Chase Budinger used his NBA experience to prepare for his Olympic beach volleyball debut. The former Arizona and professional basketball player and his partner, Miles Evans, beat host France in straight sets on Monday to coast through their opening match of the Paris beach volleyball tournament.
United States’ Chase Budinger celebrates a point against France in a beach volleyball match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Paris, France . United States’ Chase Budinger hits the ball by France ’s Youssef Krou in a beach volleyball match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Paris, France . United States’ Chase Budinger celebrates a block against France in a beach volleyball match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Paris, France .
“I really tried to use my basketball experience of playing in front of big crowds to be composed the whole time,” Budinger said after a 21-14, 21-11 victory. “But it definitely was not like that inside.”“On the bus ride over here, I was telling Miles about my first basketball game, of how nervous I was and how the nerves really got to me,” Budinger said. “I was 0-for-2 , had two turnovers and one of my shots I had was an airball. So the nerves affected my game play.
Budinger and Evans scored the first three points and never trailed in the first set. In the second, France did eke out a 3-1 lead before the Americans won the next three points and finished the match in just 32 minutes. Unlike the NBA debut against the Portland Trail Blazers back in 2009, Budinger said, “I felt like out here, I was able to get a couple of points early. That helped relieve some of that stress, those nerves and allowed me to play my game more without it affecting me as much.”
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