Melo covers SLAM
Carmelo Anthony gets on the cover of SLAM as a member of the New York Knicks… and it’s about time. High expectations for one of the biggest superstars in basketball to hang a banner in the Garden. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious
Tags: Carmelo Anthony, KnicksU.S. captures gold in tight game
It closer than most expected, but United States basketball won the gold in London after defeating Spain 107-100. U.S. held a 35-27 lead after the first quarter after Kevin Durant heated up. Durant had 12 points in the first quarter including two 3′s while Carmelo Anthony added eight points off the bench. The only player [...]
Tags: Carmelo Anthony, Juan Carlos Navarro, Kevin Durant, Kevin Love, LeBron James, London 2012, Pau Gasol, United States BasketballU.S. puts Argentina away, will play Spain for gold
United States basketball blew out Argentina 109-83 in the Olympic semifinals to advance to the gold medal game against Spain on Sunday. U.S. led 24-19 after the first quarter thanks to an early outburst from Kobe Bryant. Bryant had 11 points early in the first quarter by hitting 3-for-5 from 3-point range. It looked as [...]
Tags: Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, London 2012, United States BasketballLeBron triple double powers U.S. past Australia
United States basketball cruised to a win 119-86 win over Australia to advance to the Olympic semifinals in London behind a triple double performance from LeBron James. It was the first triple double in Olympic history. The U.S. took a 56-42 lead into the half after a physical first two quarters of play. James was [...]
Tags: Carmelo Anthony, Deron Williams, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, London 2012, United States BasketballMelo takes cheap shot
Carmelo Anthony takes an unfortunate cheap shot to the nuts from Facundo Campazzo of Argentina in the United States 126-97 win. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious
Tags: Argentina, Carmelo AnthonyAnthony’s Olympic success will breed Knicks success
Carmelo Anthony’s summer has been sizzling as he has been the most potent scorer on a team full of stars in three games in the London Olympics so far. Yesterday against Nigeria, Melo put on a rare scoring display notching a game-high record of 37 points in just 14 minutes going 13-for-16 from the field [...]
Tags: Carmelo Anthony, Knicks, United States BasketballU.S. dominates Tunisia 110-63 after slow start
United States dismantled heavy underdog Tunisia 110-63 to improve to 2-0 in Olympic play. U.S. went into the halftime break up by 13. Far from the beating that most expected early as Tunisia got from deep and hit 7-for-13 while the U.S. hit just 2-for-12 from downtown in the first half. The U.S. players would [...]
Tags: Anthony Davis, Carmelo Anthony, James Harden, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, United States Basketball