Team USA is leaving the FIBA World Cup without a medal.
In a thrilling bronze medal game that went into overtime, Canada out dueled Team USA 127-118 to win their first FIBA World Cup medal in history, and their first major international basketball medal since the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Stars on both sides of the court displayed their prowess, making it feel more like an NBA game than a FIBA contest in the Philippines. Canada's Dillon Brooks put on a shooting clinic, scoring 39 points, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander netted 31. Anthony Edwards led scoring for the US with 24 points, followed closely by Austin Reaves with 23.
Canada may have won and had the game's leading scorers, but the play of the game didn't come from any of them. It came from Mikal Bridges of Team USA, whose 19 points included the game-tying three-pointer, which he made off an intentionally missed free-throw he wrestled back from Canada with just 0.6 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
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