Nigeria shocked the United States 90-87 in a pre-Olympic basketball friendly in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Nigeria, with six NBA players and former NBA head coach Mike Brown at the helm, became the first African nation to beat Team USA, playing the first of five tune-up games before the Tokyo Olympics.
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