LAS VEGAS (AP) — For an opening statement, USA Basketball’s World Cup team made an emphatic one.
Anthony Edwards and Cam Johnson each scored 15 points, and the U.S. used a 20-0 run in the second half on the way to rolling past Puerto Rico 11774 on Monday night in the first World Cup tune-up for the Americans.
Mikal Bridges scored 14 for the U.S., which finished with seven players in double figures a…