Lto The United States team played a friendly in Las Vegas against Puerto Rico and, on this occasion, the Americans they had no mercy and they took the victory in a very forceful way, for 117-74, thus sending a notice to the rest of the 2023 World Cup competitors.
Anthony Edwardsthe Minnesota Timberwolves guard, was the benchmark (15 points, 7 of 12 shooting from the field), ‘warming up engines’ in this way for the triangular of Malaga in which they will participate this coming weekend together with Spain and Slovenia.
With Draymond Green and Kevin Durant from direct witnesses of the game in Las VegasUnited States was up 6 in the first quarter and led by 50-43 at halftime but with bad percentages from the line of 3. After going through the changing rooms, yes, things changed with a partial of 20-0 that propelled Steve Kerra’s men to gradually widen their advantage, which would end up being 43 points.
A victory that serves as ‘revenge’ for the 19-point defeat at the 2004 Athens Olympics against Puerto Rico, the toughest in the history of the North Americans in FIBA basketball.
