Team USA defeated Italy, 100-63, on Tuesday to advance to the semifinals of the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Mikal Bridges scored 14 of his 24 points in the first half, Tyrese Haliburton added 18 and the U.S. was airtight for long stretches defensively on the way to easily beating Italy 100-63 on Tuesday night in the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
U.S. forward Paolo Banchero dunks the ball during the Basketball World Cup quarterfinal game between Italy and U.S. at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday Sept. 5, 2023.U.S. forward Mikal Bridges gestures during the Basketball World Cup quarterfinal game between Italy and U.S. at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2023. in a six-point loss to Lithuania on Sunday — held Italy to 6 of 31 shooting over the final 15 minutes of the first half.
Italy had beaten the U.S. only twice in 14 previous tries at the senior men’s national level, both times at the world championships — which FIBA now calls the World Cup. The first was in 1970 on the way to a fifth-place finish for the U.S. The second was in 1978, in Manila no less, a defeat that helped relegate the Americans to a fifth-place finish that year as well.
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