Intro:

USA national basketball team conducted a short training session on Wednesday (10th September) in Barcelona, Spain, in preparation for the semi final game against Lithuania for FIBA 2014 Basketball World Cup.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) James Harden, USA team small forward

"Our expectations are the same as every game. Make sure we compete, play for each other. Offensively make sure that we move the ball and that we make the pass and defensively help each other out. But Lithuania are a very good team. They have very good guards. Their two big men are tremendous. (Jonas) Valanciunas and Donatas (Motiejunas).It is going to be a big time game for us."

SOUNDBITE: (English) James Harden, USA team small forward

"I am having a good time with these guys. We're playing for a gold medal. This is a great opportunity for each and every individual to not only represent ourselves and our families but our country. We take that to heart. We are going to be compete and play for one another."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Derrick Rose, USA team point guard

"Yeah - for sure. But it coms from the coaching staff. Every time coach K and the coaching staff come in the locker room - they are always talk about just bringing that intensity to the court and that's all we are trying to do. Play hard because we know that offensively we are going to be fine but defensively getting out to people because it tends to show that all the games that we have played in when the defense picked up that's when the games were really in our control."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Kenneth Faried, USA team power forward

"I don't care who we meet - we are going to go in there and play any team, the regular way of how we play them. And that's hard, aggressive with defense and getting up and down the court."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Mike Krzyzewski USA team first coach

"Our guys have played our butts off. They have great comaraderie and whatever. You all, some of you, think that on a flip of the switch is when we start hitting shots. If any team just had to wait for that then they are flipping that switch all the time because you don't hit shots all the time. What you can do is play hard, play defense and rebound."