One exhibition victory doesn’t do a lot to erase Team USA’s loss to Germany in the semifinals of the 2023 FIBA World Cup, but it does help to assert that the USA is still the team to beat in Group C, completing its pre-Olympic exhibition tour undefeated.
After all, only two of the 12 players on this summer’s squad were part of the national team that failed to medal in the prior World Cup, surrendering the bronze to Canada. Anthony Edwards was the alpha of that team with Tyrese Haliburton as its maestro. Those two are secondary on this team.