USA vs SERBIA | USAB SHOWCASE | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | July 17, 2024

Joel Embiid, Nikola Jokic, ready to go, and Team USA will have it first. We don't get a man-to-man in international competition. Well, you know, it's NBA basketball. Wait a minute. I would look for Steph to be a little more active, too. Okay, there's an opening three, and that goes down. Yeah, I think a lot of golf after the season for Steph. Nice help, D. Petrushev spinning baseline for two. Philip Petrushev. Solid. And a stump for Guterich. Marco Guterich with the slam. And he can make some threes, too, sidestep threes. Curry pull-up. Another three. Steph has all the points for Team USA. 86% three-point shooter as well in EuroLeague play. In Turkey, I believe. Abramovich diving in for two. Nice play. Speed. Embiid missed it right at the rim. Curry gets all nine. Oh, he's amazing. Fun to watch. Lineups and what the offense would look like with a different starting lineup. It looks like all Steph Curry as Abramovich buries a three. And that's that set play. Back screen and then a dribble handoff. Abramovich defended by Holiday. Got the screen from Jokic and knocks down a three. They've been shooting deep, those perimeter guys. Holiday's got Jokic right now. Jokic on Holiday, spinning off of him. He missed it. Second chance is there. He does a great job with his upper body. Body in, forcing people under the rim. It's an 8-0 run for Serbia in a minute and a half. Decided to leave them to participate in Olympic competition this year. That's easy for a B. For Team USA, including Devin Booker into the ballgame. And his pull-up. Uh-oh. And a ham out of bio. And knocked away beautifully by Guterich. And the lob to Petrushev. How pretty was that? And a Kentucky. Here's just a really nice look. Dover's with the fine. Philip Petrushev, who, as we mentioned, played. You have to concentrate defensively. Don't get back here. That's what they're. Oh, my goodness. Guterich to the rim for the stuff. And a great-looking kick on the mesh. You can just see. Boy, they read things beautifully. Here's Booker coming around the corner. Edwards. Extra pass. Got it to the corner. That three of the year is good. And bam, out of bio. Knocks it down. Jokic turns it beautifully. Got it to the wing. That three won't go down. Gets his own rebound and puts it in. He just bodies people under the rim. Oklahoma City to Charlotte late in this NBA season. Middle of the lane. Out of bio. No. Davis, the hammer. Boy, seems like we call that name frequently on the ground. It's on the floor. It's first touch, really. Meets it right in his pocket. Edwards. Step back for three anyway. No good. Petrushev hits it ahead. And that layup will score. Count the goal for Marinkovic. But the processing speed is elite. Yeah, the head vision. Pull up three. And it's good. It's Guterich. There's that pinch post they love to run. Meets it. Got the feet set. And knocks it down. For him. But he's a tremendous facilitator. Vasilye Meets it for three and a 6-0 run. LeBlanc takes matters into his own hands. It's a hard drive. And it's two more for Abramovich. The left side is strong. Opportunity. Nice. That was a slippage issue. This is what you were talking about. He was on that line. But a nice cut. Anticipation. There's a little flex screen on the baseline to get that look. And Bede sets it up. The rest is rather simple. Fish in a barrel for Steph Curry. No question. Great set. 12 points already for Curry. He had nine early for Team USA. Jokic banging against Embiid. Tough. Footwork. And the broad shoulders, too. Very tough to reach across. Look at how into this he is. I was just going to say, you think he's into this? Curry again. Come on. Daunted to the rim. That's the step. Again, not getting back into position. Got to make them work a little bit. Now, Petruchev has been dangerous around the rim. And Curry went down after the make. So, it was like five on four and a half. Again, a foul. Oh, my goodness. Look at him. No way. Steph Curry going down to the ground to knock down a three and a foul. Vintage. Davis sets the screen. That's a pull-up. It's a three. And it's good for Edwards. Nice job. A little better flow to the game. And speaking of flow, Edwards so talented, so good, and a lot of juice. A lot of sitch for Jokic. There's the back screen. It's dribble. Exchange. Jokic got bumped, and he scores anyway. He's going to swim it. The channel. Blocked away by Davis. So, they're going to reset it to 12. Jokic. That's blocked by Davis. Another eraser. White the lob. Tough catch on a bio down low. Smart, though. He