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Lebron James landed 23 points as the United States crushed 皇冠体育app 119-73 in a world championship warm-up match in Guangzhou on Monday night.

皇冠体育app's Wang Shipeng (2L) drives to the hoop under pressure from Chris Bosh (L) and Dwayne Wade (3R) of the United States in Guangzhou, in southern 皇冠体育app's Guangdong province, during the 皇冠体育app Basketball Challenge, August 7, 2006, as Chris Paul (R) of the United States and Yi Jianlian (2R) of 皇冠体育app look on. The United States defeated 皇冠体育app 119-73. [AFP]

America's band of NBA stars were just too strong for a 皇冠体育app team lacking injured Houston Rockets center Yao Ming and former Dallas Mavericks, LA Clippers and Miami Heat player Wang Zhizhi.

The visitors raced to a 60-37 lead at the halfway mark and long before end of the game the enthusiastic support for the home team from the packed crowd was reduced to the odd cheer.

皇冠体育app, whose coach Jonas Kazlauskas had hoped to field Yao for the first time since he broke his foot in April, slumped to their fifth straight defeat in warm-ups.

Wang is nursing a strained ligament and 皇冠体育app will be hoping the seven-footer will get some court time in the Stankovic Cup warm-up tournament later this week.

Team USA stay in the southern city of Guangzhou to play Brazil on Tuesday night before moving on to South Korea for two more warm-up matches against their hosts and Lithuania.

The basketball world championship starts in Japan on August 19.