Starters for today’s game were Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, and Sacramento Kings very own DeMarcus Cousins.
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RIO DE JANEIRO – Kevin Durant and the new-look U.S. Olympic basketball team appear just as dominant as the ones who slammed and jammed their way to the past two gold medals.
The 57-point victory was the biggest in a win recorded by the United States of America in an opening game at the Olympics since the Dream Team beat Angola by 68 points in 1992. Carmelo Anthony is its leader, but other than he and Durant, this group is entirely made up of new Olympians. It plays next on Monday against Venezuela.
Anthony, who is likely to finish this event as the USA’s all-time leading Olympic scorer, had nine points and seven rebounds. But coach Mike Krzyzewski said this squad has already bonded as much as any of the three USA teams he has led in the Olympics. Coach K has been with the team for many years and has stated that he will step down after the Olympics. But they got off to a good start in Rio.
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The 32-year-old veteran also tied LeBron James and David Robinson by playing in his 24th Olympic match. “We’re going to do the best job with the guys here, and hopefully, get a gold”, Harrison Barnes said.
Examining the opponents the U.S. Men’s Team has faced, we see an aging Argentine team led by the trio of Manu Ginobli (38), Andres Nocioni (36), and Luis Scola (36), whose cumulative age is the same number of points scored by the United States against Argentina. But the US players say they aren’t thinking that way.
Perhaps the only thing that went wrong for Durant came with just under two minutes to play in the first half.
Carmelo Anthony is a seasoned vet at this point of his global career – when he hits the court Saturday, it’ll be his fourth Olympics.
Every player on the US roster got on the score sheet in the opener with four getting into double figures led by Kevin Durant with 25. During their third game with the Americans, Yi scored 25 points.
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“I know what it felt like when kind of the rest of the world was supposedly catching up with the U.S. as far as from a basketball standpoint”.
