Team USA Dominates Serbia in Olympic Basketball Opener
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00:00an Olympic opener yesterday for Team USA men's basketball against a couple of
00:08familiar faces in the three-time in the last four years NBA MVP
00:13Nikola Jokic and the Serbians. DRS there were some questions I would say about
00:18Team USA entering the Olympic Games in their five-game exhibition series to get
00:24ready they struggled at times they were a perfect 5-0 straight up but Team USA
00:29is in its hunt for a fifth consecutive gold medal the question is not winning
00:34it is dominance it is the impressive manner in which they are expected to win
00:39by well yesterday that was on full display against Serbia 110 84 the
00:46United States covering as a 13 and a half point favorite in its Olympic
00:51opener and over under of 185 and a hook skies over a hundred and ten points led
00:57by LeBron James and Kevin Durant well I thought we had some issues early in that
01:03game right down 10 points uh-oh game number one the lights come on brightest
01:07Serbia looks like the better basketball team and then the United States happened
01:11by the end of the first quarter which they were down 10 in they had a five
01:15point lead second quarter scored 33 points to extend that lead and then boy
01:19did they play some defense Ben in that second half quarter number three 16
01:23points for Serbia quarter number four 19 points for Serbia all I wanted to see
01:27was a very good effort which meant a double-digit victory and a dominating
01:31performance I didn't think I was gonna get a 110 to 84 performance at a team
01:36USA and LeBron James who has been fabulous to those international
01:39friendlies continued right where he left off 9 of 13 from the floor 21 points 9
01:45assists the ball is always in his hands and also to have Kevin Durant coming
01:49back look like the best scorer in the world that we know he can be I don't
01:53know who's gonna stop to you and say and I understand this oh it's one game and
01:56you get this but when you team USA is firing on all cylinders like that
02:00offensively and defensively and also this wasn't a team in Serbia that was
02:04you know 90 or a hundred to one to win the Olympics this was one of the times
02:08that was in the upper crust here that they easily dispatched up now also it
02:12wasn't the knockout stage I understand the United States was a heavy favorite
02:16over Serbia they should have won that game and they did but I just loved the
02:19way they went about it and it wasn't from a start to finish it was like hey
02:22you know what we're not playing all that well the arena is jumping right now
02:25we're down 10 points and just hit that gas pedal and take control of those
02:29final three quarters was phenomenal to watch for me