For the second straight version, powerhouse Team USA completed exterior of the rostrum of the FIBA World Cup because the squad fell to Canada of their bronze medal sport on Sunday on the Mall of Asia Arena.
The USA’s hopes for the medal have been renewed after Mikal Bridges performed the hero in regulation, deliberately lacking his second free throw earlier than he discovered the leather-based and knocked down a game-tying nook triple that may ship the sport into additional time.
They, nonetheless, fired blanks within the further interval with solely Austin Reaves connecting from the sector as Canada accomplished the upset.
USA head coach Steve Kerr mentioned they merely ran out of steam within the closing minutes, leading to a 127-118 win for Canada, the third time of their final 4 video games the place they allowed their opponents to attain greater than 100 factors.
They fell to Germany within the semifinals in a decent 113-111 loss. Before that, additionally they absorbed a 110-104 defeat to Lithuania within the closing second group match.
“I feel bad for our guys. They really put so much into this over the last six weeks,” Kerr mentioned within the post-game interview.
“It’s tough to try to hang in there without three guys who are very important to the team but these guys, they fought and did everything possible to hang in. Mikal hit an incredible shot to force overtime, but we just ran out of gas.”
Anthony Edwards was among the many vivid spots for USA because the Minnesota Timberwolves standout dropped 24 factors, 5 rebounds, three assists, one steal, and one block within the dropping effort.
Canada, in the meantime, rode an enormous sport from Dillon Brooks who registered 39 factors on high of 4 rebounds, 5 assists, and two blocks.
And regardless of seeing his workforce go dwelling empty-handed, Kerr was gracious sufficient to say their opponents proved deserving of the win.
“Canada deserved it and congrats,” he mentioned.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
