PARIS — The world’s most dominant basketball nation has finally found a discipline of the sport where it can’t trample everyone in its path.
The rest of the world is taking out decades of frustration on the mighty U.S. in 3x3 basketball.
It started Tuesday night when Germany defeated the U.S. women and world No. 1 Serbia ran the U.S. men off the floor. A day later, noted global basketball power Azerbaijan edged the U.S. women and big, bruising Poland overpowered the U.S. men. It continued into Thursday the U.S. women lost to Australia 17-15 and the men fell to Lithuania 20-18 with Jimmer Fredette sidelined with a left leg injury.