U.S wins world basketball championship

ISTANBUL, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The United States defeated Turkey（土耳其） 81-64 in Sunday's final of the 2010 World Basketball Championships here.
The U.S. took the lead early in the first quarter and held through for the entir match.
Kevin Durant once again dominated（控制） the game, scoring more than a third of the winning team's total points, as he had done in the past two games.
He finished the top scorer of the game, netting 28 points including seven three-pointers. Team captain Hidayet Turkoglu lead Turkey with 16 points.
The US took an early lead finishing the first quarter 22-17. The gap¹ widened² throughout, with the first half finishing at 42-32.
The U.S. momentum³ would continue throughout the second half, finishing the third quarter 61-48 to end the game with a 17 point lead.
This is the United States' first world basketball championship victory since 1994. (本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 gap   

n.缺口；间隔；差距；不足，缺陷

参考例句：

• We must see that there is no gap in our defence.我们必须确保我们的防御没有漏洞。
• There is a gap of five miles between towns.镇与镇之间相隔五英里。

2 widened   

放宽，加宽， （使）变宽( widen的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Her eyes widened in surprise. 她惊讶地睁大了眼睛。
• The geographical scope of product markets has widened since the war. 战后产品市场的地理范围扩大了。

3 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。