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which was recorded by Brazil in a win over Egypt in 1988. “It’ll go down in history,” Iguodala


said of the game. “It only matters if we achieve our goals. We’re trying to get better as a team going forward. That’s three games down and a few more to go. Our mission is to get the gold, and we’re trying to peak at the right time.” Former Arizona State and NBAer


Ike Diogu led Nigeria with 27 points. USA 99, Lithuania 94


With the USA trailing 82-80 in the


fourth quarter, James scored nine of his 20 points in the last four minutes to help lift the USA past Lithuania for a hard- fought 99-94 win to remain undefeated. Williams scored five of his 12 points


in the last 4:31 as well, while Anthony finished with 20 points and Durant added 16 points in the U.S. win. Paul scored seven points, dished out six assists, grabbed seven rebounds and collected


USA 99, Lithuania 94 Aug. 4, 2012


LTU Kleiza


MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 30 10- 20 3- 4 533 25


Jasikevicius 24 3- 4 0- 0 163 8 Valanciunas 8 2- 4 0- 1 102 4 Pocius


Seibutis 12 2- 3 3- 4 102 8 Jasaitis


30 6-13 1- 1 764 14 29 2- 3 0- 0 613 5


Kavaliauskas 8 3- 3 0- 0 301 6 Jankunas 16 4- 5 1- 1 312 9 Kaukenas 4 0- 1 2- 2 001 2 Kalnietis 22 1- 3 0- 0 333 2 Songaila 17 5- 6 1- 2 314 11 Totals 200 38-65 11-15 42 21 28 94


USA


Bryant Paul


MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 21 1- 7 4- 5 213 6 28 3- 9 0- 0 762 7


Chandler 8 0- 0 1- 4 101 1 Durant James Love


Harden


28 5-12 2- 2 422 16 35 9-14 1- 2 502 20 12 2- 3 3- 8 801 7 4 1- 2 1- 1 100 3


Anthony 24 7-13 4- 4 323 20 Westbrook 14 3- 7 1- 1 202 7 Williams 23 4-12 2- 4 123 12 Iguodala 3 0- 0 0- 0 103 0 Davis DNP Totals 200 35-79 19-31 37 13 22 99


Lithuania USA


25 26 21 22 33 22 23 21


-- 94 -- 99


3PT FGs- USA (10-33): Durant 4-7, Anthony 2-6, Williams 2-6, Paul 1-4, James 1-4, Bryant 0-3, Love 0-1, Harden 0-1, Westbrook 0-1; Lithuania (7-16): Kleiza 2-6, Jasikevicius 2-2, Pocius 1-4, Jasaitis 1-2, Seibutis 1-1, Kalnietis 0-1; TO- USA 9, Lithuania 23. BLKS- USA 2, Lithuania 1; STLS- USA 17, Lithuania 3.


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Leading the USA to a second consecutive Olympic gold medal, since 2006 USA teams under Coach Krzyzewski have compiled a 62-1 overall win-loss record.


four steals, and Love was the team’s high rebounder with eight boards while adding seven points. “We had to make some big plays to


win,” stated Krzyzewski. “So far in the tournament things have come easy to us because we’ve been hitting so many shots, and today because of the defense sometimes I think we passed up on shots because of guys hitting so many, you want to see them hit again instead of taking your shot. “We can play better, but we played


against a terrific team today. We had 17 steals that didn’t translate to the number of points that they should. Usually we get some momentum but today we got steals but not the points. It showed great resolve on their part that when they did make a mistake, they recovered quickly and didn’t have their head down. We beat an outstanding team today and had a lot of game pressure on us and we came through, and I am proud of them for doing that.” “I feel like it was my time to step up


offensively,” James said. “I have kind of been doing everything else, which I am ok with. I am here to do the little things, whatever the team needs in Coach K’s perspective. Like I told you guys, I can also score. I am blessed and happy. I was able to make a few buckets down the stretch.” The USA was outrebounded for the


first time in the tournament, 42-37, but did force 23 turnovers, which it convert- ed into 26 points. The team also raced to


23 fast-break points while holding Lithuania to just eight. “You are always concerned because


you are a competitor and you want to win,” Paul said of the close score throughout. “That is a good team we played right there. We knew that coming in, so it’s always a great game when you play against Lithuania. Luckily we defended and got some stops down the stretch, guys made a few big plays. We knew this was going to be a dog fight and those guys played an unbelievable game, and they played really hard.” With the score tied at 4-4 early in


the first quarter, the USA compiled an 8-0 run to take a 12-4 lead at 7:47. Lithuania battled to within three points before 3-pointers from Anthony and Durant helped put the USA on top 18-11 at 5:17. Lithuania again cut the lead to three points, 27-24, before long balls from Williams and Anthony gave the USA a six-point lead at the end of the first 10 minutes, 33-27. While eight different American


players put points on the board in the second quarter, Lithuania had an answer for nearly every U.S. score. By the time Bryant deflected a pass that led to a fast-break dunk by Anthony, the USA led 51-42 at 3:20. The tide turned from there, however, as the USA went cold, missing its last five 3-point attempts, and Lithuania outscored the USA 9-4 to close the first half trailing by just four points, 55-51.


Bryant picked up two quick fouls in USA Basketball News


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