Bryant lifts US over Russia in tuneup (AP)

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Russia contained the speedsters. Controlled the backboards. Everything a team needs to do to beat the United States. Except stop Kobe Bryant. Bryant provided the offense in the U.S. Olympic team's first defensive struggle, scoring 11 of his 19 points in the third quarter of an 89-68 victory on Sunday. "They had some gaps there and I just took advantage of them.

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