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FRANCE DEALT TEAM USA A STUNNING LOSS IN THE FIBA WORLD CUP QUARTERFINALS.
SOMETIMES, IT"S ACCURATE. SOMETIMES, IT"S NOT. ONLY FOUR OF THE NINE ROTATION PLAYERS FOR TURKEY, THE TEAM THAT ALMOST BEAT THE U.S. IN ITS SECOND GAME HERE AT THE FIBA WORLD CUP, WERE IN THE ROTATION FOR TURKEY AT EUROBASKET TWO YEARS AGO.
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.
TEAM USA HAD A SEVEN-POINT LEAD OVER FRANCE WITH JUST UNDER EIGHT MINUTES TO PLAY IN TODAY’S FIBA WORLD CUP QUARTERFINAL GAME. FROM THAT POINT ON, FRANCE WENT ON A 22-5 RUN AND ADVANCED TO THE TOURNAMENT SEMI-FINALS WHILE LEAVING TEAM USA BEHIND TO MAKE A NEW LIFE FOR THEMSELVES IN THE TRASH.
THE USA"S WORLD CUP WIN STREAK NOW IS AT 23 GAMES, AND THE U.S. HAS WON 57 CONSECUTIVE GAMES IN FIBA COMPETITIONS DATING BACK TO THE SEMIFINALS OF THE 2006 WORLD CUP, WHEN THE USA LOST TO GREECE.
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.
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:
OPEN THREAD: TEAM USA LOSES TO FRANCE, ELIMINATED FROM FIBA WORLD CUP
WHAT TEAM USA NEEDS TO FIX TO AVOID AN UGLY EXIT AT THE WORLD CUP
BOSTON (CBS) — TEAM USA WILL NOT MEDAL IN THIS YEAR’S FIBA WORLD CUP AFTER SUFFERING A DISAPPOINTING LOSS TO FRANCE ON WEDNESDAY, BUT THEY STILL HAVE A FEW GAMES TO PLAY. MARCUS SMART WILL NOT BE PLAYING IN THOSE GAMES, HOWEVER.
THE USA BASKETBALL WORLD CUP TEAM COACHING STAFF FEATURES USA AND SAN ANTONIO SPURS HEAD COACH
YOU MAY BE ASKING WHY THESE TWO LOW-STAKES REGULAR-SEASON GAMES ARE RELEVANT NOW. THE ANSWER MAY END UP BEING THE KEY TO TEAM USA"S CHANCES AGAINST FRANCE IN THE WORLD CUP QUARTERFINALS . (ESPN2 AND ESPN APP, WED., 7 A.M. ET).
THE FUNNY THING IS, I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR TEAM USA NOT TO TAKE GOLD. I’D MUCH PREFER A U.S. VICTORY AT NEXT YEAR’S OLYMPICS TO A WIN AT THE FIBA WORLD CUP. IF TEAM USA COASTS TO AN EASY WIN IN THIS TOURNAMENT DESPITE SENDING A BORED B-TEAM—C-TEAM? D-TEAM? J-TEAM? U-TEAM?—I THINK THAT COULD BE A REALLY BAD LESSON HEADING INTO THE OLYMPICS. A LOSS HERE WOULD REMIND USA BASKETBALL THAT IT’S POSSIBLE TO LOSE IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AND PROBABLY CONVINCE A FUN ROSTER TO SHOW UP IN TOKYO NEXT YEAR. IF THIS TEAM COASTS TO A WIN AT THE FIBA TOURNAMENT, I CAN ALREADY SEE MARCUS SMART ON THE BRONZE MEDAL PODIUM NEXT YEAR.
IS IT A BIG DEAL THAT TEAM USA WON"T WIN THE FIBA WORLD CUP?
DONGGUAN– TEAM USA COACH AND FIVE-TIME NBA CHAMPION GREGG POPOVICH DIDN’T WANT TO HEAR ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SQUAD’S NUMEROUS ABSENCES, FOLLOWING THE ELIMINATING LOSS TO FRANCE IN THE WORLD CUP QUARTERFINALS. A RESULT THAT MARKED USA’S FIRST DEFEAT IN AN OFFICIAL GAME IN 13 YEARS.
SERBIA CLAIMED A SILVER MEDAL AT THE 2015 WORLD CUP AND IS THE TOP-RANKED TEAM IN THE WORLD, BUT WITH THIS YEAR’S WORLD CUP NOT SERVING AS AN OLYMPIC QUALIFIER AS IT HAS IN YEARS PAST (BECAUSE A COUNTRY CANNOT HOST A QUALIFIER FOR AN OLYMPIC GAMES IT’S HOSTING) AND WITH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVING JUST ENDED ON SUNDAY, WITH SERBIA EMERGING AS THE REPEAT WINNERS, EXPECT SERBIA, AND LIKELY THE OTHER EUROPEAN TEAMS AT WORLD CUP, TO REST SOME OF THEIR MAJOR STARS.

 

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