Dillon Brooks scored 39 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 31 points and 12 assists and Canada — after surviving a miracle from Mikal Bridges that forced overtime — medaled at a global men’s basketball tournament for the first time in 87 years by topping the U.S. 127-118 in the third-place game at the World Cup on Sunday.
MANILA, Philippines — Mikal Bridges pulled off an overtime-forcing miracle. It wasn't enough to keep the U.S. from heading home from the World Cup empty-handed, and after 87 years of waiting Canada has again medaled on one of basketball's biggest stages.
“The United States hasn't won the World Cup since 2014,” U.S. coach Steve Kerr said. “It's hard. These teams in FIBA are really good, well-coached, they've got continuity and they've played together for a long time. This is difficult and it's been difficult already.” “This team was amazing, special,” Canada coach Jordi Fernandez said. “It’s the beginning of something that’s going to last for a long time.”
“Just tried to miss it right. That's kind of where you want the ball to be at in situations like that,” Bridges said. “Just read and react ... went and shot it.”“We won the first 40 minutes. Well, obviously not, but we won the majority of the first 40 minutes and we didn't think it was a fluke,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “So, we just tried to focus on winning the next five.”
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