Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Canada Basketball came up just short of vying for a gold medal at the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Now, they’ll have to settle for a shot at bronze against a team we’re all familiar with.
Canada fell in the semifinals of the World Cup early Friday morning over in Asia, losing to 6th-ranked Serbia by a final score of 95-86. The loss moves No. 15 Canada into the third-place game where they’ll go up against No. 2 United States, which shockingly lost its semifinal matchup later the same morning to Germany in a high-scoring 113-111 showdown.