Led by Stephen Curry, the US basketball team just had the best performance in a series of friendly matches, destroying Nikola Jokic’s Serbia before the 2024 Paris Olympics.

This is probably the image of an all-star team that fans expect from the American basketball team.

In the friendly match against Serbia of reigning MVP Nikola Jokic, Stephen Curry shined in an extremely strong 105-79 victory over one of the strongest teams in Europe.

Stephen Curry and Bam Adebayo led the attack with a series of 3-pointers, while Anthony Davis along with LeBron James and Jrue Holiday delivered impressive defensive performances.

Keeping focused play in all four rounds, the US team won with a difference of 26 points against Serbia, an opponent they will meet again in the opening match of the Olympic campaign in 11 days in Paris.

Leading not only this match but also the entire friendly series up to now, Stephen Curry scored 24 points with 6 successful 3-pointers.

This sublime night for the Warriors star included a series of 4 3-pointers (scoring a total of 18 points) in 11 minutes in the first half of the game. He was the first scorer of the US team by combining with LeBron James and Joel Embiid.

Not long after, Curry had a situation where he scored 3 points and-1 amid the cheers of the audience in Abu Dhabi.

The most surprising was probably Bam Adebayo, who only had a total of 15 3-pointers throughout the 7-month NBA season but had 3 successful long-range shots against Serbia. He finished the match with 17 points.

LeBron James scored 11 points with 5-7 FG. Anthony Edwards, despite coming from the bench, still left a strong impression, scoring 16 points with many impressive individual situations. Through 3 friendly matches, Edwards is the person with the highest total score for the US team.

Not only did the US team play well in attack, they also defended extremely “fiercely” with high intensity against Serbia.

Nikola Jokic only had 6-19 FGs in the whole match, often having difficulty against the trio of American big men, Joel Embiid, Bam Adebayo and especially Anthony Davis. The Los Angeles Lakers striker alone has up to 6 blocks.

“I think this team can improve a lot. There will be no satisfaction after each victory because we still want to do better with each match,” shared leader LeBron James.

Playing their second match in two consecutive days, the Serbian team kept things at a standstill with the US team in the first round. The score was still 40-40 in the middle of the second half thanks to the hot hands of the outside shooters.

But the US team made a strong breakthrough with the brilliance of Curry and Edwards, then extended the scoring streak to 31-5 into the third quarter. When it felt like everything was out of reach, the head coach on the Serbian side withdrew the pillars. column, including Nikola Jokic retiring the entire final quarter.

It should be noted that the team ranked fourth in the world on the FIBA ​​rankings does not have the strongest squad in this series of friendly matches. One of the notable names who has not played yet is the pitcher currently playing in the NBA – Bogdan Bogdanović.

However, the US team is also missing an important player, Kevin Durant, who has not played any friendly matches in the past 2 weeks due to a calf injury.

The US team’s friendly match series will continue next Sunday when LeBron James and his teammates travel to London, England for two final encounters before the Olympics. Their opponents will be South Sudan and the German team.