Canada eliminated defending champions Spain 88-85 and booked their place in the FIBA Basketball World Cup quarter-finals in a thriller on Sunday in Jakarta as the United States suffered their first loss of the tournament in Manila.
Canada's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, an NBA All-Star with the Oklahoma City Thunder, scored a game-high 30 points, the most for a Canadian player since 1994.In Manila, Team USA lost to Lithuania 110-104 in a quarter-final seeding game.
"They played tough defence, they tried to pressure us, they tried to be aggressive against us but we stayed calm and we take the win," Lithuania's center Donatas Motiejunas, who scored nine points, told reporters.
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