"I'm kind of glad it happened" Popovich on USA's shock loss to Nigeria

USA Basketball suffered a shock loss to Nigeria in pre-Olympic opener on Saturday night (10 July).

The Americans went down 90-87 to suffer their third exhibition loss since 1992.

Nigeria pulled off an international shocker with a roster primarily filled of little-known NBA players that found a way to beat a group of All-NBA, All-Star and max-contract performers.

Gabe Nnamdi, who goes by Gabe Vincent when playing for the Miami Heat, led Nigeria with 21 points. Caleb Agada scored 17 points, Ike Nwamu added 13 and Nigeria outscored the U.S. 60-30 from 3-point range.

Kevin Durant, who had never before played in a loss for USA Basketball in 39 senior international games, had 17 points. Jayson Tatum added 15, Damian Lillard had 14 and Bam Adebayo 11.