Team USA flexed its dominance to put away Serbia, 105-79, in the USA Basketball Showcase in Abu Dhabi. 

In what is virtually round 1 of their meeting with the Serbians, Team USA proved its might on the world stage after finally registering the first blowout win of their exhibition games. The Americans have a few close calls against Canada (86-72) and Australia (98-92) before dominating Serbia in this one. 

Team USA will face Serbia once again in the Olympics itself, as the two teams are grouped in Group C and will play their first game against each other. 

Serbia managed to make the game close in the 1st quarter by banking on their continuity as a team. Most of the players from this team were in last year’s silver medal finish in the FIBA World Cup, with the addition of NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.

However, Team USA got their groove in the second quarter and never looked back from there. LeBron James even flexed for a couple of times when some Serbian players tried to bump him off his dribble, ending in a bucket and a display of superior strength by the Los Angeles Lakers superstar.

Warriors superstar Stephen Curry lit up the scoreboard as he finally had the best game of his Team USA Olympic stint with 24 points, including 6/9 from the arc. Bam Adebayo and Anthony Edwards provided the scoring punch off the bench this time, dropping in 17 and 16 points respectively.

Team USA now flies over to London for their final two games of Olympic prep, facing South Sudan and reigning World Cup champions. They will then head over to Paris for the official start of the Games.