"If you take a look, the American team has probably the best players at every position," he said. "It's very tough to play against them, especially for the whole 40 minutes. Sometimes you can take a rest, but here you can't take a rest — you need to really control the tempo for the whole 40 minutes."

Williams ended up playing double the minutes of starting point guard Jason Kidd and at times joined fellow reserve point Chris Paul on the court against Russia playing the No. 2 guard spot.

"I don't think he (Kidd) wants to play 30 minutes a game," said Williams, "so me and Chris are there to give him a spell and provide energy off the bench."

Now 3-0 in the Toyota International Challenge after victories in Macau against Turkey and Lithuania preceded Sunday's win, the United States closes out its four-game pre-Olympic exhibition tour with Tuesday night's game against Australia, which features former University of Utah center Andrew Bogut.

The Americans begin Beijing Olympic pool play Sunday against host China in what is expected to garner the biggest global television audience ever.

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