By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
San Francisco Bay Area basketball fans came to see a three-man show from their very own Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night and they did on the way to an easy win of Team USA.
New Warriors superstar Kevin Durant scored the game’s first 10 points, but his 11 American teammates quickly found ways to contribute as well, as the USA Men’s National Team (3-0) ran circles around China in a 107-57 exhibition win before the Rio Olympics.
With Warriors stars of past (Chris Mullin) and present (Stephen Curry) among the 19,596 cheering them on, the Americans made it three straight exhibition wins with their most impressive showing of the Rio de Janeiro Games lead-up.
“They’re a hard-nosed team. They play extremely hard,” USA point guard Kyrie Irving assessed of the Chinese. “But every single game that we play going forward is about us. How we come out. Our approach. How we execute on both ends of the floor”. Big men DeMarcus Cousins and DeAndre Jordandominated the paint with 27 points on 10-for-11 shooting and 16 rebounds. Center Zhou Qi led China with 13 points.