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USA hoops falls in AmeriCup semis to Argentina

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Saturday, 10 September 2022 17:07

RECIFE, Brazil -- USA Basketball won't repeat as AmeriCup champions.

Gabriel Deck scored 30 points, Nicolás Laprovittola added 18 and Argentina topped the U.S. 82-73 in the semifinals on Saturday.

It was a rematch of the gold-medal game from the most recent AmeriCup tournament in 2017, a game where the U.S. prevailed.

Not this time, not after Argentina outscored the Americans -- a team composed of players who have been in the G League or on internationally based teams -- 17-7 in the final 4:59.

"For sure, a lot of credit to Argentina and (coach Pablo Prigioni). It's a good team, veteran team, a lot of good players, a lot of different weapons and they did a great job in the end," U.S. coach Alex Jensen said. "We made our runs. They did a good job taking it up another notch and we lost our patience."

Brazil and Canada were scheduled to play later Saturday in the other semifinal. The winner will meet Argentina on Sunday for the gold; the loser of that game plays the U.S. earlier Sunday for bronze.

Norris Cole's layup with 5:12 left put the U.S. up 66-65, but that would be the last lead for the Americans.

"This is a good learning experience for our team," Cole said. "And we'll learn from it."

Cole led the U.S. with 18 points and Zylan Cheatham added 10 for the Americans, who got to the line only 10 times - compared with 29 for Argentina.

Facundo Campazzo scored 10 for Argentina, which lost the 2017 AmeriCup final to the U.S. 81-76. Argentina led for 33 of the game's 40 minutes.

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