The US will face Germany in the semifinals of the FIBA World Cup Friday (8:40 EST) and it’s going to be an interesting game.
The US is favored by 10.5 and did beat Germany in a friendly before FIBA play started, but this match is obviously going to be less, well, friendly. That game had no consequences; this one certainly will: the winner gets to play for gold on Sunday.
Germany has size, which has bothered the US here, notably in the loss to Lithuania, and a very quick guard in Dennis Schröder, who gave Team USA fits in that friendly.