It plays next on Monday against Venezuela. The Americans began to pull away early, they started leading in points during the first quarter of the game.
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The Americans thoroughly dominated despite signs that the recently assembled unit is yet to completely gel.
Carmelo Anthony from the New York Knicks shares his opinion on the ship.
“We want to win, we want to send a message to the rest of the world we are here on business”, said Carmelo Anthony, a four-time Olympian in basketball.
Former Milwaukee Bucks man Yi Jianlian, who was selected in the same National Basketball Association draft as Durant, topped the scoring for China with 25 points to go with five rebounds and a block.
A US Olympic free throw record fell as the Americans made 33-of-45 from the line, eclipsing the old mark of 32 made from the record 46 attempts in a 1960 victory over Italy.
Durant’s dedication comes after he missed out on the 2008 squad dubbed the “Redeem Team” after the 2004 team settled for bronze in Athens, losing three times.
Durant and Anthony are the only two holdovers from the gold medal team from four years ago.
Irving scored all 12 of his points during a third-quarter outburst in which in he was 4-of-5 from three-point territory.
By half-time, only Cleveland Cavaliers NBA champion guard Kyrie Irving had failed to score for the US.
“The USA are so aggressive in every position”. “That’s better than making the shot, to be honest with you”.
The new Dallas Maverick looked fully recovered, scoring 18 points on 9 for 10 shooting in Australia’s 87-66 win over France on Saturday.
With the high profile NBA players coming to defend United States of America in 2016 Olympic Men’s Basketball, they have to be secured outside the already-prepared Olympic Village.
The team is coached by Mike Krzyzewski of Duke University, which is fourth in all-time wins out of all NCAA men’s basketball programs.
Cleveland won, and Bogut embarked on a desperate rehab to get ready for Rio.
Jordan’s first Olympics experience took place while he was at North Carolina in 1984, and he later led the way for the 1992 Dream Team while with the Chicago Bulls.
While the star-studded roster found their rhythm to close out the game, the first few possessions were shaky for Team USA.
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In the day’s third game, Serbia downed Venezuela 86-62.
