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While the Argentines forced the Americans to play under pressure for the first time in this Olympics, the game ended in a comfortable United States victory Friday. 
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The Americans led by just 12 at halftime against Australia, but it was not long before a first half filled with bad shot selection and stagnant offense was a distant memory. 
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The United States made Greece look like just another overmatched opponent, rekindling memories of some of the dominant American Olympic teams of yesteryear. 
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Now that the United States has breezed past China and Angola, the competition will become much stiffer. 
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The United States fended off a flurry of early 3-point shots and a surge of emotion by China to roll to a victory in the opening game of pool play. 
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Jason Kidd is the only member of the United States Olympic basketball team who already has an Olympic gold medal, which he won in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. 
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By the United States basketball team’s lofty standards — standards re-established by the Dream Team of 1992 — anything short of Olympic gold is seen as a failure. So when Team USA returned from Athens in 2004 with the bronze medal, having won three straight gold medals before that, the program was revamped. 
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Even with the sting of losing the title still fresh, Kobe Bryant hit a number of positive notes in his final news conference of the season early Wednesday morning. 
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Kobe Bryant, a k a the world’s best player, and the Lakers lost to a team largely comprised of finals first-timers. 
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Watching Tiger Woods in the U.S. Open underscores what the N.B.A., even with his marquee finals matchup, no longer has. 
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The Lakers leaned hard on their veterans down the stretch and pulled out a victory that extended the finals for at least another two days, sending the series back to Boston. 
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The Los Angeles Lakers may be down to their final game, and so naturally the conversation swerves back to where it began, to Kobe Bryant. 
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The Boston Celtics wiped out a 24-point deficit, dominated the third quarter and crushed the Los Angeles Lakers in the final minutes to take a 3-1 series lead Thursday night. 
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The Celtics and the Lakers will both need to rely on the concept of help defense to contain the offensive talent of the star players they will be facing. 
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The Celtics and the Lakers renew their rivalry Thursday with the start of the N. B.A. finals, the 11th time they have met for the championship but the first time since 1987. 
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