U.S. men rout Argentina to finish group play unbeaten

London, England (Sports Network) - 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 halftime. Team USA then turned it up a notch and outscored Argentina 42-17 in the third quarter to make it a blowout, with Durant matching the Argentines' third- quarter total by himself.

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.

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