U.S. Wins 119-86
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7:05 Melo blows by defender for dunk. 119-86.
7:04 Westbrook and Harden connect the jam, following an Iguodala three. Harden hits three. 117-84
USA 17-42 from three.
3 minutes left in the game- 109-80 after turnovers.
7:00 Kobe leaves game.
6:59: Kobe three. Kobe three. 102-80 Kobe three 105-80!!! 20 in the second half.
No look from James 107-80.
6:56 Kobe three 96-78.
6:55 Love surrounded by three Australians and battles for ball drawing a foul. Goes 1-2 from the line. 93-78
6:53 Love with the offensive rebound and lay in 92-75. Mills three wide open. 92-78 USA
6:51 Williams cross court dish from LeBron hits Open three. 90-75 USA
6:50 Barlow three after Andersen lay up. 87-75 USA
6:49 Durant inbounds. Chris Paul from three 87-70 USA
6:48 Start of the Fourth
-----END OF THE THIRD QUARTER-------
6:45 Baynes upset after foul called against him
6:43 20 seconds left Melo And-1 possibility after Australian turnover.
6:42 Australia answers back! BAYNES WITH A TWO-HANDED SLAM! 81-68 USA
6:41 Australia turnover. DURANT PENETRATES FOR THE JAM!
---- LeBron James just three assists from triple double. Has 10 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists.
6:39 Cross-court pass from LeBron to Carmelo Anthony for three. 77-66 USA.
6:37 LeBron fouls Ingles. Called unsportsmanlike. Ingles hits two free throws- 74-66 USA.
Mills misses three.
6:36 Melo at the line goes 2-2.
Mills easy lay up- Assist Ingles. 74-62.
Barlow lay up 74-64
6:35- LeBron grabs offensive rebound. Absorbs hit connects layup. Misses free throw.
Newley with three 72-60.
----Timeout------ Kobe has 8 points in third quarter alone.
6:32: Kobe goes back-to-back with threes. USA 70-58.
6:31- James goes to the line. Connects 1-2 free throws. 64-58.
6:30- Durant gets posted and Australia scores 63-58 USA. Only a five-point lead.
Australia 0-13 against USA.
6:29- Kobe gets first two points from free throws.
6:27- Kobe Bryant with an alley to Chandler for the jam 61-53
Australia with a three 61-56.
6:24- Durant hits three. 59-53 USA.
6:24- Ingle 3, 11-0 run.
6:23- Kobe called for foul. Second in the game. 0 points in game.
6:21- Australia goes on 8-0 run. 56-50 USA.
Mills hits three. Durant turnover leads to two points. Ingles three.
6:20 Third Quarter Resumes
Australia Leaders
Points- Mills 12, Ingles 9, Andersen 7
Assists- Dellavedova 3, Andersen 2, Ingles 2
Rebounds- Ingles 5, Mills 4, Dellavedova 3
USA Leaders
Points- Williams 13, Durant 9, Anthony, 8
Assists- James 6, Paul 1, Bryant 1
Rebounds- James 10, Love 5, Durant 4
High scores coming up.
6:06- ---------END OF SECOND QUARTER--------
56-42 USA leads at the half
6:04 James plays great defense to prevent layup then dishes it to Love for easy bucket. 56-42 after Mills free throws.
6:02 Paul gets the steal. Nielsen fouls. Paul to the line.
6:02- Durant sits out with three fouls. 1:42 left in the second half.
5:58- USA catches fire. Takes 54-38 lead. James has 7 points
5:54- 47-36 USA leads
5:51- Australia's Newley with a three-pointer 39-27 USA.
5:49- Williams makes 3-3 from the line after getting fouled from beyond the arc. 34-22 USA Leads
5:47- Joe Ingles goes 1-2 from the line. 31-22.
*Westbrook and Iguaodala sit out. Bryant, James in.
5:46- Durant hits three-pointer. U.S. up 31-21.
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5:45- Mills takes it to the hole before regulation. 28-21 USA
5:44: Westbrook takes hard foul with 22 seconds left in first quarter. 2-2 free throws. 28-19 USA. +
5:43- Maric 1-2 from the line. 26-19 :30 seconds left in the game.
5:41- Mills misses two free throws for Australia, then picks up own rebound. Hits Jumper 26-18 USA.
5:39- 1 minute left of action in first quarter- Deron Williams on the line. 2-2. USA leads 26-16.
5:37- Westbrook fouled in the act of shooting. Melo takes a seat, Durant gets back on the floor.
Westbrook makes 1-2 free throws. 24-16 USA
Game continues to be physical. Carmelo Anthony picks up 2nd foul after pushing off Australian player.
5:35- LeBron James with no-look dish to Westbrook for the layup. 22-16 USA.
5:34- USA 20-16
5:32- TIMEOUT (USA looking sloppy int he last couple of possessions on defense and offense)
5:30- And-1 for Carmelo Anthony. 18-12 with chance for three-point play. 19-12 USA
5:29: layup Chris Paul 16-12 USA.
---Game is getting physical--- LeBron James just knocked down Worthington.
5:28- Paul of USA fouled by Nielsen.
5:26- LeBron draws foul. Trip to the line. 13-12. 14-12 after lay up
5:24- 12-10 USA leads. Chandley cleans up board with a dunk.
5:23- 10-10 Australia scores off mishandled turnover by LeBron James
5:21- Australia had three-point lead of Mills three. U.S. Ties game 8-8 on a three pointer.
5:20- Australia ties game at 5-5 with three-pointer from Mills.
5:19- USA 3-0 off Kevin Durant 3-pointer. Assist LeBron James
5:18- Australia takes first possession after Chandler tip off violation.
5:15- Teams will take court soon.
5:11- National Anthems are being played.
5:08- Warm ups have wrapped up. Line ups being announced.
5:05- The action is now about 10 minutes away. Hang in there.
The United States Basketball Team will get ready to face Australia in the Men's Quarterfinals on Wednesday. Here at sportsworldreport.com we have a live blog of the action that will take place in London.
The U.S. has performed as expected. Their biggest moment in the Olympics came when they defeated Nigeria 156-73. It might seem like an extra 1 was added at the end of the 53, but that was the real score of the game.
They always say to save a little bit of points for tomorrow, and the U.S. almost did not score enough to beat Lithuania in their next game as Team USA won by just five points.
Following the Lituania game, many analysts said that the U.S. was in trouble since teams could watch where their holes were, but they put any doubts of this being true as the romped Argentina 126-97 in their last match of the qualifiers.
The U.S. will send out LeBron James (F), Kevin Durant (F), Tyson Chandler (C), Kobe Bryant (G) and Chris Paul (G) as the probabl starting lineups.
Come into the game, Durant is averaging 18.6 points a game with 5.6 rebounds. James comes in second averaging 11.6 points a game with 3.4 rebouds and 4.4 assists.
The Australians' probably lineup looks like this: Joe Ingles (F), David Andersen (F), Aleks Maric (C), Patrick Mills (G) and Matt Dellavedova (G).
Forward Ingles has been the consistent high scorer in their five qualifier matchups despite Mills, who plays for the San Antonio Spurs, having the highest average of points per game. Mills has average 20.2 points per game while Ingles has averaged 14.2.
The action begins at 5:15 p.m. ET/10:15 P.M. GMT.
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