Nigerian basketball star, Ike Diogu, who alone contributed 27 points in Nigeria’s 73 overall, has blamed D’Tigers’ historic loss to too many mistakes committed by the side.
He said any team that commits such against an experienced side like the American team must pay dearly for it. “We made too many mistakes as a team and the Americans made us pay dearly for them.
We wanted to win the game because nobody really gave us any chance. We would have shown the world how good we are as a basketball team. We did not defend well and they capitalised on that and punished us.
A team must have to be very focused to beat the Americans. If they continue scoring like they did against us, I am not sure any team in the Olympics will be able to beat them.’