USA’s basketball team thrashed Nigeria’s D’Tigers 110-66 in a pre-Rio 2016 friendly game at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas yesterday August 1st. Carmelo Anthony led the way with 19 points, Klay Thompson scored 17, Kevin Durant 14, DeMar DeRozan 13, DeAndre Jordan and DeMarcus Cousins 10 each.
According to Complete sports, there were a few moments for D’Tigers early. The first came when 6-foot-4 guard Benjamin Uzoh drove through the lane and threw down a one-handed slam dunk over 6-foot-11 DeAndre Jordan with 4:38 left in the first quarter that cut the U.S. lead to 11-10 and brought a collective gasp from the sellout crowd.