2023-09-08 15:24:00
Four years after their defeat in the quarterfinals against France, the United States once again saw their progress stopped before the final. This Friday in Manila, Germany qualified for the first World Cup final in its history after eliminating the reigning Olympic champions (113-111).
The Mannschaft, whose best result in the World Cup is a third place acquired in 2002, will face Serbia on Sunday, victorious over Canada (95-86). At the end of a spectacular match, she resisted the comeback of the Americans, coming back to within 90 seconds of the end (108-107) after being led by 12 units five minutes from the siren.
The Theis-Wagner-Obst trio on fire
“Team USA”, which was aiming for a sixth world championship title, missed the mark 33 seconds from time (113-109): its possession was wasted by Anthony Edwards (23 pts), who sent the ball into touch by wanting to serve a partner. Austin Reaves, the man of the last quarter on the American side (21 pts), then reduced the gap but there was only half a second left to play.
Germany was carried by Daniel Theis (21 pts and 7 rebounds), Franz Wagner (22 pts) and Andreas Obst (24 pts, 4/8 long distance), who fired a decisive winning shot at just under 90 seconds of the term (11-107). Third in Euro 2022, they are the only undefeated team in this World Cup.
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