Klay Thompson scored 20 points and James Harden had 12 of his 14 in the third quarter after a scoreless first half, helping the U.S. turn a close game into a 119-76 rout of Slovenia on Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the FIBA Basketball World Cup. Kenneth Faried also had 14 points for the Americans, who will play Lithuania on Thursday in Barcelona for a spot in Sunday's gold-medal game in Madrid. Lithuania beat Turkey 73-61 earlier Tuesday. Derrick Rose finished with 12 points. Read more http://espn.go.com/olympics/basketb...2/us-beats-slovenia-119-76-reach-semis-worlds
This is the first year that I actually somewhat follow this aspect of basketball, much better than I thought.
