It was a familiar theme for Team USA as the starting group got off to a sluggish start. The difference Wednesday was that they woke up and buried Serbia 105-79 in another USA Basketball Show case game in Abu Dahbi.
This wasn’t the greatest Joel Embiid vs. Nikola Jokic matchup we’ve seen. Neither big man looked particularly sharp early. Still, Jokic’s gravity alone created a bunch of good looks for his teammates, including former Sixer Filip Petrusev.
Embiid and Jokic both missed bunnies early, but it was good to see Embiid get to one of his sweet spots.