| U.S. A Victory Away |
By Isiah Mungai
September 12, 2010
As the FIBA World Championship comes close to an end the U.S squad has
made the finals for the first time since 1994 with an 89-74 victory against a tough
Lithuanian team. Paving the way to the championship has been Kevin Durant who set a
U.S record with 38 points to raise his tournament average to 22.1 which would be the
highest ever for a U.S player.
It was a special day for the players representing the U.S playing on the 9 year
anniversary of 9/11. Durant wrote a special message on his twitter account, “May God
bless those who were effected by the events of September 11, 2001… 9-11-01 on my
shoes tonight… you guys will watch over us.”
With everyone watching him Durant came out on fire scoring 17 points in the first
quarter on an array of moves driving to the basket and stepping back and nailing three
point shots. Down 9-7 early in the first quarter Durant scored 12 of the U.S teams 14
next points to take a 21-11 lead in a little over a 3 minute span that virtually put the
game away.
Leading by only 8 with 3 minutes left in the half Oklahoma City Thunder teammates
Durant and Russell Westbrook went on to score 9 straight points to take a 42-25
halftime lead.
Along with his great output of offense Durant helped the team guard star Lithuanian
player Linas Kleiza, who was averaging 19.1 points during the tournament before he
had to face a tough U.S squad, which held him to 4 points on 1 of 11 shooting.
Lithuania made little runs throughout the second half but couldn’t cut the lead to single
digits.
Durant needs to score only 6 points in the final against host country Turkey to
become the highest scoring American in the tournament. Other then Durant Lama
Odom chipped in with a double double recording 13 points and 10 rebounds.
September 12, 2010
As the FIBA World Championship comes close to an end the U.S squad has
made the finals for the first time since 1994 with an 89-74 victory against a tough
Lithuanian team. Paving the way to the championship has been Kevin Durant who set a
U.S record with 38 points to raise his tournament average to 22.1 which would be the
highest ever for a U.S player.
It was a special day for the players representing the U.S playing on the 9 year
anniversary of 9/11. Durant wrote a special message on his twitter account, “May God
bless those who were effected by the events of September 11, 2001… 9-11-01 on my
shoes tonight… you guys will watch over us.”
With everyone watching him Durant came out on fire scoring 17 points in the first
quarter on an array of moves driving to the basket and stepping back and nailing three
point shots. Down 9-7 early in the first quarter Durant scored 12 of the U.S teams 14
next points to take a 21-11 lead in a little over a 3 minute span that virtually put the
game away.
Leading by only 8 with 3 minutes left in the half Oklahoma City Thunder teammates
Durant and Russell Westbrook went on to score 9 straight points to take a 42-25
halftime lead.
Along with his great output of offense Durant helped the team guard star Lithuanian
player Linas Kleiza, who was averaging 19.1 points during the tournament before he
had to face a tough U.S squad, which held him to 4 points on 1 of 11 shooting.
Lithuania made little runs throughout the second half but couldn’t cut the lead to single
digits.
Durant needs to score only 6 points in the final against host country Turkey to
become the highest scoring American in the tournament. Other then Durant Lama
Odom chipped in with a double double recording 13 points and 10 rebounds.
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