Even though they were widely considered the favorites in the 2010 FIBA World Basketball Championships, Team USA was still labeled as the "B team.
There was no Kobe Bryant. There was no LeBron James. There was no Dwyane Wade.
No Deron Williams. No Chris Paul. No Dwight Howard.
Instead, there were a bunch of young, raw players who had no experience playing on the international level. The roster was thought to have too many point guards and not enough size inside.
In the end, none of that mattered. Not because the U.S. had considerably more talent than any of their opponents, but because of the breakthrough performance of the NBA's most exciting superstar: Mr. Kevin Durant.
In the final three games of World Championships, Durant went for 33, 38 and 28 points against Russia, Lithuania and Turkey, respectively. He set the USA record for most points scored in FIBA play.
He set a tournament record with seven three-pointers in one of the most raucous environments he and his team had probably ever faced, with each one seeming to deflate more and more of the energy a ...
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FIBA World Championships 2010: 10 Things We Learned About Kevin Durant
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