They found it… dark but they beat Montenegro and the USA remained undefeated!

For the first time… they were forced USA!

Steve Kerr’s team found their “teacher” in the fiercely competitive Montenegrobut finally got the difficult victory with 85-73, continuing undefeated in the round of 16!

Now, the losers hope for her victory National on the Lithuania and then in their own victory over Greece (3/9, 11:40), so that they are favored by the three-way tie at 3-2. Such a thing, of course, seems difficult since they are suffering a heavy defeat of 20 points against “Lithuania”.

As for the match, it was a big derby almost throughout, with the Montenegro to even have the lead for 10 minutes out of 40! The USA struggled offensively, producing their worst offensive collection so far in the tournament against the highly-read Montenegrin players.

By early in the fourth quarter, the USA enjoyed a 2-point lead (64-62). However, gradually the typical guests ran out of energy and Team USA managed to find the solutions they were looking for with Edwards and Reeves as protagonists, making it 4/4 in the tournament.

The leader of the game with 18 points and 15 rebounds was Nikola Vucevic, who took advantage of the absence of a clean high in the US and threw a… racket party. Of the winners, 17 points were scored by Anthony Edwards12 had o Austin Reeves and 10 with 6 assists o Tyrese Halliburton.

The quarters: 19-18, 37-38, 61-55, 85-73

Detailed match statistics here