US pulls off big rally to top Germany, 99-91, in final World Cup tuneup

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates—USA Basketball dug deep to head to the World Cup with an unbeaten exhibition record. Anthony Edwards scored 34 points, Austin Reaves and Tyrese Haliburton each added 16 off the bench and the US rallied from a 16-point second-half deficit to beat Germany 99-91 on Sunday…

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates—USA Basketball dug deep to head to the World Cup with an unbeaten exhibition record.

Edwards was brilliant, making 11 of 21 shots and going 8 of 8 from the line. The rest of the US starters scored a combined 25 points; Edwards had nine more than that by himself.Added Kerr: “He’s unquestionably the guy. He knows it. Now the rest of the team knows it.” Germany didn’t go away. Moritz Wagner’s three-pointer with 6:58 left put Germany up 86-77. The Germans missed their next eight shots — and the Americans scored the game’s next 18 points, taking the lead back for good on Mikal Bridges’s three-pointer with 2:15 left.Franz Wagner scored 17 points for Germany, which got 16 points and 10 assists from Dennis Schroder, and 14 points from Moritz Wagner.

A pair of previously unbeaten teams—France and Brazil—both lost exhibitions on Sunday—the French were defeated by Australia, the Brazilians by Italy.

 

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