There will be no gold medal for the U.S. at this World Cup. And there might not even be any medal at all for the Americans.
Andreas Obst scored 24 points, Franz Wagner added 22 and Germany shredded the U.S. defense for much of the way in its first win over the Americans — 113-111 in the World Cup semifinals on Friday night.
Germany — the last unbeaten team left in the tournament at 7-0 _ will play Serbia on Sunday for the World Cup title. Serbia beat Canada in the first semifinal, getting to its second World Cup final in the last three tournaments; it lost 129-92 to the U.S. in the 2014 championship game.Article contentAnthony Edwards scored 23 points for the U.S. , which got 21 from Austin Reaves, 17 from Mikal Bridges and 15 from Jalen Brunson.
Not this time. Once again, even bringing the only roster filled with all NBA players wasn’t enough for the U.S. at the World Cup. The Americans finished seventh at the 2019 World Cup in China; this finish — third or fourth — will technically be better, but nothing other than gold was going to be satisfactory for USA Basketball.
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