UNBELIVABLE: Despite losing to the United States, Nigeria’s women’s basketball team Will….

PARIS: As Team USA guard Diana Taurasi walked by in the mixed zone, she made it a point to give Nigerian guard Ezinne Kalu a pat on the back and a salute while she answered questions about the best African basketball team in Olympic history with a proud smile.

This chick right here is a nasty girl. She never stops. Taurasi, a player with the Phoenix Mercury who is competing in her sixth Olympics, remarked, “She a bad girl.”

A shocked Kalu remarked, “That means a lot coming from the GOAT,” as Taurasi turned to leave.

After an 88-74 defeat to the United States at Bercy Arena on Wednesday night, Kalu and the historic Nigerian women’s basketball team’s Olympic journey came to an end. The declaration that D’Tigress, the Nigerian squad,

Nigeria created history by being the first African team, male or female, to go to the Olympic quarterfinals. In preliminary play, the D’Tigress (2-2) also achieved a record two victories by defeating Australia and Canada. Nigeria went into the Olympics rated 12th in the world according to FIBA, and they are now probably guaranteed a spot in the top 8.”I’m content. The Nigerian-born American Kalu stated, “We’ve accomplished so much just being the only African country left in the tournament.” “You have to defeat the greatest in order to be the best. Regretfully, we didn’t perform well today. However, I believe that people will recall Nigeria as it was today.

It’s a significant achievement. People have frequently ignored basketball in Nigeria, especially women’s basketball.