USA 99, Slovenia 77

Kevin Durant scored 22 points and reserve Kevin Love added 10 points and 11 rebounds. and the United States beat Slovenia 99-77 on Sunday in Group B play at the basketball world championship in Istanbul, Turkey.

The U.S. stalled after a quick start, but Durant came through with a basket whenever they needed it, and Love always seemed to be around the ball.

Ex-UConn great Rudy Gay finished with 16 points for the Americans (2-0), while Russell Westbrook and Andre Iguodala each had 11. Durant shot 8 of 13 before sitting out the fourth quarter.

Bostjan Nachbar scored 13 points for Slovenia (1-1).

The Americans made eight of their first 11 shots from the field and led 23-11 after one quarter, then suddenly went cold in the second, not making a field goal for the first 6 1/2 minutes of the period, allowing Slovenia to crawl within 28-23.

Westbrook snapped the U.S. out of that drought with a basket, then fed Love for another to start an 8-0 spurt that made it 36-23.

Angola 79, Jordan 65

Miguel Lutonda had 16 points and Angola (1-1) bounced back from a 50-point loss to Serbia in its opening game.

Jordan (0-2), which was coming off a 76-75 loss to Australia in its opener, got within 59-55 on a 3-pointer by Mousa Alawadi with 4:38 to play. Lutonda answered with a 3 29 seconds later and Jordan got no closer.

Rasheim Wright had 18 points for Jordan.

Germany 82, Serbia 81

Jan-Hendrik Jagla hit a desperation 3-pointer to beat the shot clock with 1:03 left in the second overtime and Germany held on.

After four free throws pulled Serbia within 82-81, Milenko Tepic of Serbia missed a layup with 3 seconds left.

Jagla finished with 22 points and nine rebounds for Germany (1-1), which lost 78-74 to Argentina in its opening game.

Kosta Perovic had 20 points for Serbia (1-1).

Argentina 74, Australia 72

Pablo Prigioni hit a 3-pointer with 33 seconds left and Luis Scola converted two late free throws for Argentina in another close win.

Adam Gibson missed a last-second 3-point attempt for Australia (1-1).

Scola finished with 31 points for Argentina (2-0), the team ranked No. 1 in FIBA world rankings.

Joe Ingles scored 22 points for Australia and Patty Mills added 21.

Croatia 75, Iran 54

Roko Ukic and Bojan Bogdanovic both scored 13 points for Croatia.

Hamed Haddadi, who plays for the Memphis Grizzlies, had 27 points for Iran (0-2).

Ante Tomic finished with 12 points for Croatia (1-1), which lost 106-78 to the United States on Saturday.

Brazil 80, Tunisia 65

Leandro Barbosa scored 21 points and Tiago Splitter added 16 for Brazil (2-0), which will face the United States today.

Barbosa scored 16 points in the first quarter - as many as Tunisia. Marouan Kechrid had 15 points for Tunisia (0-2).

China 83, Ivory Coast 73

Yi Jianlian of the Washington Wizards scored 26 points and Wang Shipeng added 25 for China (1-1), which held a comfortable lead throughout the second half.

Mouloukou Diabate had 20 points for Ivory Coast (0-2).

Greece 83, Puerto Rico 80

Vassilis Spanoulis scored 28 points to lead Greece (2-0) in the game that saw four lead changes and three ties in the fourth quarter alone.

Juan Jose Barea, who plays for the Dallas Mavericks, had 20 points for Puerto Rico (0-2).

Greece took the lead for good at 76-75 on two free throws by Spanoulis with 2:38 to play.

Turkey 65, Russia 56

Hedo Turkoglu, acquired recently by the Phoenix Suns, scored 14 points to lead Turkey (2-0), the host country for the 24-team tournament.

Turkey led 33-22 at halftime after holding Russia to seven points in the second quarter.

Sasha Kaun and Sergey Monya scored 13 points each for Russia (1-1).

Lithuania 70, Canada 68

Linas Kleiza had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Lithuania (2-0), which rallied from a 17-point deficit in the second half.

Jermaine Anderson missed a last-second 3-pointer for Canada (0-2).

Anderson had 15 points and Joel Anthony of the Miami Heat added 12 for Canada.

France 85, Lebanon 59

Mickael Gelabale scored 18 points and Alain Koffi added 17 for France (2-0), which upset defending champion Spain in its opener. Jackson Vroman led Lebanon (1-1) with 19 points.

Spain 101, New Zealand 84

Spain, the defending champion, bounced back from its opening-day loss to France.

Ricky Rubio had 11 assists for Spain (1-1).