The United States' hyped up men's basketball team held off a late rally against Australia to win its second Olympic warm-up in Abu Dhabi, 98-92.
Anthony Davis scored 17 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, Tyrese Haliburton came up with a pair of late 3-pointers that helped stop a fourth-quarter freefall by the Americans.
The U.S. improved to 2-0 in its five-game slate of exhibitions leading into the Paris Olympics.
Team USA has a 3-1 record over Australia in pre-Olympics gameplay.
Devin Booker scored 16 for the U.S., Anthony Edwards scored 14 and three players — LeBron James, Bam Adebayo and Joel Embiid — finished with 10 for the Americans, who are playing host to a pair of exhibitions at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates this week.
Jock Landale scored 20 for Australia, which got 17 from Josh Giddey and 14 from Dyson Daniels.
FIBA games are shorter than NBA games, 40 minutes instead of 48 minutes. That means there are fewer possessions and makes it even more imperative to not give the ball away.
Team USA will play Serbia next on Thursday.
[Source: The Associated Press]
