The Americans bounced back in a big play, defeating Iran by 54 points early Wednesday morning.
USA Basketball disarmed Iran early and ran away to a 120-66 victory in Olympic group play.
The victory early Wednesday morning evened the USA record at 1-1 following the inartistic loss to France. The USA team now plays a must game early Saturday against Tomas Satoransky and the Czech Republic to seal their deal and advance to the "knockout round" quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament.
The USA, coming off missing its last 11 shots in the late game upset loss to France, came out blazing behind the shooting of Damian Lillard, who made six first-half three pointers.