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Andrew Joseph

Fans couldn’t stop watching the basketball-playing robot from halftime of USA-France game

Team USA men’s basketball suffered its first Olympic loss since 2004 on Sunday, falling, 83-76 to France. As if that wasn’t a bad enough start to the Olympic campaign, the team got outclassed by a robot at halftime.

When both teams were in the locker rooms at half, a robot wearing a basketball uniform took the floor at Saitama Super Arena.

And while it was a bit odd to have halftime entertainment for an event without fans, it was worth it to see this robot put on a basketball-shooting display. The robot hit a three before going to midcourt and draining a shot from there.

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