There was a lot for the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team to like on Monday. And a lot not to United States’ hyped up men’s basketball team held off a late rally against Australia to win its second Olympic warmup in Abu Dhabi, Davis scored 17 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, Tyrese Haliburton came up with a pair of late 3-pointers that helped stop a fourth-quarter freefall by the Americans. The U.S. improved to 2-0 in its five-game slate of exhibitions leading into the Paris Haliburton drains back-to-back 3-pointers to seal United States’ 98-92 victory over AustraliaTeam USA has a 3-1 record over Australia in pre-Olympics Booker scored 16 for the U.S., Anthony Edwards scored 14 and three players LeBron James, Bam Adebayo and Joel Embiid finished with 10 for the Americans, who are playing host to a pair of exhibitions at Abu Dhabi Tim Ream Jersey, United Arab Emirates this week. They’ll play Serbia there on Landale scored 20 for Australia, which got 17 from Josh Giddey and 14 from Dyson U.S. led by 24 midway through the third quarter, yet saw that lead cut to six with 5:05 left after Australia went on a 39-21 run. But Haliburton had the next six points on his 3s, pushing the lead back to cut it to four on two separate occasions, but Booker went 4-for-4 from the line in the final 8 seconds to ensure the U.S. would unit, againJust like in the Canada game, the so-called second unit Haliburton,Jrue Holiday, Adebayo, Davis and Booker changed the was the group on the floor when the Americans took a game that was tied at 19-19 with 3:15 left in the first and turned it into a 39-23 lead a 20-4 run in a span of just over 5 minutes.U.S. coach Steve Kerr used that group as his starting five to open the second half. But it’s become a clear trend already: when the U.S. goes to its bench and can replace All-Stars with other All-Stars, it’s just going to be a massive problem for opponents who don’t have anywhere near that same level of ‘s been something the Americans have used to their advantage in the past. Dwyane Wade led the gold-medalist 2008 U.S. Olympic team in points, even though he was sixth in minutes on that team and came off the bench in all eight James finishes a TOUGH bucket, extending United States’ lead over Australia TurnoversHere’s the big trouble sign right now for the U.S.: games are shorter than NBA games, 40 minutes instead of 48 minutes.