Kevin Durant scored 14 points and got the United States started on a dominant second-quarter stretch in a 106-78 victory over Croatia in its opening game of the world tournament. “People aren’t expecting us to come out here and win, so we just wanted to make a statement and I think tonight we did,” Durant said. Eric Gordon made four 3-pointers and had 16 points to lead the Americans, who turned a close game into a blowout by limiting the Croatians to six points in the second quarter. Chauncey Billups finished with 12 points. Read more: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AmZ1x_b3Ghx0qqjVoWwsxZo5nYcB?slug=ap-worlds-us-croatia
