Basketball boss is feeling cock-a-hoop

 
16 July 2012

Basketball performance director Chris Spice today claimed Team GB’s preparations for the Games are right on track following an encouraging weekend of results.

The men recorded back-to-back victories over Portugal — their first wins of the summer — while the women recorded a hugely encouraging win over France, having also beaten Angola and lost to Australia. Spice said: “It’s been a really good weekend.

“If you’d asked us beforehand what our results would be, we would have been very, very happy with this.

“The men have consolidated a lot of the work they’ve been doing in the past few weeks.

“For the girls, it was a fantastic effort, playing against France and coming away with the win, that’s huge for them in terms of confidence.”

Chris Finch’s men face Olympic favourites Team USA in Manchester on Thursday.

NBA superstars Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are among the big names that are in the American squad while GB have Luol Deng.

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