It’s the America vs Canada match in the USA Basketball Showcase expo in the lead of the 2024 City of Light Paris Olympics on Wednesday night at Arena in Las Vegas.
Oklahoma City Thunder stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luguentz Dort lead Canada into the Olympics with solid hopes of earning a medal.
Squad USA is 34-3 all-time in pre-Olympic exhibition games.
USA vs Canada basketball takeaways:How did Thunder stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Lu Dort fare?
An early double-digit shortage broke up, morphing into a lead that wouldn’t be gave up as the America Basketball.
Men’s National squad disappointed Canada 86-72 at the USA Basketball Showcase in T-Mobile field on Wednesday night in Las Vegas.
The USA star-studded team bonded for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 took the floor first competitively, applying a show for a best basketball crowd of 20,757.
The celebrations marked the 1st of five exhibitions the Americans will play before the Games begin July 26. Australia, Serbia, South Sudan and Germany each await the U.S. on July 15, 17, 20 and 22, severally.
“Good 1st game for America, actually just getting going after four days of practice,” said head coach Steve Kerr.
Match Points:
“You could see the rust from the offensive end, many 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.”
Canada rolled out to an 11-1 lead in the early stages of the first quarter, with the United States trying to get the 3 going but missing their first four attempts from deep.
Stephen Curry ripped the lid off the basket with a 3-pointer after a fake sent defending RJ Barrett flying.
And as starters eventually broke to the bench, the offensive tide bent.
Antony Edwards, Jayson Tatum and Bam Adebayo bedded successful drives to the rim, punctuated by a dunk from Adebayo to cut the Canada lead to 14-10.
As a result, it evolved into a 14-2 second-quarter run, putting the U.S. out ahead permanently match.
The U.S Came in the locker room with some breathing space, bearing its then-largest lead of the game at 41-33.
It was a lopsided combat on the boards in the first half – the U.S out-rebounded Canada 33 to 17 and shot over 50% from the field.
Enter the Curry show. The four-time NBA champion and first-time Olympian took the contest into his own gives out of the break, sandwiching a layup with a pair of 3s in just over a minute.
