USA - Serbia 110:84 in the first round of Group C of the Olympic basketball tournament.
The expected, routine victory of the American "dream team", in a controlled match in which the difference was not so drastic, and the biggest was at the end, when Stef Kari increased the advantage to plus 26 with a triple.
LeBron James and company, however, were better in every quarter - 25:20, 33:29, 36:16, 26:19, which shows how seriously they approached the match against Svetislav-Karij Pešić, a team that is among the favorites for a medal.
Serbia started well, leading 10:2, then 12:5, then 20:14, but the Americans ended the first quarter with an 11:0 run and, as it turned out, broke the duel in Lille.
The difference in the second quarter was no bigger than 10, in the third it approached 20, and in the last over 20, until the final plus 26.
Kevin Durent shone in the first half, he shot 5-5 three-pointers, 7-7 from the field in total, and finished the match as the most effective with 23 points.
He was followed by LeBron James with 21, Joe Holiday with 15, Booker scored 12, Steph Curry 11...
For Serbia, Nikola Jokić had 20 points, eight assists and five rebounds, Bogdan Bogdanović scored 14, Ognjen Dobrić 13, Vasilije Micić 11 and Aleksa Avramović 10 points.
In the first match of Group C, the South Sudan team defeated Puerto Rico this morning with 90:79.
In the next round, Pešić's team will play against Puerto Rico, and the Americans will play against South Sudan.
The point difference in the group is also important, because two teams pass, plus the two best third-placed teams from the three groups.
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