Nigeria sent shockwaves across the basketball world with a monumental upset win over Team USA, 90-87. Coming into the contest as 30-point underdogs, the Nigerians looked unbothered against a USA squad that featured some of the NBA's greatest stars in Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, and Bradley Beal, among others.

Nigeria definitely deserves credit for bringing the fight to the Americans. Nonetheless, despite this game being an exhibition, many are dubbing this loss an absolute embarrassment on the part of Team USA. Some people are also calling this Team USA's worst loss on the international stage since NBA players were allowed to participate. And damn right it is.

If you didn't watch the game, maybe you're wondering what the hell happened. Did Team USA rest its top guys in the second half or something? Nope. Team USA went with a closing five of Durant, Lillard, Jayson Tatum, Draymond Green, and Zach LaVine.

So what went wrong in Team USA's shameful defeat to Nigeria? Well, pretty much everything.

Looking at the box score, it's easy to attribute this loss to shot making. Team USA's shots weren't dropping, while Nigeria shot the lights out.

But watching the game, it's clear that coach Gregg Popovich's squad has a ton of work to do in terms of playing together as a team. Team USA held camp just this past week, while Nigeria has been together for about three weeks now. From this game, the stark difference in the two teams' chemistry was very noticeable. This explains why both teams shot the way they did on Saturday's exhibition.

As the game went deeper, Team USA got stuck into playing isolation-heavy basketball. This is often an indication that a team has not developed the chemistry and rhythm in playing as a unit.

Nigeria, meanwhile moved the ball well, executed their plays, and made the extra passes for better shots. Their exquisite movement generated a ton of open looks for them throughout the contest.

Nigeria put on its best Phoenix Suns Game 2 impression by knocking down 20 3-pointers on 42 attempts. Apparently, it's going to be tough for any team, even a team as star-studded as Team USA, when the other side is making it rain from beyond the arc. Still, this was a hallmark of their incredible ball movement and chemistry as they finished the game with 21 assists.

In addition, as much as this game revealed USA's lack of chemistry on offense, it also showed that they need to work on their defensive chemistry. They were slow on their rotations and gave up several open shots down the stretch to Nigeria, which ultimately cost them the game.

At the end of the day, Team USA can just chalk this up to a poor shooting night, all while the opposing squad made pretty much everything they put up. But still, with the sheer talent on this team, there is no excuse for them to lose like this, even if it is just an exhibition. They can't pull out the “young” card, either, as they have several veterans such as Durant, Lillard, and Draymond Green on the roster.

Compare USA's star-studded group to Nigeria's squad, which does have some current and former NBA players but are borderline rotation players on their teams, and it shouldn't even be close. This just goes to show that despite the overwhelming amount of individual talent on this squad, developing chemistry and playing as a team are still very necessary when playing on any level.

This loss also goes on Gregg Popovich as much as it does on the players. The San Antonio Spurs coach should have been able to pull his troops together to get them to play the right way.

Nonetheless, it's good to see that Team USA isn't taking this loss lightly. Post-game soundbites from Coach Pop and Jayson Tatum show that they will use this game as a learning experience. It seems like gold won't be a lock for Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics if they don't iron out their issues as soon as possible.