For head coach Steve Kerr, Team USA’s win in opposition to Italy on Tuesday within the 2023 FIBA World Cup was the sport the place they’d their ‘greatest defensive effort’ within the event.
The United States outrebounded Italy, 51-33 and had six blocks of their 100-63 win to e book a slot within the semifinals.
“Just a great defensive effort. Our guys got after it right from the beginning,” Kerr mentioned in a press convention.
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“[They] put the pressure on, kept the pressure on, the next group came in and did the same thing. It was our best defensive effort of the tournament to this point and that’s what it’s going to take to win two more games,” he added.
Kerr additionally mentioned that his staff has been getting the groove of a FIBA match after enjoying for greater than 5 video games, and he’s sure that it will maintain going till the top of the event.
“It’s been a five-week journey for this group and there’s five more days. That’s how we look at it,” Kerr mentioned.
“Our guys are sensing that this is the end of the journey and the energy picked up tonight, the pace, the force, they know what’s ahead.”
“They know what the goal is, so I have no doubt they’ll come out with the same energy, same force the next game.”
USA will play the winner of the quarterfinals match between Germany and Latvia.
The semifinals sport of the United States will likely be performed on Friday.
—JKC, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
