Anthony Davis powers U.S. to win

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    American players paused from their warm-ups to stand and face their New Zealand opponents as they performed the haka, their traditional war dance challenge.

    The U.S. response wasn't nearly as interesting. Just pound the ball inside and outmuscle an overmatched opponent.

    Anthony Davis had 21 points and nine rebounds, Kenneth Faried added 15 and 11 boards and the U.S. remained unbeaten at the FIBA Basketball World Cup by beating winless New Zealand 98-71 on Tuesday.

    James Harden scored 13 points for the Americans, who will play two more games in Bilbao before moving on to Barcelona for the round of 16. They will face the Dominican Republic on Wednesday before wrapping up Group C play on Thursday against Ukraine.

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