“It was a rough start for us tonight;
we started off a little slow,” said Curry. “Defensively, I think we were locked in, it’s just offensively we weren't in synch and it took us a minute to get going. But our effort and intensity were there and we’re just happy to finish out pool play 5-0. That was the mission coming in, take each game one at a time; try to get better every game and I think we accom- plished that.” The teams matched each other over
the first three minutes of the second period, however, an old-fashioned three- point play from Cousins and a 3-pointer from Irving helped the USA cut it to two points, 24-22, at 7:07. After two tied scores, Curry’s 3-pointer at 3:59 gave the USA its first lead, 30-27, since it was ahead 2-0 to start the game. A 7-0 stretch from 2:23 to 1:20 in the quarter spurred the USA to a 44-32 halftime lead. Ukraine played hard throughout the
game, but never came closer than 13 points in the third quarter, as Harden
USA 95, Ukraine 71 September 4, 2014
USA Curry Faried Irving
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 19 3- 6 5- 5 1 1 3 14 25 5- 6 0- 0 8 1 2 10 21 4- 6 2- 2 3 6 2 11
Harden 24 7-12 3- 5 3 5 2 17 Davis
Thompson 24 3- 7 0- 0 5 4 1 7 Rose Gay
21 6- 9 0- 0 6 1 3 12 18 2- 9 0- 0 4 4 1 4
DeRozan 13 1- 2 3- 4 0 0 2 5 Plumlee
12 1- 7 0- 0 3 1 1 2 4 1- 1 0- 0 2 0 1 2
Cousins 15 4- 8 3- 5 3 1 1 11 Drummond 4 0- 0 0- 0 2 1 0 0 Totals 200 37-73 16-21 42 25 19 95
UKR Jeter
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 28 5-16 1- 2 4 2 4 13
Lypovyy 27 3- 6 0- 0 2 1 3 6 Zabirchenko 17 2- 3 1- 2 2 1 3 7 Kornienko 24 1- 6 2- 2 6 0 1 4 Kravtsov 26 5- 7 5- 7 4 0 2 15 Pustozvonov 11 0- 1 0- 0 4 0 2 0 Mishula 25 2-10 1- 2 1 4 2 6 Mykhailiuk 11 1- 4 0- 0 2 0 0 3 Gladyr
1 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0
Natyazhko 12 2- 3 2- 2 2 0 2 6 Zaytsev 17 4- 6 1- 2 3 0 2 11 Pustovyi 1 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 25-62 13-19 34 8 21 71
USA Ukraine
14 30 25 26 -- 95 19 13 22 17 -- 71
3PT FGs-USA (5-12): Curry 3-4, Thompson 1-2, Irving 1-1, Harden 0-3, Rose 0-1, Gay 0-1; Ukraine (8-24): Jeter 2-5, Zaytsev 2-3, Zabirchenko 2-2, Mishula 1-7, Mykhailiuk 1-2, Lypovyy 0-3, Kornienko 0-2; TO-USA 10, Ukraine 19; BLKS- USA 6, Ukraine 2; STLS-USA 12, Ukraine 5.
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scored 10 of his points in the period to help the USA lead 69-54 headed into the final 10 minutes. The USA ran away with the game
by outscoring Ukraine 26-17 in the fourth to bring the game to its 95-71 final.
The USA shooting warmed to
50.7 percent for the game (37-73 FGs) and righted the rebounding column by outrebounding Ukraine 42-34. The USA also recorded 25 assists on its 37 baskets.
USA 86, Mexico 63 Led by 20 points from Curry, who
tallied 11-straight points in the third quarter and shot 6-of-9 from 3-point for the game, the USA advanced into the 2014 FIBA World Cup quarterfinals with a dominating 86-63 win over Mexico.
“Overall I was pleased because it’s our sixth game in eight days, and we
USA 86, Mexico 63 September 6, 2014
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Ramos 23 2- 5 0- 0 602 4 Gutierrez, J. 27 3- 8 0- 0 334 7 Ayon Cruz
37 11-19 3- 8 802 25 19 3-11 0- 0 510 6
Hernandez 24 0- 2 0- 0 610 0 Stoll
15 2- 7 0- 0 620 5
Martinez 10 3- 6 0- 0 001 7 Gutierrez, I. 4 0- 0 0- 0 000 0 Meza
Mendez 18 2- 7 0- 0 020 5 Zamora Parada
8 1- 3 0- 0 111 2 8 1- 5 0- 0 301 2
7 0- 0 0- 0 201 0
Totals 200 28-73 3- 8 42 10 12 63 USA
Curry Faried Irving
Harden 20 3- 7 4- 4 421 12 Davis
Thompson 23 6-14 0- 0 523 15 Rose Gay
20 2- 9 0- 0 611 4 16 0- 5 0- 0 240 0
DeRozan 13 0- 1 0- 0 220 0 Plumlee
13 4- 7 0- 0 100 10 6 0- 0 0- 0 100 0
Cousins 14 5- 5 1- 1 713 11 Drummond 6 1- 2 0- 0 202 2 Totals 200 34-73 5- 5 45 18 12 86
Mexico USA
13 14 11 25 -- 63 23 19 24 20 -- 86
3PT FGs-Mexico (4-16): Stoll 1-5, Martinez 1-3, Mendez 1-3, J. Gutierrez 1-1, Cruz 0-2, Ramos 0-1, Hernandez 0-1; USA (13-29): Curry 6-9, Thompson 3-9, Harden 2-5, Gay 2-3, Irving 0-1, Rose 0-1, DeRozan 0-1; TO-Mexico 16, USA 15; BLKS- Mexico 2, USA 6; STLS-Mexico 7, USA 6.
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 25 7-10 0- 0 341 20 20 4- 8 0- 0 800 8 24 2- 5 0- 0 321 4
Klay Thompson was a valuable spark off the bench who averaged a USA team second best 12.7 points, while making a team high 22 3-pointers.
had this early game to get going,” said Krzyzewski. “I thought we continued to play good defense until the last few minutes when they just threw in two or three 3s; they’d only had one 3. So our defense on the 3 was terrific and espe- cially on (Hector) Hernandez, who is their best 3-point shooter, and he didn’t score. Those are things we game planned for, and our guys responded.” Curry’s Golden State teammate
Thompson finished with 15 points; Harden added 12 points; Cousins, who followed up Curry’s third-quarter streak with nine straight points of his own, finished with 11 points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots; and Gay scored 10 points to round out the double-digit scorers. The USA jumped ahead 13-2 to start
the game, but Mexico responded with a 7-0 run to cut it to 13-9 at 4:21. Curry hit a 3-pointer to end Mexico’s spurt, and after one more score from Mexico, the USA closed with seven straight points to lead 23-13 at the first break. The USA hit three 3-pointers in the
second quarter, including two from Harden, who scored 10 points in the period, to help outscore Mexico 19-14
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