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USA bounces back to beat Argentina
    2021-07-15  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

TEAM USA bounced back  Tuesday in a 108-80 victory over Argentina in a warmup game before the Tokyo Olympics, which was sorely needed following back-to-back losses to Nigeria and Australia earlier in the week.

Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal each scored 17 points and the Americans beat Argentina to avoid what would have been the first three-game losing streak in this era of NBA players being able to represent USA Basketball on the international stage.

Zach LaVine scored 15 points for the U.S., which lost its first two games in Las Vegas to Nigeria and Australia. The Americans shot 51 percent, scored 33 first-quarter points to get off and running and beat Argentina for the 10th consecutive time since a loss at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

“It was better,” U.S. coach Gregg Popovich said. “Bit by bit, every day, I hope.”

Damian Lillard scored 13 points and Bam Adebayo finished with 12 points, five assists and five rebounds for the U.S.

“Just really locked in,” Adebayo said.

Luis Scola, set to play in the Olympics for a fifth time, scored 16 points in 19 minutes for Argentina. Nicolas Laprovittola scored 13, Facundo Campazzo had 12 and Gabriel Deck added 10.

“It’s not a big deal,” Argentina’s Luca Vildoza said. “It’s only a loss.”

The U.S. played with only eight members of the Olympic team. Jayson Tatum was held out with right knee soreness and will be day-to-day going forward, USA Basketball said. The Americans also will be without Khris Middleton, Jrue Holiday and Devin Booker until at least this weekend because of the NBA Finals.

The back-to-back losses to start the U.S. team’s stay in Las Vegas raised the possibility that the Americans might lose three in a row with NBA players for the first time.

“Our biggest thing is we have to realize it’s not the NBA and Coach Pop keeps re-emphasizing that every single day,” Beal said. (SD-Agencies)

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