RIO DE JANEIRO -- Some at-the-buzzer instant analysis from press row at the Carioca Arena 1 after Team USA opened its 2016 Olympic campaign with Saturday nights 119-62 trouncing of China:How It Happened: Length. Athleticism. Suffocating defense.Get ready to hear those adjectives thrown around often over the next couple of weeks as Team USA makes its unstoppable march to the gold medal in mens basketball.After a sputtering start for the games first five or six possessions, Team USA began to apply force on D like no one else in international hoops can, smothering the Chinese with the sort of all-over-the-floor pressure and resolve-sapping resistance at the rim that has numerous observers already anointing this the best defensive outfit that USA Basketball has ever fielded ... without waiting to see how it looks against better competition.Kevin Durant was the first American player on the floor to warm up for the second half, all by himself out there as if he needed to get some extra shots up to find his groove, but China could only dream that Durant was trying to shake out of some sort of funk. The newest member of the Golden State Warriors star quartet had rung up 17 of his eventual 25 points in the first two quarters, benefiting most from all the inviting looks created by the Yanks defensive application.Team USA led for nearly 195 of a possible 200 minutes in the five exhibition games it played back home before traveling to the first South American city to ever host the Olympics and took the lead for good in this one inside three minutes. It was 30-10 after a quarter, with almost every player in dark blue giddily leaking out for the easy fast-break buckets that flowed out stop after stop, setting the tone for a rout that could have easily been in the 60s. Or more.You almost got the sense that new Minnesota Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau wasnt quite satisfied with the focus he was seeing, given the loud strategic instruction on numerous first-half possessions coming from Thibs that could be heard even in the upper reaches of the arena where the worlds media was stationed. Yet even Thibs, while shouting himself hoarse as usual, had to pleased with what he saw.And presumably no one was happier by nights end than Chinese coach Gong Luming. After facing Mike Krzyzewskis crew three times in the past 14 days, China doesnt have to deal with Team USA for at least three years, when it hosts the next FIBA World Cup in 2019.The Streak: Thats now 69 wins in a row and counting for Krzyzewski; 17 consecutive victories in Olympic play, 19 in FIBA World Cup tournaments, 10 in Olympic qualifiers and another 23 wins in exhibition games. The Americans previously tasted defeat in the semifinals of the 2006 FIBA World Championship against Greece and launched this streak on Sept. 2, 2006, with a 96-81 victory over Argentina in the bronze-medal game in Japan.Play of the Game: Highlight-reel plays from the runaway winners were surprisingly in short supply given the blowout nature of the night.Or maybe your faithful international hoops correspondent is just spoiled by now.What stands out most: Durants flurry of three successive 3-pointers late in the first half ... and then Kyrie Irvings own trio of 3s late in the third quarter to hike the Americans lead into the 40s.Lets go with the Irving flurry as the topper, if only because it occurred with three Warriors on the court alongside him: Durant, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.Numbers Game: After wins over China by 49 and 50 points, respectively, when the teams met in Los Angeles and Oakland last month, 57 points was the margin of victory when the teams met here in Rio for real.Carmelo Anthony played in his 24th Olympic game for Team USA, tying the United States record co-held by LeBron James and David Robinson.Anthony needed 18 points Saturday night to pass Michael Jordan as the third-leading scorer in U.S. Olympic history but settled for nine points.Heres the updated leaderboard:The United States is now 17-1 in Olympic openers, with a loss to Puerto Rico in 2004 in Athens its only blemish.China is one of only two teams in the 12-team Olympic field without a current NBA player, though Yi Jianlian (25 points) has played in three NBA seasons and was the No. 6 pick in the 2007 NBA draft, four spots behind No. 2 Durant.Whats Next: Krzyzewski decided even before Saturdays night rout that he wanted to give his guys Sunday off. So he canceled the planned practice between Team USAs first two group games, opting instead to let the squad ease into the tournament.Its not exactly a risky decision. Monday nights opponents from Venezuela indeed played the Americans closer than the three other teams to visit the United States for a five-game exhibition tour, but that was still a 35-point blowout in Chicago that had Venezuela coach Nestor Garcia openly admitting: We dont have a chance at this level.Team USAs schedule so far this summer admittedly hasnt been ideal, with five of its six games to date coming against the three teams widely perceived to be the weakest in the 12-team Olympic field: China, Venezuela and Nigeria. 