The Americans came out of the gate on fire and took it to Lithuania from the opening tip for a 120-84 victory. This was impressive because, unlike Canada and Turkey, Lithuania qualified for the Olympics. Furthermore, the Lithuanians are currently ranked 5th in the world. At the same time other teams that will be in Beijing, Spain comes to mind, have point guards. In the end Lithuania suffered from not having Darius Songaila to keep LeBron James in check. As a side note - Dwyane Wade. Box score here. That's it for now.