Dongguan (China) (AFP)
Eliminated the day before by France in the quarterfinals, the United States lost for the second time at the World Basketball Championship, played in China, dominated in a classification match by Serbia (94-89) Thursday.
Team USA, who had lost their chance of a third-place title against France (89-79), suffered Serbian domination from the start of the match (32-7 at the end of the first quarter time), reacting only 'late in the game to soften the sentence.
Without a podium, the Serbian team, led by Bogdan Bogdanovic still glittering (28 points), can still claim fifth place against the winner of Poland-Czech Republic.
The Americans of Gregg Popovich will take the loser, Saturday (10:00 French time) to aim ... the 7th place!
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