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The relaxed USA basketball players allowed the Serbians to escape 10:2, 12:5 in a few minutes, which did not please the coaches of the American team and they were forced to take a minute break.
Immediately after that, the USA team made two three-pointers, LeBron James scored two points with a penalty and the USA already led 14:12. Although the Serbs escaped again 19:14, the USA team calmly returned to the fight and led 25:20 after the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Americans were ahead 32:23, and the coach of the Serbian national team, Svetislav Pesicius, was forced to ask for a one-minute break.
In more than 6 minutes played, Kevin Durant had already scored 14 points.
Although the Americans tried to distance themselves, the Serbs held on with 3 minutes left to fight in the half. they trailed only 36-46.
At the end of the quarter, Serbia had reduced the difference to 42:46, but thanks to K. Durant, the USA team went to rest leading 58:49.
It was Phoenix Suns superstar K. Durant who showed something of the fantasy – he scored 21 points in 9 minutes, hitting everything: three two-pointers and five three-pointers. In total, the Americans made 12 of 18 three-pointers.
In the third quarter, the Americans led 63-51, but after an unsportsmanlike foul by Joel Embiid, the difference was reduced to 53-63.
At the end of the third quarter, the Americans ran away again 78:63, and in the fourth quarter they gained an advantage of more than twenty points – 86:65. By the end of the duel, the teams had been training more than playing.
Kevin Durant, who returned to the US national team after an injury, was one of the main players of the victory: in almost 17 minutes, he scored 23 points (3/4 doubles, 5/5 triples, 2/2 penalties), 2 rebounds and 23 assists. scores.
LeBron James performed no worse, scoring 21 points (8/10 doubles, 1/3 triples, 2/2 penalties), 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 28 utility points.
Serbian national team: Nikola Jokić 20 (7/9 doubles, 1/6 triples, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 8 assists, 4 fouls), Bogdan Bogdanović 14 (4/8 doubles ., 2/6 triples, 6 rebounds), Ognjenas Dobričius 13 (4/7 doubles, 1/4 triples), Vasilije Micicius 11 (2/6 triples), Aleksa Avramović 10 (4/5 doubles), Vanja Marinković 6 (4 rebounds), Filip Petruševas 4 (5 rebounds), Nikola Milutinov 1.
USA national team: Kevin Durant 23 (5/5 triples), LeBron James 21 (8/10 doubles, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 6 fouls), Jrue Holiday 15 (3/5 triples , 4 rpg.), Devin Booker 12 (4/5 rpg., 5 rpg.), Anthony Edwards 11 (5 rpg.), Stephen Curry 8 (2/6 rpg.), Anthony Davis 7 (3/6 doubles, 8 rebounds), Joel Embiid and Bam Adebayo 4 each, Derrick White 2.
In the pre-Olympic control match, the Americans crushed the Serbians 105:79. However, Serbia did not have Bogdan Bogdanovic and Nikola Milutinov in their ranks.
In this Olympic Group C, the first match has already taken place, where South Sudan defeated Puerto Rico 90-79.
The legendary LeBron James leads the USA national team forward. In the last two games together, the Americans dealt with Serbia – in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro they defeated the Serbians 94:91 in the group match, but in the final the USA basketball players crushed their opponents 96:66.
USA players did not do so well in the World Championships: in 2019, in the match for 5-8 places, Serbia defeated America 94:89.
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