Team USA moved to 4-0 on their pre-FIBA World Cup tour Friday night, beating old rival Greece 108-86 in its first-ever game in the U.A.E.
, who have been toasting opponents with sharpshooting off the bench, did so again and combined for 24 points.
This isn't to say the Americans were perfect. They didn't play cleanly for stretches against the Greeks, who played without national heroas he recovers from offseason knee surgery. For example, they turned the ball over 20 times, costing them 24 points. During one stretch in the second quarter where they turned the ball over four times in a six-possession span and at one point saw a 17-point lead sliced to six because they lost focus.
But like they did last weekend in Malaga when they had a quality win over host Spain, the Americans routinely followed up patchy stretches with force and kept a comfortable lead throughout. After getting outrebounded by Spain, a concern for a team that is purposely constructed with speed rather than bulk, the U.S. won the glass 49-35.
"The concern is turnovers and rebounds. If we stay even on the possession game, I feel great about our chances against anybody," Kerr said."The way teams can beat us is if they get extra possessions and force a lot of turnovers and we're not sharp and we're not boxing out. And I've told our guys that. ... It's not really a secret."
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