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The United States, Lithuania, Germany and Slovenia secured their berths in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Fiba World Cup after posting their fourth straight wins in the tournament. The US held off Montenegro 85-73 in Manila to improve to 4-0 and secure a top-two finish in Group J, reports Xinhua.
Bojan Dubljevic had a layup with three minutes and three seconds remaining to pull Montenegro within 72-68, but the US answered with a 7-1 run to make it 79-69 with 1:29 left.
Anthony Edwards had 17 points and three rebounds to lead five Americans in double digits, while Nikola Vucevic finished with a game-high 18 points and 16 rebounds for Montenegro, who outrebounded the United States 49-31.
“They got 22 offensive rebounds, they executed, tried to pound us inside, but I’m proud of our guys,” said US head coach Steve Kerr.
“It was not our night offensively, we’ll look at the tape, we...
Bojan Dubljevic had a layup with three minutes and three seconds remaining to pull Montenegro within 72-68, but the US answered with a 7-1 run to make it 79-69 with 1:29 left.
Anthony Edwards had 17 points and three rebounds to lead five Americans in double digits, while Nikola Vucevic finished with a game-high 18 points and 16 rebounds for Montenegro, who outrebounded the United States 49-31.
“They got 22 offensive rebounds, they executed, tried to pound us inside, but I’m proud of our guys,” said US head coach Steve Kerr.
“It was not our night offensively, we’ll look at the tape, we...
- 9/2/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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