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Olympics Xing
Xing (pronounced shing or sing) means journey in Chinese — fitting for this blog, which is all about the journey of the U.S. men's basketball team and N&O staff writer Luciana Chavez at the 2008 Beijing Games. She is covering her first Olympics and making her first trip to China. Check in here for Olympic news and for Luci's impressions getting to and being at the Games.
No change in USA preparations
Submitted by lchavez on 08/20/2008 - 06:06
BEIJING — The U.S. men's basketball team is three victories shy of a gold medal. It's that time in this Olympic basketball tournament when teams have to adust to the adjustments.
USA coach Mike Krzyzewski's job now is to ready itself to be flexible. Here he is talking about the team's preparation before the team's quarterfinal game against Australia.
Audios:
Krzyzewski on the one-and-done phase of Olympic tournament
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