THE United States is headed to the medal round of the Basketball World Cup, bouncing back from its first loss of the tournament in emphatic fashion. Mikal Bridges scored 14 of his 24 points in the first half, Tyrese Haliburton added 18 and the US was airtight for long stretches…
U.S. forward Mikal Bridges gestures during the Basketball World Cup quarterfinal game between Italy and U.S. at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2023. THE United States is headed to the medal round of the Basketball World Cup, bouncing back from its first loss of the tournament in emphatic fashion.
The win ensures the 15th top-four finish for the Americans in 19 World Cups. They will play either Germany or Latvia in Friday’s semifinals—those two teams play their quarterfinal game also at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on Wednesday. with a follow-slam that had teammates out of their seats. in a six-point loss to Lithuania on Sunday—held Italy to 6 of 31 shooting over the final 15 minutes of the first half. Lithuania started 9 for 9 from 3-point range vs. the US; Italy started 2 for 21 on Tuesday.It was the quarterfinal round where it all went wrong for the US A loss to France in the Round of 8 eliminated the Americans from medal contention and started a free-fall all the way to seventh place, the worst finish ever by a US team in a major men’s international event.
Italy had beaten the US only twice in 14 previous tries at the senior men’s national level, both times at the world championships—which FIBA now calls the World Cup. The first was in 1970 on the way to a fifth-place finish for the US. The second was in 1978, in Manila no less, a defeat that helped relegate the Americans to a fifth-place finish that year as well.
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