Following their loss to Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert and France, Donovan Mitchell and USA Basketball find themselves in the consolation bracket at the FIBA World Cup. Now, instead of vying for a gold medal, they’re vying for a chance to play in fifth-place game
Fifth. Freaking. Place. And even that’s no certainty.
Clearly, this isn’t what fans in the United States had in mind. If you’re among the Jazzland masses, though, you can still seek solace in Gobert and Joe Ingles (who helped Australia advance to the semifinals with a win over the Czech Republic).