![]() “It’s a special group,” Germany coach Gordie Herbert said after his team made the World Cup final for the first time. Germany led for 30 of the game’s 40 minutes, the US led for about four and a half, and there was little question who was controlling play much of the way. Obst hit the shot of the night, a three-pointer with 1:15 left to put Germany up by four and just about snuff out a last-ditch US rally. Serbia beat Canada in the first semi-final, getting to their second World Cup final in the last three tournaments it lost 129-92 to the US in the 2014 championship game.Ĭanada will play the US for bronze Sunday (4.40am EDT). Germany – the last unbeaten team left in the tournament at 7-0 – will play Serbia on Sunday (8.40am EDT) for the World Cup title. “Terrible,” US guard and captain Jalen Brunson said. The US have won the last four Olympic titles, but now it’s two straight World Cups with no gold for the winningest program on the planet. USA Basketball has been talking for years about how the continuity of top international teams has closed what was once a sizable gap between the Americans and the rest of the world. No, it didn’t, and now questions will fly once again. “This team is very worthy of winning a championship,” US coach Steve Kerr said. ![]() Andreas Obst scored 24 points, Franz Wagner added 22 and Germany scored more points than any team ever has against a USA Basketball team featuring NBA players – earning a 113-111 win in the World Cup semifinals on Friday night.
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