Nine other scrimmages will be available via Facebook as well. The Los Angeles Clippers big man set the tone for the United States early as they clobbered China, 106-57 on Sunday night. However the team that got Curry would probably be known as yet another “superteam”.
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Durant played in Oakland for the first time since joining the Warriors, but Carmelo Anthony stole the show.
Durant made himself right at home in his new home at Oracle Arena, draining a long three-pointer a few seconds after the opening tip.
For this moment, in front of about 18,000 fans, with Iguodala sitting nearby, and Draymond Green and Klay Thompson also playing for Team USA, Curry and Durant were the merged personification of everything epic about this coming Warriors season. Would you? Let us know in the comment section below.
For NBA fans, there is no doubt that one of the strongest team in the league is Golden State Warriors. “I sit back and I look and I say, ‘Man, we lost the NBA Finals, up 3-1, have back to back championships…’ And then we end up with Kevin Durant”. Thats just my guess..
Booed in Los Angeles a couple days back, Durant received a far friendlier reception in the Bay Area he will now call home.
“It was awesome”, Durant said. Green already was only taking 14 percent of the shots on last year’s team, so inserting Durant into the lineup will only mean that percentage will drop, even if it’s just slightly. He is just beginning to grasp the enormity of his move in the eyes of fans and opponents. Durant got a warm Oracle welcome as Team USA destroyed China once again in a tuneup game.
“It was wonderful.” Durant said after the United States’ 50 point win over China on Tuesday, “The atmosphere was great, the energy was great and the fans showed me major love, so I appreciate that”. I don’t know where the report came from.
Durant could need months to feel normal in a Warriors uniform, but hes getting a valuable head start during this six-week attempt to win his second gold medal in Rio de Janeiro.
It’s also noted that Curry has a place in Walnut Creek, with teammate Klay Thompson in San Francisco and Draymond Green in Emeryville. Durant finished with 19 points, but the night clearly belonged to Jordan, who said after the game that, “we have only been together a week, but it seems like years”.
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“The US team and Durant in particular have been working hard on their defensive strategy as well, Krzyzewski said, adding: “[Durant] keeps improving because he wants to improve”.
