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Steph Curry made up for an unusual performance Monday with a spectacular showing in Team USA’s 105-79 thrashing of Nikola Jokić and Serbia on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi.
Curry strung together an 18-point first half, including a mind-boggling and-1 4-point play that had the Team USA bench — and the crowd at Etihad Arena — on their feet.
Curry’s hot start didn’t extend to any of his teammates until Anthony Davis checked into the game midway through the opening frame as Team USA trailed early in the first.
Davis, who led the charge for Team USA’s second unit, got going immediately, defending Jokić and scoring a handful of points to even the score at 28 after one.
The Los Angeles Lakers star center, coming off a dominant 17-point, 14-rebound double-double performance in Monday’s win against Australia, continued to stay hot Wednesday — but his dominance came on the defensive end of the floor, fulfilling the difficult task of guarding Jokić.
The Serbian big man, a typically efficient shooter, finished with 16 points on 6-of-19 (31.6 percent) shooting from the field and 0 of 4 from 3-point range, and was a game-worst minus-27 in plus/minus rating.
