Sixteen thoughts for Andrew Bogut’s 16 points in Australia’s stunning 98-94 upset of Team USA in a basketball friendly Saturday, halfway around the world.
1. I was not in Australia to see this. Like many of you, I woke up, wiped the crud out of my eyes and shook my phone to fix the screen. Clearly, what I was seeing was a mistake, right?
2. The American national men’s basketball team, using NBA players, lost for the first time since the 2006 World Cup semifinal against Greece. By my count, when including all Olympic, World Cup, and exhibition games since then, Team USA was riding a 78-game winning streak before losing Saturday to the Boomers. So, yes, we’re talking history here, which is why you and I are talking at all today.
3. “Nobody wins forever,” USA coach Gregg Popovich said afterwards.
4. The UConn women’s team won 90 consecutive games over two calendar years. John Wooden’s UCLA teams won 88 in a row from 1971 to 1974. Mount…
