Nigerian fans have expressed their delight as Nigeria shocked the United States 90-87 in a pre-Olympic basketball friendly in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday. Nigeria, with six NBA players and former NBA head coach Mike Brown at the helm, became the first African nation to beat the USA, who were playing the first of a five of tune-up games before the Tokyo Olympics. Nigeria, which had 12 NBA players in its 49-man training camp in California and seven in uniform on Saturday, was led by Gabe Vincent with 21 points. Nigeria’s win came nine years after the United States crushed the Nigerians 156-73 at the London Olympics. Nigeria won the game with their perfect 3’s.”Ayorinde Owadimila added that “Nigeria basketball teams have been amazing and interesting to watch since”.

Source: Punch July 11, 2021 10:41 UTC