For weeks, U.S. players have been hearing about what they aren’t.
Not big enough. Not old enough. And maybe even not good enough.
Kevin Durant and Team USA looked solid in their opener at the worlds.
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On Saturday, they finally got to show what they believe they can be: the team that ends a 16-year world championship drought.
Kevin Durant scored 14 points and got the United States started on a dominant second-quarter stretch in a 106-78 victory over Croatia in its opening game of the tournament.
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“People aren’t expecting us to come out here and win, so we just wanted to make a statement and I think tonight we did,” Durant said.
Eric Gordon(notes) made four 3-pointers and had 16 points to lead the Americans, who turned a close game into a blowout by limiting the Croatians to six points in the second quarter. Chauncey Billups finished with 12 points.
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