'We knew the task at hand, and that was to go win,' said U.S. guard Austin Reaves. 'And we didn't do that.'
There will be no gold medal for the U.S. at this World Cup. And for the second consecutive time in FIBA's biggest tournament, there might not 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 itsGermany's Daniel Theis and Johannes Voigtmann gestures during the FIBA Basketball World Cup semi-final match between USA and Germany in Manila on September 8, 2023.
The U.S., down by 10 midway through the fourth, nearly pulled off a comeback, getting within one point on two separate occasions in the final minutes. But the Americans never got the lead, and it was the Germans jumping and hugging as time expired. 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.
A 35-24 third quarter was basically the difference for Germany, which this time finished the job that it couldn't pull off when meeting the Americans in Abu Dhabi for an exhibition earlier this summer. Germany led that game by 16 in the second half, then an 18-0 run by the Americans down the stretch led to a 99-91 U.S. win.
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