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IN THE GOLD MEDAL GAME OF THE 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, KEVIN DURANT SCORED 28 POINTS AGAINST TURKEY. IN THE GOLD MEDAL GAME OF THE 2012 OLYMPICS, HE DROPPED 30 ON SPAIN. IN 2014, KYRIE IRVING AND JAMES HARDEN COMBINED FOR 52 POINTS AGAINST SERBIA IN THE WORLD CUP FINAL. AND IN THE 2016 OLYMPICS, THE U.S. TOOK GOLD BEHIND ANOTHER 30 POINTS FROM DURANT AGAINST THE SERBS.
WE ALL KNEW IT COULD HAPPEN, BUT THEN IT ACTUALLY DID. TEAM USA GOT BEAT IN THE 2019 FIBA WORLD CUP, AND AT THE WORST TIME TO GET BEAT, THE QUARTERFINALS. FRANCE, LED BY RUDY GOBERT, NANDO DE COLO, AND FRANK NTILIKINA, BEAT THE AMERICANS BY 10 ON WEDNESDAY MORNING TO ADVANCE TO THE SEMIFINALS, WHERE THEY WILL MEET ARGENTINA ON FRIDAY. TEAM USA IS OUT OF MEDAL CONTENTION, AND WILL PLAY SERBIA IN THE CONSOLATION BRACKET ON THURSDAY.
THE U.S. HAD WON 58 CONSECUTIVE TOURNAMENT GAMES IN FIBA AND OLYMPIC COMPETITION WITH NBA PLAYERS, STARTING WITH THE BRONZE-MEDAL GAME AT THE 2006 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND CONTINUING THROUGH EVERY FIBA AMERICAS, WORLD CUP AND OLYMPICS EVENT SINCE. THE U.S. WAS BIDDING TO BECOME THE FIRST NATION TO WIN THREE CONSECUTIVE WORLD CUPS, AFTER WINNING THREE STRAIGHT OLYMPIC GOLDS IN THAT SPAN.
WE KNEW TEAM USA BASKETBALL WAS NOT INVINCIBLE COMING INTO THE 2019 FIBA WORLD CUP, NOT WITH THIS ROSTER. AFTER A PARADE OF PLAYERS DROPPED OUT DUE TO THE TIMING OF THE TOURNAMENT OR OTHER REASONS, USA BASKETBALL WAS LEFT WITH A SHELL OF ITS PROMISED TEAM. THE ROSTER IS PROBABLY LESS IMPRESSIVE THAN THE ONE THAT COMPETED IN THE FORSAKEN 2002 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, WHERE THE AMERICANS FINISHED AN EMBARRASSING SIXTH, AS SB NATION STUDIOS』 REWINDER EPISODE ON THE LOSS TO YUGOSLAVIA REMINDS US.
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IN THAT LIGHT, THEN, A CLEAN U.S. SWEEP THROUGH THE 2019 WORLD CUP FIELD, LACKADAISICAL ROSTER AND ALL, MIGHT HAVE APPEARED TO BE MORE OF A CALAMITY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL GAME THAN THE U.S. LOSS APPEARS TO BE FOR THE TEAM USA PROGRAM. THAT THE DEFEAT DIDN』T EVEN COME AT THE HANDS OF THE BEST OPPONENT, BUT MERELY ONE TEAM IN A WIDE AND EVER-WIDENING FIELD OF POSSIBLE THREATS TO THE WORLD』S GREATEST BASKETBALL-PLAYING NATION, ONLY EMPHASIZES THIS POINT FURTHER. IN THE PAST, THE SPORT EXPANDED IN PART BECAUSE OF TEAM USA』S DOMINANCE. BUT NOW, INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL HAS NEVER LOOKED STRONGER; IRONICALLY, IT』S UP TO THE AMERICANS TO KEEP UP WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD.
THE USA BASKETBALL WORLD CUP TEAM COACHING STAFF FEATURES USA AND SAN ANTONIO SPURS HEAD COACH
FRANCE DOWNED THE USA IN A BOILOVER AT THE FIBA WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL STAGE.
FRANCE IS MOVING ON TO THE FIBA WORLD CUP SEMIFINALS AFTER KNOCKING OFF TEAM USA WITH AN 89-79 VICTORY ON WEDNESDAY. SAN ANTONIO SPURS LEGEND TONY PARKER EXPRESSED HIS JOY ON TWITTER WITH A SIMPLE “YES!!!!” AND SOME CLAPPING EMOJIS IN REACTION TO HIS COUNTRY’S MASSIVE VICTORY:
FIBA MADE A MISTAKE MOVING THE WORLD CUP INTO ODD YEARS. AND AS A RESULT, YOU ARE ASKING PLAYERS TO PLAY IN THE FIBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, PLAY IN THE SEASON AND THEN PLAY IN THE OLYMPICS. AND I THINK THAT PUSHED A LOT OF PLAYERS TO FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN BACK-TO-BACK YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. AND THAT』S IT. I ACTUALLY LOVE THE IDEA THAT THERE ARE A BUNCH OF YOUNG PLAYERS THAT ARE PLAYING IN THE WORLD CUP. I HOPE THEY WIN. BUT I THINK THEY WILL, AND I THINK IT』S EXCITING TO SEE THE YOUNG PLAYERS STEP OUT AND BE RECOGNIZED.

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