Bilbao, Spain (SportsNetwork.com) – Kenneth Faried scored 22 points on 11- of-14 shooting and the United States pulled away down the stretch for a 98-77 win over Turkey on Day 2 of the 2014 FIBA World Cup.<\/p>\n
The heavily favored Americans owned just a 66-60 lead after three quarters before dominating the fourth to move to 2-0 in Group C.<\/p>\n
Faried added eight rebounds, while Anthony Davis put up 19 points while going 8-of-11 from the field for the U.S. James Harden chipped in 14 points and seven assists to the victory, while Kyrie Irving finished with 13 points.<\/p>\n
An undermanned but game Turkey squad had given the Americans all they could handle for much of the contest, which was all square at 59-59 following Kerem Tunceri’s 3-pointer with 3:12 remaining in the third quarter.<\/p>\n
Faried scored on a putback just under a minute later, however, and Stephen Curry followed with a trey to help start a 17-1 run that finally gave the Americans some breathing room.<\/p>\n
Faried netted six points during the surge, which also included 3-pointers from Klay Thompson and Irving and was capped by two Harden free throws that put the U.S. up 76-60 with 7:52 left to play.<\/p>\n
Turkey, which edged New Zealand in its opener on Saturday, never got the margin under 13 points the rest of the way.<\/p>\n
Cenk Akyol paced the Turks with 12 points, with Sinan Guler, Oguz Savas and Emir Preldzic each scoring nine in the loss.<\/p>\n
The U.S. will have an off day on Monday before continuing preliminary play against New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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