Olympic Basketball: Spain Narrowly Beats Great Britain, Russians Beat Brazil At Buzzer

Team USA put on a record-breaking performance against Nigeria on Thursday night, remaining undefeated in Group A play with a 156-73 win. USA obliterated the all-time single-game Olympic scoring record of 138 points, previously held by the 1988 Brazilian national team. After a sluggish start against Tunisia on Tuesday, America’s starters came out from the opening tip and absolutely blitzed the overmatched Nigerian club. Team USA took a 13-0 lead less than three minutes into the game and was quickly on their way to a 49-point quarter that included 11 3-pointers.

It was a shooting display for the ages that included an insane 29 made 3three-pointers -- a record for any Team USA game. As a team, USA hit 71.1 percent from the floor and 63 percent from behind the arc. USA made more 3-pointers than Nigeria made total field goals en route to the 83-point win.

Details are scare on exactly what happened in the game, but The Associated Press offers the following account:

Hopefully that examination goes OK considering Yi’s team will need to win its final two games of pool -- against Brazil Saturday and host team Great Britain on Monday -- to have even a semblance of a chance at advancing into the knockout round.

Lithuania led at the half, but France’s defense perked up and its NBA talent won out, as the French earned themselves a second straight victory against quality competition, beating the Lithuanians 82-74.

The surprise star early wasn’t who you’d expect, as former Duke bench player Martynas Pocius nailed three threes and all five of his field goals in the first half to finish with 13, allowing the Lithuanians to take a 43-39 lead at the break. But contributions from France’s bevy of NBA talent allowed them to pull ahead in a 20-9 third quarter, giving them a lead that would hold up.