Mikal Bridges caught fireplace early because the United States placed on a clinic, ripping Italy in a 100-63 blowout to advance to the semifinals of the 2023 FIBA World Cup on Tuesday on the Mall of Asia Arena.
Coming off a loss to now-eliminated Lithuania within the second spherical, the favored Americans made certain to make an announcement as they swept previous the Italians in a lopsided consequence.
Bridges put collectively 24 factors highlighted by a 10-point outburst within the third interval, the place the Americans constructed an enormous 39-point lead, 81-42, earlier than ending the body having fun with a cushty 83-44 cushion. The US squad was dominant from the get-go, successful the primary three quarters by 10, 12, and 17 factors, respectively.
The Brooklyn Nets star, who was simply averaging 9.8 factors and a pair of.3 rebounds prior tonight, additionally posted seven rebounds and one help within the win.
Tyrese Haliburton, who completed with 18 factors on six three-pointers, fired three straight triples midway by means of the payoff interval to ship USA to a 92-51 benefit regardless of Italy gaining some momentum after opening the quarter with a 7-0 run.
The win allowed USA to increase its mastery of Italy within the World Cup stage because the final time the Azzurri beat the Americans was in 1978, which was, by the way, hosted by the Philippines as properly.
USA will subsequent face both Germany or Latvia within the ultimate 4.
—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
