It’s a smart bet, and they’ve put as much of it as they can to try and win this tournament, but the truth is they entered knowing that they left themselves vulnerable.
And that wager – that size differential can be overcome by other factors – has backfired spectacularly. Germany (another European team that towers over the Americans) took advantage of the given advantage Friday to knock Team USA out of the world semifinals 113-111.
The Americans will not medal in the event for the second time in a row. They will have to settle for bronze Sunday (4:45 ET, ESPN+) against Canada, which was eliminated by Serbia in the day’s second semifinal.
The Americans played a tough and energetic game. The problem was that they were simply too small and it showed up time and time again, as it did in their loss to Lithuania last weekend.
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