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The Flyers have claimed three straight and four of the last five encounters with the Sens overall and Philly has won two in a row and three of its past four tests in Canadas capital city. HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, told by a teenage boy in 1976 that assistant coach Jerry Sandusky molested him in a shower, responded that he didnt want to hear about it and had a football season to worry about, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.The boy, now a man identified as John Doe 150, said in 2014 that other boys in a shower heard him yell that Sandusky had just touched him sexually. He said he told several adults about it before seeking out Paterno.Is it accurate that Coach Paterno quickly said to you, `I dont want to hear about any of that kind of stuff, I have a football season to worry about? a lawyer for Penn States insurance carrier asked the man.Specifically, yes, the man replied.I was shocked, disappointed, offended. I was insulted, John Doe 150 testified. I said, `Is that all youre going to do?He said Paterno just walked away.Excerpts of the mans testimony were among dozens of documents made public Tuesday in Penn States fight with Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association Insurance Co. over payments to Sanduskys accusers. Sandusky was convicted in 2012 of dozens of child sexual abuse counts and is serving decades in prison while he appeals.A judge disclosed the existence of the 1976 allegation two months ago, along with claims Penn State coaches witnessed inappropriate contact between Sandusky and children in the 1980s, but the newly unsealed documents provided greater detail.Paterno told a grand jury in 2011 he first learned of Sanduskys inappropriate sexual contact in 2001, though records show high-ranking Penn State officials dealt with a complaint in 1998 from a woman whose son had showered with Sandusky.Paterno died in January 2012, two months after Sanduskys arrest. A lawyer for his family said elements of John Doe 150s story defy all logic and theres evidence that stands in stark contrast to his claims.A lawyer for Sandusky, who retired in 1999, also denied the allegation.Testimony made public Tuesday suggested some Penn State coaches were aware of Sanduskys abuse decades ago.Mike McQueary, a former assistant coach who told Paterno he saw Sandusky abusing a boy in a team shower in 2001, said in a 2015 depositioon former defensive coordinator Tom Bradley was not shocked when told of it.ddddddddddddBradley, who briefly took over as head coach after Paternos firing, said he knew of some things about Sandusky dating to the 1980s, McQueary testified.McQueary said Bradley told him hed been approached by someone in the 80s who saw Sandusky doing something to a boy and in the 90s former assistant coach Greg Schiano saw Sandusky in the shower with a boy.Bradley, now the defensive coordinator at UCLA, and Schiano, who holds the same position at Ohio State, denied witnessing any inappropriate behavior at Penn State.The newly unsealed documents also provide additional information about 1987 and 1988 encounters accusers say were witnessed by coaching staff.A man called John Doe 75 said in a 2014 deposition assistant football coach Joe Sarra walked into a coaches meeting room in 1987 and saw Sandusky with his hands down the then-13-year-old boys shorts.John Doe 75 said Sarra may have said something like, Oh, sorry, and immediately walked out. Sarra died four years ago.A 2014 deposition by a man called John Doe 101 said Sandusky fondled him when he was a boy inside a crowded Penn State pool and coaches often saw him showering with Sandusky. But the one coach the man named said he wasnt working there at the time.The records also include an insurance company lawyers analysis that Penn State overpaid to settle with Sanduskys accusers, possibly as a result of the universitys concern about publicity and a desire to resolve the matter quickly.Lawyer Eric Anderson said Penn State made little effort, if any, to verify the credibility of the claims. The university has paid $92 million to settle claims from 32 Sandusky accusers.Lawyer Ken Feinberg, who helped mediate claims against the university, said the process was very objective and none of the cases was easy to resolve. He said Penn State was diligent in making sure the claims were supported by sufficient proof.---Associated Press writers Maryclaire Dale and Michael R. Sisak in Philadelphia contributed to this report. ' ' '
