NBA Podcast: Olympic Quarterfinals, Miami Heat and Washington Wizards Previews

August 7th, 2012 by Joel C. Cordes Leave a reply »
The Miami Heat defend their title next season, while the Washington Wizards hope to be NBA-relevant again for the first time in half a decade.

On this episode of Basketball by Association, NBA Assistant Editors Ethan Norof and Joel C. Cordes continue their NBA Season Preview series, while also breaking down each matchup in the 2012 Olympic Basketball Quarterfinals.


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Team USA recovered from their scare against Lithuania, turning on the second-half afterburners against an eventually exhausted Argentina squad.

While Australia looks to be overmatched talent-wise, they already have upset a very talented Russian squad earlier in the tournament. Will their physical style pose some early problems for the Americans?

Elsewhere in the tournament, the matchups have some fun historical, geographical and basketball implications as Russia plays Lithuania, Spain squares off against France and Brazil battles Argentina.

Stateside, the Miami Heat have added even more shooters, with Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis aboard ...

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