MANILA: Head coach Steve Kerr said the United States will be a better team after surviving their first real scare of the Basketball World Cup to beat Montenegro on Friday (Sep 1). The US breezed through the group stage with three wins out of three but had to battle hard to see off Montenegro 85-73 in their
MANILA: Head coach Steve Kerr said the United States will be a better team after surviving their first real scare of the Basketball World Cup to beat Montenegro on Friday .
Star shooting guard Anthony Edwards scored no points in the first half as a Montenegro team led by Chicago Bulls centre Nikola Vucevic gave the US as good as they got. "You definitely get better with a game like this rather than a 40-point victory, because you have to feel it," he said.
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