Manila, Philippines — After two and half weeks of preparation and exhibition games, Team USA officially begins their bid for their sixth FIBA World Cup title against the New Zealand Tall Blacks on Friday in Manila, Philippines.
This will be the first of three games that Team USA will partake in the group phase round. For them to advance to group phase two, the Americans will have to finish as one of the top two teams in their group (Group C) which also consists of Greece and Jordan — two of the countries that Team USA will face in the following days.