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LeBron James leads the U.S. Olympic basketball team past Brazil
Posted: 07.16.2012 at 11:42 PM
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(AP) -- LeBron James scored 30 points and the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team rallied from an early 10-point deficit to beat Brazil 80-69 on Monday night.


President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden watched the Americans get off to a dismal start, then turn it around by holding the Brazilians to two baskets in the second quarter.


James helped the U.S. pull away in the final four minutes after they led by only seven, getting his final point on a free throw with 31 seconds left as Obama departed.


Kevin Durant added 11 in his hometown for the Americans, whom will leave Tuesday for Europe to complete their Olympic preparations.

They face Britain in Manchester, England on Thursday before traveling to Barcelona to play Argentina and Spain.

It's a solid exhibition schedule, and this game showed the Americans have some work to do before they get to London.

(Copyright ©2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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