Team USA’s Kevin Durant (right) driving against Australian player (left) led Team USA with 23 points on Thu Aug 5, 2021 in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics (photo from cbssports.com)

On Headline Sports podcast with Tony R:

#1 Team USA pulled off a huge victory against Team Australia 97-78 on Thursday it had to be a very satisfying for head coach Gregg Poppovich.

#2 Australia is one of the most highly competitive teams in Olympic basketball the Australians came in pushing for their first gold medal but the US provided enough offense to stay ahead of the Australians.

#3 For Team USA a lot was riding in this one they were coming off a tough loss to France 83-76 on July 26th and it was a must win against the Australians on Thursday. USA must beat France in their next match up to win gold.

#4 Top players that provided some offensive depth for Team USA was the Brooklyn Nets Kevin Durant and Jrue Holiday. Durant finished with 23 points and Holiday with 11.

#5 Before we sign off we wanted to get a Las Vegas Raiders question in quarterback Marcus Mariota has been looking good in camp head coach Jon Gruden says he threw four incredible passes on practice do you see him trying to get the starting job or it’s Derek Carr all the way?

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