We’ve discussed this quite a bit since Team USA fell last week, so I won’t belabor the point. In a league that's now defined by duos as much as anything with LeBron James and Anthony Davis, James Harden and Russell Westbrook, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis and eventually Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, the two Jazz linchpins have an opportunity to take their place among the league's top tandems. His reward: Joining Lamar Odom as the only players ever to win an NBA championship and World Cup gold in the same year. He’s a different player now; he’s a little less audacious, and not quite the star he seemed destined to be. There were concerns from national federations that they would not be able to play the qualifiers with players from top professional leagues globally (the National Basketball Association and EuroLeague), which was possible with professional leagues operating in mid-year.[29]. But he led the Spanish charge on both ends of the floor, getting his teammates easy looks while captaining the smothering coverage that would prove to be Spain’s calling card. [16], Argentina national basketball team – 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster, 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup – Gold medal, 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup – Silver medal, "Spain overpower Argentina to reclaim World Cup throne", 8 Chinese cities to host 2019 FIBA World Cup, "Gasol completes historic double, Spain wins World Cup", "Argentina edges Russia 69–61, tops Group B at FIBA World Cup – Xinhua | English.news.cn", "Argentina overpowers Poland, keeps perfect record intact at FIBA World Cup – Xinhua | English.news.cn", "Inspired Luis Scola guides Argentina past France, into World Cup finale", "FIBA World Cup 2019 Results: Wednesday Group Scores, Highlights and Reaction", "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019: Scores and highlights from Second Round Day 3", "Ricky Rubio powers Spain past Poland at FIBA World Cup", "Basketball: Amazing double for Marc Gasol as Spain win second World Cup, France recover late to earn bronze", "Spain seal second FIBA World Cup with win over Argentina", Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2019_FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup_Final&oldid=976510160, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 3 September 2020, at 10:16. [57][58][59], Patrick Mills was also controversially snubbed from the All-Star five. All rights reserved.
Twenty-nine other teams would gladly swap places with France and take their bronze medals home. That sounds bad and it may have actually undersold how poorly he played. Head-to-head record via points system above, Point difference in games among tied teams, This page was last edited on 13 August 2020, at 01:10. FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019: Winners and losers from France's upset of the United States. Highest number of points earned, with each game result having a corresponding point: Loss by default: 1 point, with a final score of 2–0 for the opponents of the defaulting team if the latter team is not trailing or if the score is tied, or the score at the time of stoppage if they are trailing. The logo design was also inspired from the Chinese Dragon Dance, a cultural tradition depicting a story of two flying dragons battling over a shining pearl which is meant to parallel the competition of national teams for the Naismith Trophy. window.gdprTextData = {"buttonText":"I Agree","cookiePolicyLink":"http:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/privacy_policy.html#Cookies","cookiePolicyLinkText":"Cookie Policy","privacyLink":"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/privacy_policy.html","privacyLinkText":"Privacy Policy","termsOfUseLink":"http:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/termsofuse","termsOfUseLinkText":"Terms of Use","text":"NBA sites use cookies and similar technologies. Spain won its second FIBA basketball World Cup on Suday, defeating Argentina 95-75. France went on to win the bronze medal for the second consecutive time after defeating Australia 67–59. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NBA or its clubs. The other four are Rubio, Bogdan Bogdanovic of Serbia, Evan Fournier of France and Luis Scola of Argentina. @FacuCampazzo e-mails it to @gabriel_deck and @cabboficial fans are loving it . [17] They were traditionally held in every World Championship/World Cup and were last seen in action in 2010.[18]. Argentina rose to glory and gold at the 2004 Olympics on the backs of Manu Ginobili and the golden generation, but is also coming off the first season in nearly 20 years in which no Argentinean played in the NBA. All four participating teams used the Acropolis Tournament as a warm-up. But when the talent gap isn’t massive, that stuff—knowing where your teammate’s going to be before he even starts to make his cut, where he likes the ball when he’s spotting up on the weak side, how to shade your man to push him into the waiting help defense—can matter a lot, especially in single-elimination tournaments against opponents who might not have all that much institutional memory to draw on. The tournament expanded from 24 to 32 teams. Australia has never medaled at either the Olympics or World Cup. https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/12/78/all-four-teams-still-in-the-fiba-world-cup-are-contenders-to-win-it_5k3qenx6gp0d1g8ioukuswo1g.jpg?t=556832181&w=500&quality=80. Several teams participated in official tournaments or in exhibition ones, either ad hoc or already existing ones, to prepare for the World Cup. “It’s just a fuckin’ … I don’t know what we’ve gotta do,” Longley told Australian reporters. The mascot was chosen over other finalists Speed Tiger who was inspired by a Siberian tiger and QiuQiu (a.k.a. Spain opened the second overtime with two three-pointers, and that was the difference, qualifying them to their second World Cup final, after winning it in 2006. But the years have helped turn Rubio from a boy wonder into an established veteran, and the 28-year-old, who dedicated his MVP-winning performance to his late mother, was arguably at the peak of his powers as a two-way player in China, delivering more substance than style. Ricky Rubio was named most valuable player. https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/7a/44/rudy-gobert-slams-home-two-of-his-26-points-in-the-win-over-the-united-states_1qyscyip22j1n1p3akjp04nec8.jpg?t=556097733&w=500&quality=80. (The answer, sadly: until 2024. Post match Claiming it was a "disgrace" and encouraging people to look into where the headquarters are based. The main stars (Gasol, Rubio, Sergio Llull, Rudy Fernández) were all well versed in the coach Sergio Scariolo’s preferred playing style, and knew how to work off one another. Entering their third year as teammates in Utah, Mitchell and Gobert have the opportunity to elevate their status as one of the league's elite duos on a team that has a real chance of contending for a championship. MORE: Marc Gasol's brilliance is on full display in China. After two extra sessions, it was Spain who came out with the win, with Gasol leading the way to a 95-88 victory that ripped the hearts out of the Australian side and put assistant coach Luc Longley in position to deliver the quote of the tournament. Argentina and USA qualified to the Summer Olympics as the top 2 teams from FIBA Americas. The Sacramento Kings guard was arguably the best player in the tournament. Then there's Tatum who missed his fourth straight game after suffering an injury in the close call against Turkey in pool play. In the early 1990s, Gin Blossoms became one of the biggest alternative bands in the world on the strength of a megahit. He has an NBA out clause, but is reportedly in no rush to move on from a great situation in Spain.) Even so, his run came off as something of a bummer. Of these five, all except the United States had players expected to be in the World Cup rosters, with the USA playing with collegiate players. That’s about four spots lower than the Serbians—fresh off silver medals at their last three international competitions, with ascendant NBA star Nikola Jokic leading a deep, tough roster—were hoping to land at this World Cup. An exhibition tournament. Gasol was fouled himself on the next possession, and also made both of his foul shots. The magical horns of the mascot is described as having the ability to give the dragon "the power to see in the future, envisioning plays and moves before they actually happen". USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo, widely credited with turning around USA basketball following the losses in 2002 and 2004, floated the possibility of turning towards a U-23 format for the World Championships teams as a means of building Olympics depth and reducing pressure. The American empire might strike back next summer. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NBA or its clubs. He averaged a team-high 16.4 points and six assists per game, shot 38.7 percent from long distance and 84.1 percent from the foul line, and led the way with 20 points in 23 minutes in the gold-medal win over Argentina to earn World Cup MVP honors. MORE: How Brad Stevens can get the most out of Kemba Walker.