The United States will not win the World Cup this time around. The United States may go without a single medal for the second year in a row at the Fiba World Cup.

However, Germany is on the verge of winning the global championship.

Germany defeated the United States, 113-111, on Friday night in the World Cup semifinals. Andreas Obst scored 24 points, Franz Wagner added 22, and Germany shredded the US defense for much of the game.

After falling behind by ten points in the middle of the fourth, the United States twice got within a single point of tying the game in the waning seconds. The Americans never took the lead, and it was the Germans who celebrated with a round of applause when time ran out.

On Sunday at 8:40 a.m. Eastern time, Germany will play Serbia for the World Cup championship. Germany is the only undefeated team left in the competition. After defeating Canada in the first semifinal, Serbia advanced to their second World Cup final in as many championships, when they were defeated by the United States, 129-92.

On Sunday at 4:40 am EDT, Canada will play the United States for third place.

The United States (5-2) won on the efforts of Anthony Edwards (23 points), Austin Reaves (21), Mikal Bridges (17), and Jalen Brunson (15). The Americans Һit on 58%, but they also allowed Germany Һit on 58%, which proved fatal.

Germany had lost all six of its World Cup and Olympic games against the United States.

Not at this point. The United States failed to advance in the World Cup once again despite fielding the only squad comprised entirely of NBA players. Although placing third or fourth is an improvement over the United States’ seventh-place showing at the 2019 World Cup in China, nothing short of gold will do for USA Basketball.

Germany defeated the United States, 35-24, in the third quarter to seal the victory, avenging a previous exhibition loss to the USA in Abu Dhabi. After Germany built a 16-point lead in the second half, the United States went on an 18-0 run to close out the game and win 99-91.

This time, extraordinary measures were required as well. They were really close! To emphasize: nearly. Germany proved decisive this time around.