Lillard scored 21 points and the Americans got back to winning — and winning easily — with their first victory of these Olympics, romping past Iran 120-66 on Wednesday. They came into the game just 2-3 this summer after splitting their exhibition games in Las Vegas before the loss to France. Former NBA center Hamed Haddadi scored 15 points for Iran (0-2). The U.S. and Iran are longtime rival nations in the political arena but have little history in the basketball one. Iran: Iran fell to 2-10 in the Olympics.

Source: Fox News July 28, 2021 08:03 UTC