The best way to gauge the performance of teams before the start of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 is how they played in their preparation games. Based on these results, the top team in Group A might be too hot to handle for the rest.
Italy, currently ranked 10th in the world in men's FIBA competitions, swept all of their seven tune-up games against fellow World Cup-bound teams, as they're looking like legitimate podium threats this time around.Their campaign started with a 90-89 win against Turkey in an overtime thriller. They picked apart China, 79-61, before another escape act against Serbia, 89-88, where the Italians came back from 17 points down.
Angola, on the other hand, played in Spain, Jordan, and Japan. They started their campaign with a win against Venezuela, 66-61, but dropped a close one to Mexico, 78-76.The Angolans rebounded with a win against Jordan but suffered back-to-back losses to Portugal and Japan to end their preparations.The Philippines started playing preparation games very early, but not against World Cup opposition.
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