Puerto Rico Stuns US Basketball Team

The U.S. Olympic basketball team is stunned by "hurricane Arroyo" as history was made today in Athens. Puerto Rico made Olympic Men's Basketball history on the first day of competition Sunday August 15 by becoming the first team to beat the United States ever in a non-final game.

In his Olympic debut, Jazz man Carlos Arroyo put Puerto Rico on his back, lifting an entire nation while bringing the USA to its knees. Arroyo went off for a game high 24 points.

Down 22 in the first half, team USA made a run in the second half, closing to within eight points, but then Arroyo scored six straight points and that was basically that. Puerto Rico's celebrating its biggest win ever while US coaches hope their young team has time to come together.
The USA was 3-24 from three point land even though the international three point line is a lot closer than the NBA’s. This was America's third loss since the Olympics began (and most lopsided ever) and first since 1988 when the amateur era ended and the Dream Team was called in like the Marines to save the game the U.S. calls its own. But Puerto Rico embarrassed the Americans, out hustling, out shooting and outscoring the NBA contingent.