RIO DE JANEIRO -- Kevin Durant dismantled Serbia here Sunday in less time than it takes to order a caipirinha, the national cocktail of Brazil. He also applied a quicker knockout blow.
In the gold medal game for the USA, the newest Golden State Warrior was instrumental in the Americans' pullaway stretch that turned a somewhat close game into a rout.Durant scored eight consecutive points in one second-quarter stretch and rang up 24 in the first half as his team used a 33-14 run to take a 52-29 halftime lead. From there, the USA coasted to a 96-66 victory.