then sank two more in the stanza to help the USA take a 74-57 lead into the fourth quarter. The U.S. went on to knock down
nine threes in the final stanza, including four from Anthony, to run away with the win. “We are very pleased with our
performance tonight against a team that we have great respect for,” remarked Krzyzewski. “They are just a championship caliber team with some of the greatest international players of all time, so we have to play really well in order to win. “I thought we had our best balance
so far. Kobe (Bryant) got us off to a good start. LeBron (James) really turned it on, then Kevin (Durant) and Carmelo (Anthony) followed. There was not just one guy and I thought our point guards really did a masterful job,” added the USA mentor who took charge of the USA ational team coaching responsibili- ties in 2006.
USA 109, Argentina 83 Aug. 10, 2012
USA
Bryant Paul
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 19 5- 10 0- 0 413 13 26 3- 4 2- 2 472 10
Chandler 12 2- 2 0- 1 303 4 Durant James Love
Harden Davis
27 7- 14 0- 0 401 19 29 8- 12 2- 2 770 18 16 4- 7 1- 2 902 9 5 1- 3 0- 0 000 3 4 0- 0 0- 0 100 0
Anthony 22 7- 14 0- 0 633 18 Westbrook 9 3- 4 0- 0 000 7 Williams 20 2- 9 0- 0 262 6 Iguodala 11 1- 2 0- 0 012 2 Totals 200 43-81 5- 7 46 25 18 109
ARG MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Delfino 33 5- 12 2- 2 531 15 Nocioni 24 3- 6 0- 0 313 7 Scola
29 7- 15 1- 1 123 15
Ginobili 28 7- 15 1- 1 233 18 Prigioni 20 0- 0 0- 0 163 0 L. Gutierrez 12 3- 5 0- 0 002 9 Jasen
Kammerichs 9 2- 4 0- 0 400 4 Mata
8 1- 2 0- 0 310 2 6 0- 2 0- 0 110 0
Campazzo 20 2- 6 2- 3 240 7 J. Gutierrez 11 1- 3 4- 4 102 6 Totals 200 31-70 10-11 29 21 17 83
USA Argentina
24 23 27 35 19 21 17 26
-- 109 -- 83
3PT FGs-Argentina (11-26): Ginobili 3-7, Delfino 3-7, L. Gutierrez 3-5, Campazzo 1-3, Nocioni 1-2, Jasen 0-1, Mata 0-1; USA (18-42): Durant 5-10, Anthony 4-8, Williams 2-7, Bryant 3-6, Paul 2-3, Harden 1-3, Westbrook 1-1, James 0-2, Love 0-2; TO- Argentina 11, USA 10; BLKS- Argentina 1, USA 5; STLS- Argentina 2, USA 5.
30 Durant finished with 19 points on 5-
of-10 shooting from 3-point, Anthony was 4-of-8 from deep on his way to 18 points and six rebounds and James added 18 points, seven rebounds and seven assists Bryant paced the USA early in the
game, tallying 11 of his 13 points in the first quarter, Paul contributed 10 points and seven assists and Williams dished out six assists. Love led the USA on the glass with nine rebounds to go with his nine points.
“I think we did a good job starting
off with a lot of intensity on defense and moving the ball on offense,” Durant remarked. “We knew this team was going to fight all game and make it tough on us but we did a really good job of responding when they made few runs and our defense was good. “We were getting deflections and
steals and able to get some easy points. When you have guys that can penetrate and past the ball like we do all you have to do is make shots. In the second half guys were looking for me and Carmelo, and we were there to hit some three’s and bust the game wide open, and we are going to get ready for a tough game on Sunday.”
The USA crashed the boards for a
Top: Deron Williams handed out 11 assists in the USA’s win over Nigeria and averaged 4.6 assists and 9.0 points per game. Bottom: The youngest USA team member at 19 years of age, Anthony Davis pumped in 12 points against Tunisia.
46-29 rebounding advantage and 19 second-chance points to Argentina’s five. Although both teams took care of the ball – the USA recorded just 10 turnovers and had none from its point guards, Paul and Williams. Argentina committed only 11, and the USA converted that into 23 points while Argentina scored only 12. “We have so many weapons,”
Paul said. “This isn’t like an NBA team where each guy comes down and says, here, take the ball and go one-on-one. When guys have open shots, they shoot them. But we have the peace of mind to know that if a guy hits four open threes in a row,
we know how to get him the ball.” The USA came out firing and built
an 18-6 lead thanks in part to Bryant, who sank three 3-pointers in the first 4:20 of the game. Argentina responded with a 9-0 run to cut the lead to three points, 18-15 at 1:52. The USA put up six more points to Argentina’s four to finish the first quarter with a 24-19 advantage.
James tallied eight points in the
first 4:49 of the second quarter and Love added four to help the USA counter two 3-pointers from Argentina’s Andres Nocioni, and the USA had built a 10-point margin, 37-27, at 5:11 to force an Argentine timeout. Argentina sank three more 3-pointers in the period, including the final score of the first half – a long ball from Manu Ginobili just before the buzzer that cut the U.S. lead to seven points, 47-40 at halftime.
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