I watched Brazil play Canada last night and was impressed with how head coach Aluisio Ferreira had his team playing and that he was able to get Nene to agree to come off the bench. Barbosa was a terror on the court (game high 30 points and 18 of Brazil’s first 32 points) while Splitter showed a lot of maturity since I last saw him play.

Brazil may not have the “star power” that the US has but they are playing like a team. Because of that I’ll be rooting for Brazil tonight and I won’t be surprised if this game goes down to the wire.