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Here is the summary of Daniel Orton's teams game from yesterday.

The most anticipated game of the Nike Global Challenge opening day ended up exceeding expectations. USA-3 has arguably the strongest roster in the field, featuring John Wall and Jeremy Tyler, considered by many to be the #1 players, respectively, in the ‘09 and 2010 classes, plus 2011 sensation Michael Gilchrist and ‘09 stud center Daniel Orton. Not to mention USA-3 was supposed to have ‘09 two-guard Xavier Henry, a Top-10 talent who isn’t playing this weekend due to injury.
Meanwhile, the Serbians came to Oregon toting a roster of mostly 19-year-old pros, led by a handful of players who could conceivably be taken in the NBA Draft over the next few years.

In another hotly-contested battle, Serbia found itself down by nine points with under three minutes to go, but stuck back-to-back threes and got a Tayshaun Prince-like running lefty hook from 6-8 Milojko Vasilic to pull within one point in what seemed like no time. They finally took the lead with 43 seconds left on a tip-in by 6-9 Nikola Markovic, which led to one of the Serbian coaches leaping in the air for a chest-bump with Markovic (17 pts, 13 rebs, 5 stls) on the ensuing timeout.

Serbia had a chance to extend the lead, but Orton made a spectacular block at the rim to give the U.S. the ball back and a chance to win. Inbounding under their own basket with nine seconds left, the U.S. got the ball to DeShaun Thomas, but the 6-6 forward from Bishop Luers (Ind.) who’d scored a team-high 22 points had his driving layup blocked by Vasilic. John Wall chased down the loose ball and fired a three from the corner that looked good, but rattled in and out, giving Serbia the win.

Wall put up 18 points and four steals, and for stretches showed why he might be the best player in the country. When he wanted to, he directed the offense like a coach diagramming plays, literally telling everyone on the floor where to go while he worked his magic. Wall constantly beat his man off the dribble and seemed to score at will, and had way more amazing passes than his two-assist stat line implied. He also wowed the crowd with a blocked shot that he pinned on the glass near the top of the backboard square, and dove for loose balls more than a couple of times. - Article