After the exhibition contest between these two teams came down to the final seconds, Team USA brought their A game in a 103-86 victory over South Sudan. All due credit to South Sudan, who battled and even made it a 10-point game in the third quarter and 12 points in the fourth, but the Stars and Stripes winning as 29.5-point favorites isn’t exactly surprising. So let’s turn our attention to the latest Joel Embiid happenings.
Tonight, after Joel went through warmups to the usual boos from the French crowd, it was reported that he and Jrue Holiday had been replaced in the starting lineup by Jayson Tatum and Anthony Davis, with head coach Steve Kerr citing a desire to have more wings on the floor.