Clip of the Morning: James Harden Gets His Ankles Badly Broken By Nigerian Player

Store that one in the memory box, Nigeria.

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We're going to do our best Bill Belichick right here. That means we're going to take a great situation and find something that can be improved upon. For example, the United States Men's Basketball team absolutely demolished Nigeria in nearly every facet. Setting a U.S. single-game scoring record with 156 points, check. Hitting an astounding 26 shots from behind the arc, check. Owning all the highlight reel plays, not so much.

In the second quarter of Team USA's rout of Nigeria, James Harden got a little too loose on defense and it nearly resulted in him dislocating his ankles. You see, if there was some better D on that play, they could've given up only 70 points! Now, excuse us as we clean our fine tooth comb.   

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