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Damian Lillard led Team USA with seven three-pointers, putting up a solid display against iIan to claim a 120-66 victory in the Group A game.

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Team USA reclaimed their opening game defeat to France, to take a comfortable 120-66 victory over Iran.

Damian Lillard led six double-digit players with 21 points as Team USA fired the lights, tying 19 of 39 from the 3-point streak.

If you’ve missed an event, we’ve got you covered with all the live updates, scores and stats from the game below:

Team USA vs Iran – LIVE RESULTS, BOX SCOREFINAL UPDATES: USA 120, Iran 66

– Poker closes the game with jam with two hands and that’s the game. The United States wins.

Devin Booker’s bird raises the score to 114-57. Team USA now has twice as many points as Iran (1:54).

– Tatum buries triple to make it 14 points per night. He is the sixth US national team player in double digits. They lead 108-57 (3:33).

Keldon Johnson scored the game, becoming the fifth youngest NBA player to play on Team USA. (6:55)

– Javale McGee had some strong minutes in the fourth quarter. He hit seven points in a 3-of-4 shot, to come up with a great defensive play on Michael Rostamboure, and send his shot into the stands. The United States is up 40.

This is the seventh of the 3 pointers of the night by Damien Lillard. He’s three times shy of ever tying the Olympic record.

Damian Lillard is the fourth player in NBA history to achieve 7 three-pointers in an Olympic Games, joining Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony and Klay Thompson.

Anthony has the record for one game with a score of 10. pic.twitter.com/I53me8O9Gb

– ESPN Statistics and Information (ESPNStatsInfo) July 28, 2021 End of the third quarter: USA 82, Iran 43

Book, KD & Khris (10) joins Dame (18) in double digits.

end of the third quarter | 🇺🇸 82 🇮🇷 43 #Tokyo2020 #basketball pic.twitter.com/7Ju9IAurTv

– USA Basketball (@usabasketball) July 28, 2021

Key caution: Durant is just five points away from Carmelo Anthony’s team, who scored a record 336 points.

Durant’s defense at the edge was exceptional tonight. He punches Geramipoor’s shot away and reaches Adebayo for dunking at the other end. KD contains 2 blocks and 2 nightly robberies.

– Booker reached the US first points streak in the inning. He pursues her stealing from the inside and throws the jam with his hands.

Half time: US 60 . Iran 30

Damien Lillard in Tears Tonight. He leads Team USA with 18 points, all from outside the arc. They shot 13 of 21 from the three-point streak as a team to 5 of 14 for Iran.

The United States’ attack was smooth tonight, scoring 15 assists in 21 field goals.

How about 13 (!) first half of 3 throws 🔥 @Dame_Lillard 18 points, 6 3FG #Tokyo2020 #Basketball pic.twitter.com/MLhrd4QXcA

– USA Basketball (@usabasketball) July 28, 2021

Hamid Haddadi leads Iran with 11 points, and Naveed Rezafar with 10 points.

Durant stuck himself at the post, facing a much larger Haddadi in defence. The huge guy strips and gets robbed.

– Dame Time is set to the new time zone. Lillard scored five times for 15 points.

Naveed Razafar gets the third corner to stop Iran from racing. 51-23 (3:47)

– After losing to France, the points difference can play in favor of Team USA. They’re going to run on the scoreboard tonight at that pace.

Now it’s Zach Lavigne’s turn. He gets twice as fast within 30 seconds and advances to 30 points.

– Jrue Holiday really picked up where he left off against France, burying his triple on the night to make it 38-15 (7:29).

Jrue enters the scoring process! Reaches 6 points in 3 seconds.

7:27 2 o’clock | 🇺🇸 38 🇮🇷 15 #Tokyo2020 #basketball pic.twitter.com/uqM3JAr9P5

USBASKETBALL July 28, 2021

– Tonight Team USA is playing more aggressively, hitting the edge or descending into threes.

– Make this round 12-0 for Team USA

End of the first quarter: America 28, Iran 12

Lillard leads the United States with nine points, while Booker and Adebayo each have four.

It was a clinical start to the ball as they dropped six three-pointers and most importantly didn’t make any turns.

– Durant defeats the trio and leads the United States 23-12. Timeout Iran (3:29)

Damian Lillard started early with three three-pointers in the first quarter!

– Former NBA star Hamid Haddadi was the star of Iran’s national team early on on both ends of the field.

before the match

USA starting from five years:

🇺🇸 Starters vs 🇮🇷 Iran

» Dame_Lillard » @Jrue_Holiday11 » DevinBook » @KDTrey5 » @Bam1of1 #Tokyo2020 #Basketball pic.twitter.com/4cqSZmUdWV

– USA Basketball (@usabasketball) July 28, 2021

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