RIO DE JANIERO — Venezuela slowed the pace, made the U.S. work on defense and trailed the mighty Americans by two points early in the second quarter.Then, the U.S. men’s basketball team turned up the defensive pressure and unleashed its powerful offense and turned that two-point lead into a 22-point halftime advantage.
RIO DE JANIERO — Venezuela slowed the pace, made the U.S. work on defense and trailed the mighty Americans by two points early in the second quarter.Then, the U.S. men’s basketball team turned up the defensive pressure and unleashed its powerful offense and turned that two-point lead into a 22-point halftime advantage.
"They try to control tempo and did for a long period of time. They make you play defense, and then we fouled a lot as a result of that, because you have to play it longer," U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "We didn’t get a good offensive rhythm because of their defense, and then in the second quarter, our defense picked up. I thought Jimmy (Butler) was a huge factor in that. He just came in and really gave us a big lift. I thought DeAndre (Jordan), those two guys defensively kind of picked the whole thing up for us. I think we wore them down as the game went along.”
Carmelo Anthony scored 14 points and passed Michael Jordan as the USA’s No. 3 all-time leading Olympic scorer. Anthony could pass David Robinson and LeBron James for first place against Australia.
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"They try to control tempo and did for a long period of time. They make you play defense, and then we fouled a lot as a result of that, because you have to play it longer," U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "We didn’t get a good offensive rhythm because of their defense, and then in the second quarter, our defense picked up. I thought Jimmy (Butler) was a huge factor in that. He just came in and really gave us a big lift. I thought DeAndre (Jordan), those two guys defensively kind of picked the whole thing up for us. I think we wore them down as the game went along.”
Carmelo Anthony scored 14 points and passed Michael Jordan as the USA’s No. 3 all-time leading Olympic scorer. Anthony could pass David Robinson and LeBron James for first place against Australia.
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