ESPN - Team USA has already won hearts and minds in China - Olympics

“The way they’ve treated us over here, that’s what’s going into the memory bank,” Tayshaun Prince said. “People are treating us like we’re on top of the world — which we’re not.”

But the top of the world was only one more victory away, and the Americans were hoping to finish this tournament in the same manner in which they’ve played it — with one last display of unquestioned supremacy.

“We want to win, we want to dominate and show we can still dominate the game,” Wade said. “I know myself, as a fan, I want to see a good game; I don’t want a see a team win by 20.

“But right now I’m not a fan, so I’m not worried about that.”