People will call it a major upset — some of those stories have already hit the net — and we can debate the merit of that statement, but one thing is absolutely true about USA Basketball’s quarterfinal bout with France at the FIBA World Cup on Wednesday.
The Americans got Goberted.
In a battle of Utah Jazz teammates, Rudy Gobert and Les Bleus eliminated would-be World Cup favorites Donovan Mitchell and Team USA with an 89-79 win at Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre in Dongguan, China.
Jazz fans, remember that game in Detroit last season when a fan drew the ire of Mitchell and it inspired the second-year man to lead Utah to a big road win?