Beijing 2008 Men’s Basketball Update USA Leads Greece at Halftime: The “Redeem Team” is responding well to the challenge of facing a very solid Greek team. After coming out sort of flat in the opening minutes of the game, the U.S. fell into an early 4-point deficit. However, that’s as far as it got for Greece, as the Americans began flexing their muscle, by playing defense, excellent passing, and putting the hammer down. At the end of the first quarter, the United State led the way by a score of 20-16.

At the start of the second quarter, Dwayne Wade gave the U.S. a huge lift coming off the bench. At the half, things are going accordingly according to SportsBook.com's -20 point spread favoring the USA over Greece (+20).

Early ikn the 2nd quarter, Wade and Kobe Bryant combined for the best play of the tournament: with the ball heading out of bounds, the Miami Heat’s superstar was just barely able to save the ball, throwing an Alley-Hoop pass, which Kobe Bryant hammered down; to the delight of the Kobe-adoring Chinese crowd.

In the second stanza, the USA put the pedal to the metal, and extended their lead to double digits, as even coach K was fired up. After 2 quarters in the books, USA’s dominance was in full display, as they dominated Greece to lead by 51-32 at the break.

At the half, the Americans shot 20/37 from the field, to Greece’s 13/29. US went 2/9 from 3-point territory, but more importantly they held Greece to just 0/7 from downtown. The key for their halftime lead was unquestionably the “D”. The OVER/UNDER for this Beijing 2008 Men's Basketball: USA vs. Greece has been set at a combined 137 total points.

The Redeem Team forced: 8 steals (Greece 3), 8 offensive rebounds to Greece’s 4, 15 defensive rebounds (Greece 10), and they committed just 9 turnovers, to the Greeks’ 13. The U.S. off those 13 turnovers by Greece scored 16 points, while Greece was able to score just 2 points off of the U.S. 9 TOs.

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