Top 10 Team USA Plays of the 2014 Tune-up Games

Watch the top ten plays of the 2014 Men's National USA Basketball Team from their tune-up games against Brazil, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Slovenia.

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2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Update: Derrick Rose Throws Down Monster Dunk vs Finland

Derrick Rose and the rest of Team USA dominated Team Finland on Saturday by 59 points, 114-55 win. The Chicago Bulls star finished with 12 points, three assists and three steals, but his biggest play came in the first half. Watch Derrick Rose Throws Down Monster Dunk vs Finland.

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Team USA vs Slovenia Tune-up Game Highlights Video

Team USA defeated Slovenia, 101-71 in a tune-up game. Anthony Davis led USA Basketball with 18 points and teamed up with Kenneth Faried inside who scored 14 points. Zoran Dragic led Slovenia with 16 points while his brother Goran Dragic with just 6 points. This is the last Tune-up game by Team USA before the start of the FIBA World Cup in Spain. USA will face Finland, Turkey, New Zealand, Dominican Republic and Ukraine in the Preliminary Round.Watch the Team USA vs Slovenia Highlights Video.

 


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Team USA vs Puerto Rico Tune-up Game Highlights Video

Watch Team USA defeated Puerto Rico, 112-86 in a tune-up game earlier (August 23, Manila Time). Stephen Curry led USA Basketball with 20 points along with 4 assists. James Harden and Rudy Gay with 13 points each. JJ Barea led Puerto Rico with 16 points and Carlos Arroyo with 15 points.

 


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Team USA vs Dominican Republic Highlights

Watch team USA vs Dominican Republic highlights. Team USA defeated Dominican Republic, 105-62 in a tune-up game in preparation of 2014 FIBA World Cup.

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Team USA versus Team Brazil Highlights

Tune-up game between Team USA Basketball against Team Brazil last August 16, 2014. Team USA won by 17 point, 95-78 led by Anthony Davis with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks. Tiago Splitter led Brazil with 16 points.

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Tiago Splitter led Brazil with 16 point

Kevin Durant Withdraws from Team USA Basketball

Durant released the following statement:

    “This was an extremely difficult decision as I take great pride in representing our country. I know that I owe it to my USA Basketball teammates to be totally invested in the experience. After going through training camp with USAB, I realized I could not fulfill my responsibilities to the team from both a time and energy standpoint. I need to take a step back and take some time away, both mentally and physically in order to prepare for the upcoming NBA season. I will be rooting for USAB and look forward to future opportunities with them.”

This is another big blow to Team USA after the loss of Paul George and will place added responsibility on Derrick Rose, Stephen Curry and James Harden. It also means Team USA will only need to make three more roster cuts prior to the start of the FIBA World Cup on August 30.

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2014 Team USA Basketball Update: John Wall, Bradley Beal and Paul Millsap Out from 19 Roster to 16 Players

 

Wall’s dismissal comes as the biggest surprise. The 2014 All-Star was a late invitee to training camp as the USAB braintrust wanted to ensure he was fully healthy, but seemed a potential choice for one of Team USA’s final roster spots nonetheless. His combination of athleticism, defensive ability, and court sense was arguably better than any other candidate’s at point guard. However, chairman Jerry Colangelo and coach Mike Krzyzewski ultimately decided the program’s incredible wealth of talent at his position ultimately made Wall expendable. Kyrie Irving and Damian Lillard figure to stand a better chance of making the World Cup team with Wall out of the running.

Beal and Millsap seemed likely cuts from the beginning. At the tender age of 21 years-old, Beal’s all-court game just doesn’t compare to that of Team USA’s other perimeter candidates. With the role of designated sharpshooter better filled by both Klay Thompson and Kyle Korver, his position on the national team this time around always seemed tenuous.

Like Wall, Millsap was a late addition to camp as a result of Blake Griffin and Kevin Love withdrawing from consideration. Though he’s the most versatile scorer among USAB’s frontcourt players, Millsap’s lack of defensive merit and consistent long-range shooting ability made other options more appealing to Colangelo and Krzyzewski.

Team USA has 16 candidates remaining for its 12 World Cup roster spots. Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, Derrick Rose, Steph Curry, and James Harden are locks, leaving six available positions for Irving, Lillard, Thompson, Korver, DeMar DeRozan, Gordon Hayward, Chandler Parsons, Kenneth Faried, DeMarcus Cousins, Andre Drummond, and Mason Plumlee.

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Paul George Suffered a Serious Leg Injury Team USA Exhibition Game Video

George is expected to miss most or all of the NBA season after he was injured in the USA Basketball scrimmage in Las Vegas and, before having surgery, he tweeted that he’d “be ok and be back better than ever.” Still, the injury to one of the league’s young stars is going to ripple through the NBA for quite a while because of the frightening nature of it, its severity and the safety and oversight issues it raises.

Warning! video may contain sensitive content.

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Derrick Rose's two-handed slam dunk - Team USA - Blue vs White 2014

After taking months off because of his torn meniscus, Rose is getting ready for a highly anticipated NBA season. That's still months away, but at least we got to see him in Team USA's first scrimmage. Is he 100% healthy? Watch  Derrick Rose's monster two-handed slam dunk.

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Watch NBA Star Steph Curry Rare Moves

Watch Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry rare slam dunks in their USA Basketball Training Camp.


 


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Team USA Basketball Training Camp Tune Up Game

 

Watch Team USA Basketball tune up game for the preparation of 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

USA Basketball Training Camp to be shown on BTV or Basketball TV
Aug 2, 9am – USA Blue vs USA White
Aug 17, 9am – USA vs Brazil
Aug 21, 7am – USA vs Dominican Republic
Aug 23, 7am – USA vs Puerto Rico
Aug 27, 2am – USA vs Slovenia

BTV is available at channel 33 for Sky Cable, channel 35 for Cignal, and channel 34 for Global Destiny and affiliates.

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2014 USA Basketball Men's National Team Roster Photo

Check out the latest 2014 USA Basketball Men's National Team Roster Photo.

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