They are still unbeaten! They are stoppable! They are going for gold!
The U.S. Basketball team are now 5-0 after beating Dirk Nowitzki and Germany with a crushing score of 106-57. The win had advance Team USA to a quarterfinal matchup against Australia. It's noted that the Aussies had given the Americans the toughest test in China.
Dwight Howard scored 22 points and LeBron James had 18, 16 in the first half, Monday as the United States completed an undefeated march through pool play. Kobe Bryant finished with 13 points as the Americans shot 55 percent from the floor and tossed in 11 more 3-pointers after making 12 in their last game.
The Americans were scoring so easily, they practically got in each other's way. Chris Paul led a 3-on-1 break and threw an alley-oop that could have gone to either James or Dwyane Wade. James jumped higher and got it to lay it in, then stepped outside to hit his second 3 for a 23-5 bulge.
Nowitzki, the Dallas Mavericks All-Star, scored 14 points for Germany (1-4), which completed a disappointing Olympics. The Germans looked like contenders in a 95-66 rout of Angola in their opener, but then dropped four straight.
Kaman, who joined the Germans this summer after getting German citizenship, managed just six points.
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