With a little help from big men Anthony Davis and Kenneth Faried, the United States looks to have forgotten it's playing without a handful of the NBA's top superstars, including 2014 MVP Kevin Durant and runners-up LeBron James and Blake Griffin.
Team USA remained perfect in FIBA World Cup competition with a 98-71 victory over New Zealand Tuesday, improving the club's overall record to 3-0 in group play.
As is typically the case in international competition, the Americans operate as an ensemble cast in which heroes are few and far between. Appropriately, each member of the 12-man roster scored at least one point against New Zealand, highlighting the kind of depth on which head coach Mike Krzyzewski can rely.
Through three games, however, he's relied on Davis and Faried to do a little more than all the rest. And given the promising results, that probably won't change anytime soon.
Davis and Faried are plenty skilled to be sure, but they're principally changing games with superior energy and athleticism—with motors running like they're already knee-deep in the NBA playoffs.
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Kenneth Faried’s and Anthony Davis’ Motors Are Redefining Team USA
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