Article: United States 80, Czech Republic 61

CHUCK SCHOFFNER, AP Sports Writer
AP Worldstream
08-16-2004
Dateline: ATHENS, Greece
With a dominating performance on the boards and two big scoring runs, the United States overcame a second straight slow start and beat the Czech Republic 80-61 Monday to improve to 2-0 in preliminary play.

The victory came a day after the U.S. men suffered a shocking 92-73 loss to Puerto Rico in their Athens opener and while decisive, it wasn't exactly a walkover.

After falling behind New Zealand 7-0 on Saturday, the United States trailed by nine in this one because for a while as the Czechs seemingly couldn't miss.

But the United States kept taking the ball aggressively to the basket, got the Czech starters ...

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