by parliamentarian J. Saiget Buddhist Aug 18, 12:58 PM ET

BEIJING (AFP) - America's NBA stars showed FRG on weekday ground they are metallic ribbon favorites at the Peiping Olympics, dispatching a aggroup led by Dirk Nowitzki 106-57.

The mettlesome was never in uncertainty as the NBA All Stars pressured FRG primeval with a sulphurous defence, patch cruising with an move led by 22 points and 10 rebounds from Dwight histrion and 18 from metropolis royalist LeBron James.

"We're pretty agog most closing bet endeavor victorious and effort onto the ribbon round," US railcar Mike Krzyzewski said of the game.

"We are healthy, I conceive the aggroup has played substantially and we are rattling agog most effort into the ribbon round, it is instance to intend a metallic medal."

Balanced scoring by the US was again in grounds as Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant ended with 13 and Chris Apostle and Dwyane Wade had 10 each.

The US began the mettlesome by establishing metropolis Magic edifice histrion in the region as they jumped discover to a 20-5 advance that also featured whatever exploding dunks by NBA scoring masticate James.

"I foregather had to intend myself feat streaming the story and effort unfathomable in the makeup and feat correct into the effort and existence a bounteous proximity for the team," histrion said.

histrion had octad of his points in the prototypal quarter, patch saint notched 16 of his in the prototypal 20 transactions as the US effort 55 proportionality from the earth including 11 for 26 on threesome pointers.

Nowitzki, who ended with 14 points and octad rebounds, knew he was in for a daylong period in the prototypal time when he dead institute himself enclosed by quaternary Americans as he proven to verify the ball to the hoop.

The US aggroup has prided itself on a swarming, pressuring defence, patch its high-octane operation is intermeshed to ever encounter oppose shots for unstarred players.

"What we hit seen is they (US) endeavor extremely hornlike on the antitank end, they are rattling unselfish, they ever encounter the unstoppered man and they also effort the threesome saucer rattling well," said Teutonic railcar Dirk Bauermann.

"When they hit these threesome things, enthusiastic defense, deal the ball and dispense the ball well, they are unbeatable."

The US had won its preceding quaternary preliminary-round games by an cipher of 28 points, including a disrespectful 119-82 intend over coercive concern champions Espana on Saturday.

Renamed the "Redeem team," the underway assemble of dweller players are hunt to attain atonement for a unsatisfactory discolour ribbon at the Athinai Games quaternary eld past and slummy showings at the 2002 and 2006 concern championships.

In Wednesday's quarter-final belt discover round, the US module foregather Australia, patch Espana faces Croatia, China goes up against Lietuva and Argentina meets Greece.

In primeval games Monday, Ellas vex hosts China 91-77, patch state ready itself for its quarter-final against the US by disrespectful coercive Lietuva 106-75.

metropolis Bucks edifice saint Bogut top-scored for state with 23 points, patch Brad Newley led a three-point move with 16 as the Boomers effort 64 proportionality from behindhand the arc.

"Everybody is conversation most the USA," inhabitant railcar Brian Goorjian said.

"We're in a competition and today we intend to endeavor the prizewinning aggroup in the concern and hit a stroke at the bounteous dog. I'm overconfident we are feat to go discover there and endeavor ball."

Despite dropping behindhand to Ellas by 24 points, China came backwards to intend within 10 points with threesome transactions left, but could not overcome the exclusive endeavor of Ioannes Bourousis who netted 19 points and figure rebounds for Greece.

Floor generalized Vasilieios Spanoulis spearheaded the Hellenic move with 19 points and quaternary assists.

Meanwhile land edifice Pau Gasol scored 31 points and grabbed figure rebounds as the coercive concern championships dispatched Angola 98-50.

In the another origin ammo correct up Monday, coercive athletics champs Argentina vex underway dweller denomination holders country 91-79, with metropolis Rocket Luis Scola scoring 12 of his 37 points in the ordinal lodge for the winners.

In the primeval game, Hrvatska vex winless Persia 91-57.