In Italy broke out the USA for the “painless” defeat by Lithuania!
With absolute dominance from start to finish the Americans crushed 100-63 the “squadra azzura” and got the ticket for the semi-final of the World Cup, waiting for one of the Germany or Latvia.
Leaders of the Americans were Michael Bridges and Tyrese Haliburton with 24 p. and 18p. respectively.
From his team Gianmarco Pocecofirst scorer was Simone Fontecchio with 18 points. In fact, the neighbors are waiting for the loser of Germany-Latvia, in a ranking match, which will be held on Thursday (7/9).
The match
The two teams moved at a low tempo in the first five minutes (8-7). From that point on, the USA turned up the… gears and took full control, ending the first period at +10 (14-24). The tragic failure of the Italians continued in the second quarter, with the Americans partying initially for +23 (18-41) and going to the locker room with +22 (24-46).
The Italians looked unable to keep up with the Americans’ frenetic pace in the second half as well, with Kerr’s players providing score and spectacle and with partial scores of 20-37 ending the third period at +39 (44-83). Naturally, the final quarter was procedural, with the USA taking the win by a score of 100-63.
The quarters: 14-24, 24-46, 44-83, 63-100
See the match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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