LeBron bleeds, Team USA does not in win over Brazil

Yahoo Sports senior NBA writer Vincent Goodwill reacts to the Americans’ 122-87 victory in the Olympic quarterfinals to advance to a rematch on Thursday with Nikola Jokic and Serbia.

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Lebron James bleeds but team USA does not.

He took an inadvertent elbow that required four stitches but he wasn’t needed as the US had another resounding victory this time, a 35 point win over Brazil in the quarterfinals.

They’ll play Serbia in the semifinals on Thursday.

They’re two wins away from yet another gold medal in this new iteration of USA basketball.

Kevin Durant passed Lisa Leslie as the all time USA basketball leading scorer with yet another sterling performance off the bench with 11 points before lebron exited.

He had nine assists.

So many of them to all these US athletes showing you why this team is so heavily favored to win a gold medal.

All the concerns heading USA basketball into the Olympic Games seem to be unfounded.

They’re overwhelming teams with their talent, athleticism and versatility.

That’s where Devin Booker and Anthony Edwards come in the efficiency.

The shooting the way that they’ve been able to be versatile in fitting themselves into this star studded team is an unsung hero so far, Joel and Bead had his best performance to date in just 12 minutes.

He put up 14 and seven with the resounding boos as a motivating backdrop and that’s gonna be necessary because Nikola Yok is up next his own personal boogeyman.

He’s also the boogeyman to Anthony Davis.

He’s also the boogeyman to Bama a Bayo.

He’s taking care of those two in playoff situations.

And now after Serbia’s resounding comeback overtime victory, they’re high and they’re looking forward to revenge on the US after an earlier beatdown.

This is what we have to look forward to.

This is why Joel and Bead was wooed and courted to be with USA basketball.

It’s about Tommy yarn’s keep.