The United States Team Prepares to Overcome Weaknesses Ahead of the 2023 Basketball World Cup

The United States team is the favorite to win the 2023 Basketball World Cup, according to the most recent FIBA ​​Power Ranking. However, USA Basketball head coach Steve Kerr believes his team has a weakness.

After beating the Greece team, with which they share a group in the World Cup, in Abu Dhabi, Kerr spoke to the media and declared that the players under his command still need to improve in terms of turnovers and ball recovery. rebounds.

“The concern is turnovers and rebounds. If we stay even in the possession game, I think we can beat anybody,” Kerr said. “The way they can beat us is if they get extra possessions and force a lot of turnovers.”

Against the Hellenics, the Americans suffered 20 turnovers and their rivals scored 24 points from them. If you look at the issue of rebounds, all the members of this version of the Dream Team were in charge of boxing and going for the boards since they won in that category 49-35.

In the first four preparation games (Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Spain and Greece) the starting lineup has been made up of Jalen Brunson, Anthony Edwards, Mikal Bridges, Brandon Ingram and Jaren Jackson Jr.

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USA Basketball’s next warm-up game

USA Basketball’s next preparation game for the Basketball World Cup will be on Sunday, August 20 against the German team. The match will take place in Abu Dhabi and is scheduled to start at 12:00 ET. You can follow the live statistics here.

2023-08-19 01:29:19
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