The men’s national basketball team was beaten 100-63 by the United States in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in the Philippines. With this result, the United States qualified for the semifinals, where they will meet the winner of Germany-Latvia. For Italy, on the other hand, the tournament is not over, but in the next few days they will only play to establish their final placement (between fifth and eighth place).
The United States were heavy favourites, even after their last group defeat by Lithuania. For Italy — who hadn’t played in a quarter-final at a World Cup for 25 years — it was a complicated match right from the first minutes and marked in particular by a very low three-point scoring percentage: 2 out of 19 attempts at halftime, 7 out of 38 at the end of the match. The best scorer was Mikal Bridges, with 24 points, followed by Simone Fontecchio and Tyrese Haliburton with 18.
2023-09-05 14:23:04
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