knew he couldn't grab it and dunk it. Got hit. Meets it on the drive and a handoff. It's knocked away by Adebayo. Davis with their late shot clock. It's wiped away again, and that should be a whistle. Davis is having a ball. Davis met him and affected that shot again. Look at this pass, too. Adebayo. Edwards trailing for the stuff. Turning it up right now. Basketball history. Occasionally, two-liter a day of something else is enjoyable as well. They just turned it up a notch. Serbia won for its last night in part because of Davis trying to hold his ground again. And Jokic gets two and a foul this time. He is a gamer, this kid. Edwards measuring. Skipping it. Tough catch. Adebayo got the feet set and knocks it down again. How about that? With great force in the first half. I like that set. That is good basketball right there. And Holliday buries it. Overall game. He was an all-star back in 2013. And then last year as well, LeBron skating to the rim. And now this is about it. Micic back on. Here's LeBron. Jokic got in the way. Holliday an open three. Nice extra pass. Late in the first half. It's a 15-0 run. Grand Hill, Sean Ford. Steve and the coaching staff have to feel a lot better. I would bet they would say we feel better now, but we still have to close. Yeah. Right. It's fine. We're up 22. But before I mention administration, look at that pass. Tatum. Tatum getting right on the floor on the inbounds. He lost it on the way out, it looked like. Yeah, it did. That's Marinkovic. Holliday, no. His jointed possession. Open look. That's good for Dobrych. Booker driving Marinkovic. Halliburton got it up top. Bam. For goodness. Right on the floor. Had that open look other than the foul call. Pretty shot. Remember the three-point line is a foot shorter in FIBA play. Jokic body-to-body with Davis. What a matchup. Jokic wins. Jokic fed by Davis. And a takeaway. Look out below, Anthony. With the stuff, 83-57. This is Jordan-like, this elevation and spring. So effortless. The look behind was Jordan-like too, wasn't it? He didn't let the tongue out. He's just having a good time. Marinkovic. Oh, my goodness. Just erased again by Davis. And the footwork. That's what's impressive on this particular play. Just look at this footwork to get there. The wretches. Booker around the corner. Davis. For two. Edwards and Davis. That could have been a reach-in foul. Edwards will meander through and pull up to score. Man, is that smooth. Damm tried to go cross lane. Here's Curry. Doesn't leave much room at all. Man, oh, man, off the juggle for three. That's as quick as I've seen a release. Out of bio. Look, dazzling. Going to be 40, folks. What could you do at 40? It's 20 years worth. You see the bench just sitting back down after that one. That three is good for Gooderich, who shot it well today. That's no good. Everybody's flying all over the place. It's like five airplanes out there for Team USA. Curry buries the three. And all we're missing is sweet Georgia browns. For year after year after year, moment after moment, LeBron. Bullying down the lane for two more and a foul. How about the power? Serious. Right here, taking on, decimating the interior. Flexing them, and why not? If we had him, he might do the same. The level of you can't beat us in the physical movements right now. Automatic switching. Challenging every shot. Look how active LeBron is defensively in a 30-point game. That three is good for Dolbridge. Good defense for the moment on the recovery. LeBron off the window. No. Had to get it up, though. And a takeaway. Tatum right down the lane. That's good. Overwhelming Team USA right now. Their defensive ability has just been extraordinary. That's a three for Ristich, and it's good. Boy, they were all fantastic collegiate players, all three of them. Well, he's getting his shots on. Langston Galloway is going to take his. Defense still close and intense for the United States late. Potter. And shoot. There's a three for him. He can shoot. The defense there, but two for Abramovich. Yeah, it'll be interesting to see the United States against South Sudan coming up on Saturday. I know you've started to look at tape a little bit, and that's a pretty good team they have. They come with the same force, intent, but they're getting themselves into playing midseason shape right now. And we saw a little bit more cohesive of an offense in this second half than we saw in the first half. The turnovers got minimized, and the United States puts away Serbia 105-79. A very happy Eric Spoelstra, Anthony Davis, as the United States, with Steph Curry putting up 24 points, wins 105-79.