USA loses to Germany, won’t play for Basketball World Cup gold

The Americans’ defense collapses in a 113-111 semifinal loss and it will be Germany vs. Serbia for the championship and the U.S. and Canada vying for bronze

MANILA, Philippines — There will be no gold medal for the U.S. at this World Cup. And for the second consecutive time in FIBA’s biggest tournament, there might not be any medal at all for the Americans.Instead, it’s Germany on the cusp of a world title.

No, it didn’t, and now questions will fly once again. 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. The U.S. has won the last four Olympic titles, but now it’s two straight World Cups with no gold for the winningest program on the planet.Germany — the last unbeaten team left in the tournament at 7-0 — will play Serbia at 5:40 a.m.

“We knew the task at hand, and that was to go win,” U.S. guard Austin Reaves said. “And we didn’t do that.”

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