83-63 at 6:05. Overall, the USA outscored Turkey 32-17 in the fourth. While the USA forced 28 turnovers,
it also recorded 21 assists on its 39 made baskets and also got a double-digit scoring contribution from Irving, who had 13 points and five assists.
USA 98, New Zealand 71 Leading by seven points after the
game’s first 10 minutes, the USA quickly pulled away from New Zealand with a 12-0 run in the second period and continued on to an impressive 98-71 win that saw six U.S. players reach double- figures and all 12 players scored. “It was a good solid performance,”
said Krzyzewski. “I thought the intensity was excellent. We were playing against a different offense, that’s a really good offense that New Zealand runs, and it’s a very difficult offense to defend with big guys because everybody is away from the basket.”
USA 98, New Zealand 71 September 2, 2014
NZL MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Penney 20 3- 9 0- 0 402 6 Vukona 19 3- 5 1- 2 503 7 Abercrombie18 2- 7 0- 0 514 4 Loe
T. Webster 15 1- 5 2- 2 001 4 Tait
Bartlett 16 3- 7 0- 0 200 9 Kenny
18 1- 6 0- 0 313 3 10 2- 3 1- 3 130 5 13 0- 0 0- 0 023 0
C. Webster 19 3-10 0- 0 211 8 Anthony 16 5- 6 0- 0 302 11 Fotu
Frank
Curry Faried Irving
16 3- 4 0- 0 210 8 20 3-10 0- 0 123 6
Totals 200 29-72 4- 7 33 11 22 71 USA
Harden 24 3- 4 6- 8 241 13 Davis
Thompson 21 5- 9 0- 0 110 12 Rose Gay
22 7-13 7-10 920 21 17 1- 6 1- 2 121 3
DeRozan 9 1- 1 2- 4 011 4 Plumlee
15 1- 4 0- 0 432 2 5 0- 2 1- 4 310 1
Cousins 11 2- 4 0- 0 221 4 Drummond 4 0- 0 1- 2 201 1 Totals 200 35-68 22-34 48 21 13 98
New Zealand USA
20 15 19 16 -- 71 27 30 18 23 -- 98
3PT FGs-New Zealand (9-27): Bartlett 3-6, C. Webster 2-5, Fotu 2-3, Loe 1-3, Anthony 1-1, Penney 0-3, Frank 0-3, Abercrombie 0-2, T. Webster 0-1; USA (6-16): Thompson 2-5, Curry 2-4, Irving 1-3, Harden 1-1, Rose 0-2, Gay 0-1; TO-New Zealand 22, USA 16; BLKS- New Zealand 3, USA 4; STLS-New Zealand 3, USA 14.
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MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 24 4- 7 2- 2 533 12 25 7- 9 1- 1 11 01 15 23 4- 9 1- 1 422 10
Anthony Davis played more like a veteran than a 21-year-old playing in his first World Cup. A starter in all nine game, AD averaged 12.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.1 blocked shots a game.
The USA’s balanced attack was led
by Davis with 21 points and nine rebounds; Faried finished with a 15 point, 11-rebound (seven offensive boards) double-double; Harden added 13 points and four assists; Curry and Thompson scored 12 points apiece; and Irving tallied 10 points and four steals. “Each and every last one of us
doesn’t care who scores the ball, as long as we win,” Faried said. “We are just trying to get the gold. We don’t care who’s out there scoring, who’s out there rebounding, who’s out there getting steals or the shine and glory. We just want to win games.” The USA forced 22 turnovers out of
New Zealand, which it converted into 26 points, and won the rebounding battle 48-33. Further, 28 of the USA’s points came off the fast break and the team recorded 21 assists. The USA led by as many as 12
points in the first quarter, but two 3-pointers in the last 1:29 and a put-back at the buzzer for New Zealand allowed it close the gap to seven points, 27-20. Helping the USA to break away was
the USA’s red-hot second-quarter shoot- ing. The Americans were 10-of-14 from
the field in the second quarter for an impressive 71.4 percent. Meanwhile, the U.S. defense cooled New Zealand to just 31.6 percent (6-19 FGs) and forced eight turnovers in the second period alone. After outscoring New Zealand
30-15 in the quarter, the USA headed to the locker room with a 57-35 lead. New Zealand outscored the USA 19-18 in the third quarter, but the
USA maintained a comfortable lead of 75-54 at the end of the period. The gap reached its widest margin –
34 points – when Gay scored at 3:10 in the fourth quarter. Finishing the game by putting up 23 points to New Zealand’s 17 in the final period, the USA secured the win.
USA 106,
Dominican Republic 71 The USA remained unbeaten and
earned the No. 1 seed for Group C with a 106-71 win over Dominican Republic. Leading from start to finish, the USA had secured a double-digit lead of 56-41 by halftime and then blew the game wide open with a 25-11 third-quarter advantage. “I was pleased with our team
tonight,” said Krzyzewski. “I thought part of the start was we missed three layups, five free throws. They were short handed with (Francisco) Garcia not play- ing and what happens, I think, some- times you don’t want to pile it on, but you also don’t have the edge you nor- mally have. I thought our guys got that. I thought our bench did a great job. Faried led the USA with 16 points
and six rebounds; Cousins added 13 points, five rebounds and six steals in 12 minutes; DeRozan scored 11 points; and Davis and Harden finished with 10 points apiece. Davis also blocked five shots to go with his seven rebounds, and Curry dished out seven of the USA’s 28 assists. The USA tallied 66 of its points in
the paint and converted Dominican’s 26 turnovers into 36 points. For a second straight night, all 12 U.S. players put points on the board. “I believe everybody felt pretty good
with how well they played today,” Cousins said. “You could see it on guys’ faces, you could see with the guys on the
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