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100 and

WON!

United States’ Mason Plumlee
prepares to dunk during a
Group E match against Japan
for the FIBA Basketball World
Cup at the Shanghai Oriental
Sports Center in Shanghai on
Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019.
Associated Press
Finally, an

easy one:

U.S. rolls

by Japan

98-45 at

World Cup

By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
SHANGHAI (AP) — The U.S.
finally got to enjoy an easy
night at the World Cup.
There might not be many
more of those.
Jaylen Brown scored 20
points, Kemba Walker add-
ed 15 and the U.S. rolled
past Japan 98-45 Thurs-
day in the Group E finale.
And now, the stakes get
higher with the Americans
set to face Greece — and
NBA MVP Giannis Antetok-
ounmpo — in a second-
round opener on Saturday Serena Williams gets milestone
in Shenzhen, China.
“They were very serious to- win, reaches 10th U.S. Open final
night and they respected
the Japanese team very
much,” U.S. coach Gregg Serena Williams, of the United States, reacts after defeating
Popovich said.
“They didn’t take any- Elina Svitolina, of Ukraine, during the semifinals of the U.S.
thing for granted and they Open tennis championships Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in New
played hard. York.
So I was pleased with their Associated Press
performance.”
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