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CHICAGO -- Moments after his successful return to Chicago with the U.S. national team, Jimmy Butler pulled on a T-shirt with a picture of Brazilian soccer star Pele on the front.Yup, its almost time for Rio.Kyrie Irving scored 13 points, DeMarcus Cousins powered a dominant performance in the paint, and the United States pulled away from Venezuela for an ugly 80-45 exhibition victory Friday night.Coming off three straight flashy victories in Las Vegas and California, the United States used a strong fourth quarter to shoot 42.4 percent from the field in by far its worst offensive performance of its five-city tour in preparation for the Rio Olympics. But the Americans used their superior athleticism to limit Venezuela to 24 percent shooting and owned the interior with a 54-29 rebounding advantage.Quite frankly, Im very pleased about tonight because you dont just want to just hit 17 3s and not work hard, U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said. We had to work real hard tonight.Butler, a two-time All-Star with the Bulls, had four points and eight rebounds in 21 minutes in his first start with Team USA. He was cheered every time he was announced at the United Center.This is like home for me now, Butler said. Im glad that I got to play here for USA in front of my hometown crowd. Theyve embraced me since day one. I hope they continue to do so. I want to win with the Bulls. I want to win with USA and bring a championship with the Bulls and a gold medal here.Butler had one of the few electric plays for the U.S. when he ran out on the break and dunked Kyle Lowrys tip pass in the fourth quarter. DeAndre Jordan also had a vicious dunk off a lob from Kevin Durant, and DeMar DeRozan drew chants of USA! USA! with a windmill jam in the final minutes.Klay Thompson?scored 13 points, and Cousins finished with seven points and 12 rebounds. Durant had nine points of 3-of-9 shooting for the U.S., which plays one more exhibition Monday against Nigeria before departing for Brazil.We just kept fighting defensively, and we were great [in that area], Durant said. And in the second half, we made some shots.John Cox scored 14 points for Venezuela, which will play the U.S. again Aug. 8 in the Olympics. Nestor Colmenares pulled down 10 rebounds.Their defense is so good because they can switch everything because of their length and athleticism, Cox said. So theres not really another team in the Olympics that can do that.Irving & Co. were greeted with a round of hearty cheers when they came out for pregame warm-ups. Fans flocked to the side of the court where the Americans had their layup line. Anthony and Durant posed for pictures with a couple of eager boys.Before Butlers introduction drew the most applause of the night, former Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau received a thunderous ovation when he was announced with the U.S. coaching staff. Thibodeau took a year off after he was fired by the Bulls in May 2015 and was hired as Minnesotas coach and president of basketball operations in April.The star power also extended to the sideline near the U.S. bench, where former Olympians Scottie Pippen and Dwyane Wade watched the action attentively. Wade was joined by his wife, actress Gabrielle Union, hours after he held an?introductory news conference?with his hometown Bulls.Pippen played on the 1992 Dream Team that rolled to gold in Barcelona and also helped the U.S. win gold in 1996. Wade was on the Americans gold-medal-winning teams at each of the past two Olympics. Cheap China Jerseys .ca look back at each of the Top 10 stories of 2013. 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Cheap NFL Nike Jerseys Online . - Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is not a fan of his teams use of the wildcat formation, saying "it makes you look like a high school offence. Adam Peaty fired out a major warning to his Olympic rivals in Rio by breaking his own 100 metres breaststroke world record in the heats on Saturday.The 21-year-old, hotly fancied to become Britains first male Olympic champion in swimming since Adrian Moorhouse in 1988, came home in 57.55 seconds. The time was 0.37secs faster than the record he set last year.Peaty went into the opening day of competition at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium as world record holder, world, European and Commonwealth champion in the 100m breaststroke and, as a statement that he is out to add Olympic gold to the collection, this was as emphatic as they come.He was well over a second quicker than Yasuhiro Koseki, the second fastest qualifier for the semifinals. In fact there was less time separating Yaasuhiro and the 16th and final fastest qualifying mark than between the Japanese and Peaty.ddddddddddddThe gold is surely the Britons to lose.When asked about how he broke the record, Peaty said: I dont know. I mean, I went out pretty fast, quite easy, came back and I heard everyone cheering and I thought, What are they cheering for? Theres no Brazilians in this lane.Great Britains swimmers won just three medals at London 2012, but already there were good signs for Rio.Ross Murdoch qualified alongside Peaty for the 100m breaststroke semis in joint ninth in 59.47s, but Irelands Nicholas Quinn went out.ESPNs?Wayne Drehs contributed to this report. 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