2023-09-10 12:34:00
Beaten by Canada in the match for third place, Team USA finished this world championship just off the podium. An additional failure for the Americans who did not think they would return from Asia without a medal around their neck.
It’s amazing how you can lose everything in a short time. 48 hours ago, Team USA still seemed the favorite to win the gold medal at the 2023 World Cup. Surprised by the still valiant Germans, Steve Kerr’s selection took a big blow to the head by not joining the final. If gold and silver were moving away for Uncle Sam, bronze was still relevant. Not the best medal of course, but a medal nonetheless and it would have made it possible to forget a little the poor 7th place in the 2019 World Cup.
Except that the Americans woke up a little too late, chasing the score following a particularly bad start to the match. A delay in lighting made up for the big money time of Mikal Bridges’ comrades. We thought that overtime might give Team USA momentum but Canada reigned supreme over the last five minutes in the footsteps of a great Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. As a symbol, it is a squad full of NBA players who crush the Americans and deprive them of a new FIBA medal. Dillon Brooks remembering his haters fondly.
A setback that risks going down badly in the country. The stars and stripes haven’t appeared on a World Cup podium since 2014, when Stephen Curry and company won gold. If we look at the stats a little closer, the findings are even worse. According to Opta, Team USA had not gone two World Cups without a medal since the 1960s! At that time, they had won three consecutive competitions outside the Top 3.
This is the first time Team USA didn’t win a medal in consecutive FIBA World Cup tournaments since 1963-1970 when they ended 4th (1963 & 1967) and 5th (1970) in three consecutive tournaments.
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— Donatas Urbonas (@Urbodo) September 10, 2023
This stat is therefore still relevant and Steve Kerr’s men will try not to match their elders during the 2027 edition in Qatar. Perhaps the opportunity to see players of another caliber represent Team USA at a World Cup. In the meantime, the US ogre will make the Paris 2024 Olympic Games its main objective and the roster should be up to the task for what should be even closer to a Redeem Team following the recent American failures on the FIBA scene.
Source texte : Donatas Urbonas / Opta
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