Team USA won their third-straight exhibition with a lopsided 105-79 victory over Serbia Wednesday afternoon in Abu Dhabi.
Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday finally made their first starts together since training camp began, while Derrick White played in his debut after one just practice when he joined the team earlier this week.
The United States went on 65-39 run following the game being knotted at 40 in the first half to secure the win.
Tatum finished with four points on 2-of-5 from the field with five rebounds, two steals and four turnovers. The Celtics All-Star didn't record an assist for the first time through three outings. Holiday added eight points on 3-of-4 shooting, including hitting both his 3-point attempts to go along with two assists and a steal.
White scored a point on a free throw and missed the only shot he took from the field, but did grab four rebounds in nine minutes off the bench.
Stephen Curry led Team USA with a game-high 24 points and knocked down 6-of-9 from 3-point range. Bam Adebayo was 3-of-5 from behind the arc to net 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds in 18 minutes of action, while Anthony Edwards chipped in 16 points as a non-starter.
The reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic struggled offensively to reach 16 points on 19 shots, including missing all four of his 3-point attempts, but did haul down 11 rebounds. Aleksa Avramovic added 14 points for Serbia, who'll see the U.S. in group play later this month when the Paris Summer Games begin on July 28.
Team USA will head to London to take on the South Sudan Saturday, before facing Germany in their last tune game the following Monday -- both games will tip off at 3:00 pm ET on FOX respectively.
Joel Pavón
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