Kevin Durant’s Performance Against Serbia Is a Warning to the World
Kevin Durant checked into the USA-Serbia men’s basketball game in Lille, France, on Sunday afternoon, with 2 minutes, 33 seconds left in the first quarter and his team requiring a boost. Serbia led 20-14 and the American men, favored to win the gold medal, were making some sloppy mistakes, on both ends of the floor.
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00:00Hi, I'm Sean Gregory from time reporting from Lille France where today the United States
00:06Defeated the Serbian men's basketball team by a score of 110 to 85 the opening game for both teams
00:14It was an amazing scene 27,000 people at the stadium behind me, which usually
00:20Hosts soccer what to know about the game Kevin Durant. He came off the bench
00:25He's only come off the bench three times in his NBA career. He came off the bench today
00:29he had missed the
00:31Pre-olympic contests with a calf injury
00:34All he does is come off the bench play nine minutes in the first half and score 21 points
00:39He was perfect from the field 8 for 8
00:42He missed one. He's only shot in the second half to
00:46Shake up his perfect night, but he finished with 23 points LeBron James had 21
00:52And a host of assists and rebounds Nikola Jokic played really well
00:57For Serbia, but when when he was out of the game the United States
01:02outscored Serbia by 26 points, they just couldn't handle the United States a great game a great scene and a
01:10Game an opening game for the United States to have a little bit of everything the older players playing well and the young and up-and-comers
01:17Starring at two and there's a lot of promise
01:21based on game one