Deron Williams defending Tony Parker
In Team USA’s first game in the 2012 Olympics, they easily handled France, a team with 5 NBA players, by the score of 98-71. The US was able to take a big lead in the second quarter and never looked back. They were led by Kevin Durant’s 22 points and 9 rebounds. He was also 3-5 from 3. Kevin Love was a surprise contributor off the bench, scoring 14 points in only 14 minutes.
For the Nets, Deron Williams did not have an especially good game. In 21 minutes, he only scored 3 points on 1-6 shooting off the bench. He was unable to get into a rhythm against Tony Parker. Carmelo Anthony scored 9 points, but it came on a very Carmelo-like 3-10 from the field.
France is a very good team with 5 NBA players: Tony Parker, Boris Diaw, Ronny Turiaf, Nicolas Batum, and Kevin Seraphin. It is a very good sign that Team USA was able to beat the French so easily, because they may not play a team as good as France for the rest of the first round. The Americans looked focused in this game and they should be undefeated going into the elimination rounds.
Topics: Carmelo Anthony, Deron Williams, Kevin Durant, Kevin Love, Olympics 2012, Team France, Team USA, Tony Parker
Jonah Mars is the editor for From Russia With Dunk and he has been following the Nets since early childhood. He attends games at the Prudential Center in Newark whenever he could, and watches every road game on TV. He is currently attending Colorado College in Colorado Springs. He graduated from Heschel High School in New York City in 2011. Before From Russia With Dunk, Jonah wrote for the blog Kim Had Humps where he covered mostly the Nets, but also other New York area teams. He is looking forward to the Nets future and their move to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn next year.
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