Irving helps US to ugly 80-45 win over Venezuela (Yahoo Sports)

Kyrie Irving scored 13 points, DeMarcus Cousins powered a dominant performance in the paint, and the United States pulled away from Venezuela for an ugly 80-45 exhibition victory Friday night. Coming off three straight flashy victories in Las Vegas and California, the United States used a strong fourth quarter to shoot 42.4 percent from the field in by far its worst offensive performance of its five-city tour in preparation for the Rio Olympics. ”Quite frankly, I’m very pleased about tonight because you don’t just want to just hit 17 3s and not work hard,” U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said.