MANILA, Philippines (AP) — There shall be no gold medal for the USA at this World Cup. And for the second time in a row at FIBA’s greatest match, there could also be no medals in any respect for the People.
As an alternative, Germany is on the cusp of a world title.
Andreas Obst scored 24 factors and Franz Wagner added 22 as Germany outmaneuvered the US protection a lot of the method of their first victory over the People 113-111 within the World Cup semi-finals on Friday night time.
Obst hit the shot of the night time together with his three-pointer with 1:15 left within the recreation, giving Germany a four-goal lead and ending the USA’s lead on the final minute. Germany led for 30 of the 40 minutes within the match, the USA led for nearly 4 ½, and there was no query who was answerable for the play more often than not.
“We knew the duty forward, which was to win,” stated US goalkeeper Austin Reeves. “And we did not.”
America, trailing by 10 factors halfway via the fourth, nearly got here again, coming inside one level on two separate events within the closing minutes. However the People by no means obtained the lead, and the Germans had been leaping and hugging because the time ran out.
Germany — the match’s final undefeated group at 7-0 — will play Serbia on Sunday (8:40 a.m. EST) for the World Cup title. Serbia beat Canada within the first semi-final, and reached their second World Cup closing within the final three tournaments. Misplaced 129-92 to the USA within the 2014 championship recreation.
Canada will play the USA for the bronze medal on Sunday (4:40 a.m. EST).
Anthony Edwards scored 23 factors for the USA (5-2), which obtained 21 from Reeves, 17 from Michal Bridges and 15 from Jalen Brunson. The People shot 58% of the vote, however let Germany shoot 58% as nicely, which was the ultimate undoing.
“In case you quit 113 factors in a 40-minute recreation, you will not win a lot of it,” Reeves stated.
Germany has crushed the People 0-6 in World Cup or Olympic competitors, and often will get blown away in these matches.
Not this time. As soon as once more, even bringing the one roster stuffed with all of the NBA gamers wasn’t sufficient for the USA on the World Cup. People completed seventh on the 2019 World Cup in China; This end – the third or fourth – could be higher technically, however nothing apart from gold could be passable for American basketball.
Daniel Theiss scored 21 factors for Germany. Theis scored 21 or extra factors six occasions in his NBA profession — and he picked Friday for one of many video games of his life.
A 35-24 lead within the third quarter was the important thing distinction for Germany, who this time completed the job they could not do once they met the People in Abu Dhabi for an exhibition earlier this summer time. Germany led that recreation by 16 factors within the second half, then an 18-0 People lead sealed a 99-91 victory for the USA.
She wanted comparable tournaments this time round. They nearly obtained there. Key phrase: approx. This time Germany completed it off. And when it was over, Reeves could not assist however see Schroeder – his former Los Angeles Lakers teammate – having fun with an enormous second in German basketball.
Hats off to him, stated Reeves. “I understand how vital this second is to him.”
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