into a 22-point win.
James said he was feeling better Wednesday, though some symptoms apparently reappeared Wednesday night and into Thursday morning. Spoelstra indicated James was sent home only as a precaution.
Miami will be without guard Dwyane Wade, whose sprained right ankle will keep him sidelined for the second straight game. It's the fifth game Wade will miss in Miami's first 14 this season because of injury, the first three of those caused by a sore left foot.
"The show still goes on," Heat forward Chris Bosh said. "We're still going to expect to win."
Even with James in the lineup, the Heat plan to use Shane Battier and James Jones defensively on Lakers star Kobe Bryant, at least some of the time.
''It's always a luxury having such great players on your team," Bosh said. "But sometimes they're out. This is why we made moves this season, was to be a deeper team."
-- Tim Reynolds
Warriors C Brown has surgery on chest muscle
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Golden State Warriors backup center Kwame Brown is recovering from surgery on his chest muscle that will likely sideline the former No. 1 overall pick for the rest of the season.
The procedure to repair his right pectoralis major was performed Wednesday by Dr. Neal ElAttrache at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthpaedic Clinic in Los Angeles. The large chest muscle attaches to the right shoulder.
Brown will remain in Southern California doing rehab before returning to the Bay Area next week. The Warriors say the injury will sideline Brown at least three months.
He was injured in a victory over the Miami Heat on Jan. 10. In nine games this season, Brown averaged 6.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in 20.8 minutes.
The Washington Wizards selected Brown with the top pick in 2001.
Beasley will not travel to L.A. with Timberwolves
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Michael Beasley will not make the Minnesota Timberwolves road trip to Los Angeles and Utah this weekend because of a sprained right foot that has already kept him out of seven straight games.
Beasley has been out of the walking boot for a few days, but he is still not ready to return to game action. The Wolves play the Clippers on Friday night and the Jazz on Saturday night in a challenging back-to-back.
Swingman Martell Webster and center Brad Miller both will make the trip, but coach Rick Adelman says he doubts either will play. Both recently returned to practice for the first time this season. Webster is recovering from back surgery and Miller is working his way back from microfracture surgery on his left knee.
Curry makes long-awaited Heat debut
MIAMI (AP) — Eddy Curry is back on an NBA floor. The No. 4 overall pick in the 2001 draft made his Miami Heat debut Thursday against the Los Angeles Lakers, 764 days after his most-recent NBA appearance. Curry checked in with 2:20 left in the first quarter.
Curry had not played since Dec. 17, 2009 for New York against Chicago. He started his career with the Bulls, then played in parts of five seasons with the Knicks. Thursday's appearance was Curry's 11th since the start of the 2008-09 season.
The Heat signed Curry last month. Curry says he has lost more than 65 pounds to get ready for his return to the NBA, plus worked through a hip flexor injury in recent weeks.
Curry is listed at 295 pounds.
WNBA
16th season opens May 18; Seattle vs L.A.
NEW YORK (AP) — Candace Parker and the Los Angeles Sparks will open the 16th WNBA season against Sue Bird and the Seattle Storm on May 18.
The defending WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx, featuring finals MVP Seimone Augustus and rookie of the year Maya Moore, will play Phoenix on May 20 on ABC.
The 12-team summer league will take a break for the London Olympics from July 14 to Aug. 15. As many as 20 WNBA players are expected to represent various countries at the Olympics. The regular season ends Sept. 23, followed by the playoffs Sept. 27.
International Women
AP source: U.S. women's hoops names three assistants
Doug Bruno, Marynell Meadors and Jennifer Gillom will serve as assistant coaches with the U.S. women's basketball team at this summer's London Olympics, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.
The person spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the official announcement won't come until a Friday press conference in Chicago.
Bruno's 21st-ranked DePaul team will face No. 3 Connecticut and Olympic head coach Geno Auriemma on Saturday night in a Big East game. Meadors guided the Atlanta Dream to the WNBA finals this past season, and Gillom was hired as an assistant for the Washington Mystics on Tuesday.
The three were all part of the staff that won the FIBA World Championships in 2010 to earn the U.S. an automatic bid to the London Games.
The Olympics begin July 27.
-- Doug Feinberg
