Jaylen Brown leads an easy US win against Canada

After the surprise defeat that the United States suffered last Friday, in Melbourne, where it lost to Australia, 98-94, the first after 78 consecutive wins since 2006, Gregg Popovich's team came out mentalized to regain their status as two-time world champions And they won again.

Since the beginning of the game, the United States, with the base Kemba Walker, always imposed the pace of play and had control of the scoreboard, which at the end of the first quarter was already favorable with partial 20-9. The great goal of Popovich, that the team play a great defense, he did it in full, without letting Canada not have the option of scoring from outside the perimeter or from inside the painting.

The tonic also remained in the second, although Canada began to have greater success in the field shots, but could not prevent the break went down 15 points (46-31). United States had achieved a 48 percent success in field shots and played a great defense, with Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics, as the leading scorer by contributing 13 points. Nothing changed in the third period, in which the United States team maintained the same pressure and defensive effectiveness, and continued with the good selection of shots to basket.

In the fourth period Popovich gave entrance to the 12 players you have selected for the World Cup in China, after the last discard due to injury of power forward Kyle Kuzma of Los Angeles Lakers, who was injured in the left ankle and had to return to California. The pivot Miles Turner was again the best in the inner game with a 10 points, 15 rebounds and two blocks.

In Canada, center Kyle Wiltjer finished as the top scorer by getting 21 points, three rebounds, two assists and two ball recoveries. The power forward Khem Birch, with 13 points and six rebounds, was the other player from Canada who managed to overcome the 10-goal barrier, while his team concluded the match with just 32 percent of success in the field shots by 43 of the United States.