By Ashley J. Williams 
The United States team saved Serbia from a 105-79 victory in an exhibition match in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday and won 3-0 in the team’s pre-Olympic round.
BAM Adebayo beat the way he wanted and helped Anthony Davis complicate the life of Serbian Star and Three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokić. Davis had six home runs, including a drink-call eight minutes into the final quarter, preceded by a standing ovation.
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Adebayo had 17 points and seven rebounds and Steph Curry scored 18 points in the first half, making six three-pointers and earning 24 points.
Out of 36 throws with a distance of three points, the American team inflicted 16.
Jokić made 3 of 10 throws and finished with eight points.
Curry caught the inaccuracy and made his fifth three-pointer of the game, pushing the U.S. advantage to 90-63, before LeBron James hit to the right on a ball from Adebayo. The next possession was accompanied by a remarkable dribble and passes that ended in another Curry three-pointer, after which James strayed and advanced by making a throw with his left hand and recovering 31 points.
Jokić touched the ball on almost every possession and passionately begged his teammates to barricade themselves in defense, but to no avail. Jokić spent the last quarter in the same team with Serbia and the United States to meet on July 28 in the first match of the two countries of group C at the Olympic games.
The throw and depth of the game became especially noticeable when the United States surrounded Jokic in defense and increased the transmission of the ball through additional passes. Adebayo made a three-pointer from above, increasing the advantage to 81-53 at the end of the third quarter.
United States Team. he ended the first half with one last blow, provoked by a vigorous defense, and led with 59-45 points thanks to a reserve bench that outscored the pitchers by 30-29 points.
Curry scored 18 points in the first 20 minutes. In the middle of the second quarter, he started the individual series with nine points in a row, and Anthony Edwards made a hat-trick and provided the American team with an advantage of 47:40 to 4:12 before the end of the half.
Adebayo made the score 13-2 in the series, ending a streak of consecutive throws thanks to a pair of throws repelled by Davis from Jokić on the alley. After Davis turned away another shot from Jokić at the beginning of the half, Edwards recovered a ball, increasing the advantage to 56:42.
Before the Olympics begin, Team USA will play two more games in a group tournament this month and will face South Sudan next Saturday in London.