London, England – Kevin Durant scored 28 points and LeBron James added 18, as the U.S. men's basketball team finished an undefeated round-robin schedule with a 126-97 rout of Argentina.
The Americans were coming off a narrow 99-94 win over Lithuania on Saturday and had trouble in the first half Monday, nursing a 60-59 lead at half. However, the Americans turned it up a notch and outscored Argentina 42-17 in the third quarter to make it a blowout.
Chris Paul contributed 17 points with seven assists for the United States, which finished 5-0 to win Group A and will face Australia -- fourth in Group B -- in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The Americans were the only team to go undefeated in the preliminary round.
Manu Ginobili scored 16 points for Argentina, which went 3-2 and finished third in Group A. The Argentines will square off against Brazil in the quarters on Wednesday.
The other quarterfinal matchups will pit Group B champ Russia against Lithuania and France -- second in Group A -- against Spain.
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