So far, no competition for U.S. men's basketball team

Closing out pool play undefeated, untied and unchallenged, the U.S. flattened overmatched -- to say the least -- Germany, 106-57, Monday night, advancing to the medal round and ending the Germans' Olympics.

The U.S. is now 5-0. The Germans finished at 1-4.

Not that this was one-sided, but this looked like one of those fantasy camps where businessmen pay to play against NBA stars.

Kaman, the Clippers' gift to Germany, didn't start, played 17 minutes, missed six of nine shots and scored six points. So if there are people who think he's a traitor, he probably won't go down with Benedict Arnold.

On another positive note for the Clippers, Kaman held his hand over his heart during the "Star-Spangled Banner," so it doesn't look as if he plans to emigrate.

The U.S. now moves into the quarterfinals where it will play Australia on Wednesday.

Australia finished 3-2, courtesy of Lithuania, which had been the tournament's only other undefeated team before taking the day off with first place in Pool A locked up and letting the Aussies romp to a 106-75 win.

If the U.S. wins Wednesday, it will get the Argentina-Greece winner in the semifinals.

Any notion the U.S. players wouldn't show up was quickly dispelled, starting at the opening tip, which Dwight Howard batted to Jason Kidd, who threw it ahead to Carmelo Anthony, who laid it in three seconds into the game.

Of course, there was a question of where Germany was, but with the U.S. players refusing to play down to their competition, the Germans were completely outclassed.

Howard was the leading scorer with 22 points. LeBron James followed with 18.

mark.heisler@latimes.com