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Filed under: FIBA, USA Basketball

Kevin Durant won the player of the game award in the USA Basketball Showcase.

LAS VEGAS — If Andre Iguodala had returned a compliment to coach Mike Krzyzewski, perhaps he really would be a lock for Team USA.

Then again, it looks as if the Philadelphia swingman is a lock anyhow. His stellar play in the USA Basketball Showcase at the Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday night caused the Team USA coach to get a bit giddy after the White beat the Blue 114-96 in the intrasquad game that concluded a five-day training camp.

“Andre just had a great week,” Krzyzewski said of his play on the team preparing for next month’s World Championship in Turkey. “I told him right after (Saturday’s) game out on the court I thought he was beautifully efficient. I’m not sure anybody’s called him beautiful. I know nobody has ever called me beautiful. So I was looking actually for a return on him, saying, ‘Coach, you look beautiful.’ … Andre, he can defend. You need guys out there who don’t have to touch the ball. … (Iguodala is) one of the key guys for our basketball team.”

Iguodala’s filling up of the box score was indeed a thing of beauty for the White. He shot 5 of 6 from the field and totaled 17 points, six rebounds and five assists in 24 minutes.

Yes, the leading scorer for the White and for the game was Oklahoma City forward Kevin Durant, who had 28 points. But Durant, named the game’s Most Valuable Player, already was a lock for the team regardless of whether he returns compliments to Krzyzewski.

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