No Nets player will be wearing gold on Sunday when the FIBA World cup champion is crowned Sunday. Team USA lost to Germany, 113-111, taking down the hopes of Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson. Bridges had a strong, if odd, game, scoring 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting, including 3-of-3 from deep. Johnson played only four minutes and didn’t score.
Team USA, now 5-2 in Cup play, will play Canada in the bronze medal game early Sunday morning.
“These games are difficult – this is not 1992 anymore,” said USA coach Steve Kerr. “This team is very worthy of winning a championship and we just didn’t get it done.