US basketball team beats Australia in friendly to prepare for Olympics | Olympics

The US men’s basketball team beat Australia in a pre-Olympic friendly. This Monday (15), in Abu Dhabi, the Americans led in the first minutes and led by more than 20 points, but suffered from the Australian reaction in the last quarter. However, they won 92 to 98. The match was part of a series of warm-up matches between teams participating in the Paris Games.

The United States took to the court with Stephen Curry, Anthony Edwards, Jayson Tatum, LeBron James and Joel Embiid. Only Kevin Durant is on the team defending America in Paris Recovering from injuryand Derrick White, Kawhi Leonard was called after the cut, no minutes against Australia. However, the scorer of this Monday’s game was Australian: Jack Landale scored 20 points.

This is the second friendly for the US Olympic team. On July 10, the team defeated Canada 86 to 72. The Americans will have other commitments before the Olympics. They face Serbia on Wednesday (17), South Sudan on Saturday (20) and reigning world champions Germany on Monday (22).

In Paris, the U.S. will be in Group C with Serbia, Puerto Rico and South Sudan as the Americans try to win their fifth consecutive gold medal at the Games — their first finish on the podium since Athens. 2004, when they finished with bronze.

Australia will be drawn in Group A at the Olympics, along with Greece, Canada and Spain. Australia face Serbia in Abu Dhabi to prepare for Paris. The Oceanian nation will be looking for its second Olympic medal in basketball – a bronze at Tokyo 2020.

First quarter: Australia 21 x 32 USA

Australia scored the first points of the game through Joc Landale. Soon, America responded with a three-pointer by LeBron James. The Americans controlled the proceedings and led the scoreboard for most of the first quarter. In the end, they still took the division and closed with an advantage of 11 points scored by Anthony Edwards who had 100% shooting success.

2nd quarter: Australia 16 x 21 USA

In the first minutes of the second quarter, the USA opened up 16 points and Australia cut the gap to 9. However, just as the Australians looked fired up, the Americans looked for consecutive baskets to regain the advantage. The reigning four-time Olympic champions led 53-35 and won 53-37.

3rd Quarter: Australia 24 x 23 USA

The third quarter started with more rushing and more offensive mistakes from both teams. Halfway through the game, the Australians scored 10 consecutive points, cutting the American advantage from 22 to 12. Anthony Edwards was responsible for ending America’s drought. Score (76 to 61).

4th quarter: Australia 31 x 22 USA

If America’s victory looked to be on its way, Australia showed it still had the energy to follow through. By dominating rebounds and quick offensive transitions, he cut the American advantage to just six points. Two Diaries Halliburton threes eased America’s woes, but the Australians continued to chase. In the end, the score showed 98 to 92 for the current four-time Olympic champions.