LOGO WATCH LONDON 2012...MANU tells ARGENTINA Ride with ME...then CP3 goes LOB City and @kdTREY5 goes THUNDER ALLEY as US escapes BARCELONA only to head to MADRID to see BIG, BIGGER, and BIGGEST on that SPAIN Front Line.

It was Nip and Tuck at the End and if it wasn't for Team USA knowing who their Closer was they may have put one in the Wrong Column.

The Durantula...Kevin Durant aka @kdTREY5 rises up and puts Team USA on a Trip to Vintage Thunder Alley Closing Time to get by Argentina 86-80. Not to be out done was one of the World's Best Players in Argentine Sniper e-MANU-el Ginobli as he nets23 Points with FA Guard Delfino 15 and Suns pick-up PF Luis Scola with 14.

The US has some noticeable issues they will have to clear up in Rebounding and the Money Ball. They shot way too many Three Balls but being as Small as they are that's kind of the way they have to Play.  The Black Mamba had 18 and King James 15 for Team USA.

Now they will face an even bigger Test in Madrid as the Spaniards will be trying to stick a Few Doubts in Team USA's Thinking Caps as they know exactly what they need to do to Team USA. Pound the Orange inside to the Gasol Boys and Air Congo you Crash the Glass and we will see what happens.

One just hopes that SPAIN/CONGO Fusion of "We Shall Own the GLASS in LONDON 2012" never surfaces vs Team USA in the Gold Medal Rounds.

Meanwhile the Argentines have a Little Confidence knowing they have a chance next time if they keep the Contest close.