The U. S. men’s basketball team, as expected, crushed Canada 86-72 on Wednesday in their first pre-Olympic exhibition match before the 2024 Games in Paris.

Steph Curry proved his worth in the three-point shooting line by scoring 12 points, while Anthony Edwards had the most points of the day with 13. Anthony Davis, who scored 10 points and grabbed 11 rebounds along with four blocks, dominated the paint. LeBron James proved the all-round player in the game as he contributed seven points, five rebounds, three assist and three steals within 19 minutes. Finally, Jrue Holiday put lots of effort for the team and scored 11 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assist, and 2 blocks. Team USA is the overwhelming favorite to win gold in Olympics for a record sixth time. However, Canada, with talents like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jamal Murray and RJ Barrett in their squad, are an opponent that looks to secure their first medal since 1936 when they won silver.

The United States is scheduled to face Australia on the July 15 and Serbia on July 17 in warm up match in Abu Dhabi. They then face Germany in London on the 22nd of July and South Sudan in the 20th of July. The United States Olympic adventure starts on July 28 and they face Serbia.

The United States had a good first going through their exhibition series especially because they were up against Canada a team that might win a medal and more so their players had only rehearsed four times.

No other team has: when he started coming off the bench again, he brought in Tyrese Haliburton, Anthony Edwards, Jayson Tatum, Bam Adebayo, and Anthony Davis. The U. S. took an early 28-23 lead as this potent squad initiated this suddenly 14-3 scoring spree.

US took 41-33 lead at the halftime and then they scored nine consecutive points out of which Curry contributed with two points to make it 50-37. The United States led 69-54 after the third quarter ended with a three-point buzzer by Edwards.

The Americans proved how important and robust they are in terms of the size of the defense. Canada was restricted to 33 by them. Shooting only 8%, outrebounding their opponents’ 53-48, and a total of 9 blocks. Although they were able to sink only 7 of their 23 attempts for the three-point line, the United States made an astounding 50. 7% from the field in the overall period of the matc

"It's a good first game for us," Kerr said. "We're really just getting started – four days of practice. You could see the rust on the offensive end (and) a lot of turnovers in that first half especially. But I love the defensive intensity and the work on the glass.

"So, it was a good first effort, and we needed to set a tone for how we want to play and I think we did that."

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