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A few days ago, the US national team suffered their first defeat in an Olympic tournament since 2004. In the starting game, she was traditionally ranked as a favorite. And I must say that before the big break, the “Stars and Stripes” confirmed this status with a score on the scoreboard – 45:37. In the third quarter, the French fought a dream team (25:11). At the end of the match, Vincent Collet’s wards finished off the demoralized opponent (21:10). The main star of the Americans, Kevin Durant, scored ten points. The hosts are at the bottom of the first quartet standings!
By the second round, the Iranians are in the standings higher than the Americans due to the best difference between scored and missed points. In the starting game, the Iranian national team met with the Czech national team and lost with a score of 78:84. Czech basketball players controlled the course of the game until the last quarter (67:46). In the final stretch, the Europeans relaxed and allowed the opponent to reduce the handicap. The most productive player of the entire match was the Iranian basketball player Behnan Yakhchali (23 points).
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The Game has just finished, Team USA closes out the 54-point win, 120-66.
Team USA now has twice as many points as Iran. It’s 114-57
Can Team USA push its lead up to 50? They’re up 45 now with around four minutes to play.
Now Jayson Tatum gives Team USA its 17th 3 of the night.
Book, KD & Khris (10) join Dame (18) in double figures.
END 3Q | 🇺🇸 82 🇮🇷 43#Tokyo2020 #Basketball pic.twitter.com/7Ju9IAurTv
— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) July 28, 2021
Middleton for 3. It’s 82-38.
Team USA’s lead is up to a game-high 38 points at 70-32. This is getting ugly.
Kevin Durant is now seven points shy of Carmelo Anthony’s all-time Team USA scoring record after that 3.
Booker misses at the buzzer, but Team USA is running away with this thing. It’s 60-30 at halftime in favor of the Americans.
That’s four 3-pointers for Damian Lillard, who has found his NBA form tonight.
Jrue getting in on the scoring action! He's up to 6 PTS on 3s.
7:27 2Q | 🇺🇸 38 🇮🇷 15#Tokyo2020 #Basketball pic.twitter.com/uqM3JAr9P5
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Jerami Grant comes in and immediately gets to the line.
Hot start! Six 3-pointers in the opening quarter. @Dame_Lillard with 9 PTS.
END 1Q | 🇺🇸 28 🇮🇷 12#Tokyo2020 #Basketball pic.twitter.com/4976rblK7D
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Make that 20-12 as Damian Lillard nails his third 3-pointer of the night.
There’s Booker with the jumper to push Team USA’s lead to 10-7.
Iran takes a quick 2-0 lead as Team USA’s switching defense continues to be vulnerable to opponents with size. Fortunately, Lillard opens the night with a 3-pointer.
Just a reminder as we enter Team USA’s second game: they are currently ranked last in Group A. Iran is 0-1 as well, but has the tiebreaker over Team USA at the moment thanks to its minus-6 point-differential (Team USA is minus-7). A win would, at least, get Team USA ahead of Iran.
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