Seven seconds after Team USA teammate DeMarcus Cousins won the opening tipoff, Kevin Durant pulled up and drained a 3-pointer, followed by a Tuesday night noise explosion inside Oracle Arena.
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In the second friendly exhibition for the U.S.A. Men’s Basketball Team prior to the Rio Olympics, it was nothing but dominance in their 106-57 victory over China in Los Angeles Sunday night.
The Oracle crowd is expected to greet all three players with open arms and plenty of cheers, especially Durant and Green.
He completed his first shooting routine in Oakland – a workmanlike two-man game between the superstar small forward and Team USA assistant Monty Williams – and sauntered over to the crowd hanging over the tunnel. Team USA never trailed Tuesday and led by as many as 52.
Golden State general manager Bob Myers was in attendance to see his newest signing’s performance alongside Green and Klay Thompson, who scored 17 points in another impressive exhibition victory for the gold medal favorites.
“I did? Huh”, Durant said of being booed. When asked about it, Durant responded, “No, I didn’t hear it”.
I think its Clipper fans, because they cheered DeAndre (Jordan), Myers said. When LeBron James made a decision to leave Cleveland Cavalier for Miami Heat his statement, “I’m going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat” broke the hearts of the Cavs fans.
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Durant, Green and Thompson were all on court together for the first time last Friday during the US blowout of Argentina in Las Vegas. However, with Durant on the court some key players who help the team bagged the 2015 championship will have a reduced role and there are speculations that Klay Thompson will suffer the most. That’s insane.’ You get to know him more.
