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In 1992 the USA team and his ‘Dream Team’ They dominated the global scene. Three decades later, none of that remains and it was precisely from there that the coach of the Stars and Stripes set took hold, Steve Kerrto justify the reasons for the elimination of USA in the semifinals of the Basketball World Cup 2023 disputed in Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.
This Friday, the North Americans, favorites to advance to the final of the contest, were one step away after falling to their similar Germany by score of 111-113. The painful defeat of USESinvited reflection to Kerrwho at a press conference made a comparison that is drawing attention.
The strategist argued that due to the globalization of the sport, basketball is now more difficult and the panorama is not at all similar to that of 1992, when USA he was lord and master. “Basketball has gone global in the last 30 years, these games are difficult, this is not 1992. The players are better, the teams are better and it is not easy to win a World Cup or an Olympic Games,” he said.
“These games are difficult. The players are better all over the world, the teams are better and it’s not easy.”added the former five-time champion of the nba.
In 1992 United States was able to gather all his stars for the first time nba for the Olympic Games of Barcelona, Spainwhere they had an overwhelming performance and were baptized as ‘Dream Team’ after winning the gold medal.
That staging and dominance has been lost due to the competition in elite basketball, according to the narrative of Kerr. USA they were dominated in several sections of the game, but they were able to survive and bring the game to an open end in the last minutes of the match, where they almost turned it around, but ended up falling by a difference of two.
It is the second Basketball World Cup consecutive in which USA does not reach the final. The decisive match for the championship will be played between Germany and Serbianwhich eliminated the other favourite. Canada succumbed by partial 95-86.
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