USA Basketball Eliminated From World Cup With Loss To France

By Alex Chea / Sep 12, Thu

What a sad day for USA Basketball.

The United States have been eliminated from the World Cup with their 89-79 loss to France.

The United States had won 58 straight tournament games with NBA players in FIBA and Olympic competition before the loss.

Gregg Popovich took over for Mike Krzyzewski as head coach of the United States during this cycle.

Rudy Gobert scored 21 points to go with 16 rebounds while Evan Fournier scored 22.

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