Left: Andre Iguodala added an Olympic gold medal to his World Championship gold and in the process contributed 4.3 ppg. on 70.3 percent shooting from the field. Right: Chris Paul offered the U.S. squad a veteran point guard who averaged 8.3 points, 5.1 assists and a team best 2.5 steals a game.
room, 95-88. While Lithuania scored three more field goals in the last 1:55, the USA cleared out the
key for James who scored twice more to bring the game to it’s 99-94 final. “He (James) was terrific and really
made the plays that needed to be made both offensively and defensively in the last three minutes,” Krzyzewski said. “You can’t practice those situations even if you put them up on the scoreboard in practice, but it is not the same game pressure. To see him respond to that in this setting is one of the great positives from the game.” Lithuania was buoyed by 25 points
the first quarter and played just 6:09 in the first half, while Iguodala was whis- tled for three fouls in just 2:30 played. The foul trouble shifted to Lithuania
in the third quarter, and the USA shot its first bonus free throws at 5:46. The dam- age was minimized though, as the USA left five points at the free throw line and struggled from the field hitting just 6-of- 18 field goal tries (33.3 percent) in the stanza. In fact, James’ basket at 8:17 (62- 56) was the USA’s last made field goal until Westbrook completed a 3-point play with 2:04 to go that put the USA back in the lead 72-69. The USA put the last two scores of the period on the board to head into the final stanza with a 78-72 lead. After Anthony opened the fourth
quarter with a jumper, Lithuania reeled off 10 straight points to capture an 82-80 lead following a 3-pointer at 6:48. Paul’s only 3-pointer of the game at 5:38 put the USA back on top by one point, 85-84, and was followed by a fast-break bucket from Williams that forced a Lithuanian timeout at 4:29, with the red, white and blue leading 87-84. Lithuania scored out of the break to
close within one point, but that was as close as they would get. James respond- ed with a 3-pointer and a fast-break dunk, and then Williams nailed a three at 2:49 to give the USA some breathing
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USA 126, Argentina 97 Aug. 6, 2012
ARG MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Delfino 29 5-12 1- 4 112 13 Nocioni 21 5-10 0- 0 224 12 Scola
18 4- 8 3- 4 323 11
Ginobili 25 4- 7 7- 7 562 16 Campazzo 37 3- 4 0- 0 470 8 Leiva
L. Gutierrez 19 3- 7 2- 2 112 11 Jasen
Kammerichs 6 1- 1 0- 0 301 2 Mata
4 0- 1 0- 0 110 0 21 3- 7 2- 4 222 8 8 2- 2 0- 0 200 4
J. Gutierrez 12 3- 6 6- 7 402 12 Totals 200 33-65 21-28 33 22 18 97
USA
Bryant Paul
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 21 3-10 4- 4 012 11 25 6- 7 0- 0 470 17
Chandler 12 1- 2 1- 1 504 3 Durant James Love
Harden Davis
22 9-12 2- 4 443 28 22 7-12 3- 3 354 18 15 5- 7 2- 4 902 13 9 3- 5 0- 0 002 7 8 1- 3 0- 0 200 2
Anthony 12 1- 6 2- 2 512 5 Westbrook 19 1- 8 2- 2 343 4 Williams 15 2- 7 0- 0 253 5 Iguodala 20 6- 9 0- 0 921 13 Totals 200 45-88 16-20 47 29 26 126
Argentina USA
32 27 17 21 34 26 42 24
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3PT FGs- USA (20-39): Durant 8-10, Paul 5-6, Bryant 1-4, Iguodala 1-3, Anthony 1-3, Love 1-3, James 1-3, Williams 1-2, Harden 1-2, Westbrook 0-3; Argentina (10-26): L. Gutierrez 3-7, Delfino 2-7, Nocioni 2-4, Campazzo 2-3, Ginobili 1-3, Jasen 0-2; TO- USA 8, Argentina 16; BLKS- USA 2, Argentina 2; STLS- USA 11, Argentina 2.
from Linas Kleiza of the NBA’s Toronto Raptors and 14 points and six assists from Martynas Pocius, who played for Krzyzewski at Duke University.
USA 126, Argentina 97 A 42-point third quarter that
included five 3-pointers from Durant helped the U.S take control in the second half and pave the way to a 126-97 win over rival Argentina. “They are a championship level
team and for us to have a game like this going into the medal round is good,” said Krzyzewski. “I thought it was very hard- fought game, and we played an outstand- ing second half. We got really good con- tributions not just from our starters, but from Iguodala and Love. (Getting) on the boards and getting points, they were significant factors for us tonight.” While the USA shot a solid 51.1
percent from the field (45-88 FGs), a blazing 51.3 percent from 3-point (20-39 3pt FGs) and U.S. tournament high 80.0 percent from the free throw line (16-20 FTs), six U.S. players reached double digits and all 12 scored as the USA dished out 29 assists on its 45 field goals.
Durant shot 8-of-10 from 3-point to lead the USA with 28 points, and added
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