America will play 5 exhibitions over the following two weeks ahead of the International Cup starts on Aug. 25.
The US Basketball Males’s Nationwide Crew started its ultimate arrangements for the impending FIBA International Cup with a 117-74 win over Puerto Rico on Monday within the first of 5 exhibition video games.
Anthony Edwards led the best way for Crew USA with 15 issues, whilst Jalen Brunson added a double-double (11 issues, 12 rebounds). Cam Johnson had 15 issues off the bench, whilst Tyrese Haliburton additionally got here on so as to add 12 assists.
The sport marks the top of Crew USA’s conventional coaching camp in Las Vegas ahead of heading in another country, the place it’ll face Slovenia, Spain, Greece and Germany in a span of 8 days. The Slovenia and Spain video games shall be performed in Malaga, Spain, whilst the latter two shall be contested in Abu Dhabi.
- Monday, Aug. 7: USA 117, Puerto Rico 74
- Saturday, Aug. 12: Slovenia (3:30 p.m. ET, FS1)
- Sunday, Aug. 13: Spain (3:30 p.m. ET, Fox)
- Friday, Aug. 18: Greece (12 p.m. ET, FS1)
- Sunday, Aug. 20: Germany (12 p.m. ET, Fox)
Crew USA will play the primary of 3 International Cup staff video games within the Philippines towards New Zealand on Aug. 26, adopted via Greece (Aug. 28) and Jordan (Aug. 30).
The squad is taking a look to bop again from a seventh-place end on the 2019 International Cup, its worst appearing in 15 main tournaments since USA Basketball started incorporating NBA avid gamers for the 1992 Olympics.
