RECIFE, Brazil—USA Basketball won’t repeat as AmeriCup champions.
Gabriel Deck scored 30 points, Nicolás Laprovittola added 18 and Argentina topped the U.S. 82–73 in the semifinals on Saturday.
It was a rematch of the gold-medal game from the most recent AmeriCup tournament in 2017, a game where the U.S. prevailed.
Not this time, not after Argentina outscored the Americans—a team composed of players who have been in the G League or on internationally based teams—17–7 in the final 4:59.
“For sure, a lot of credit to Argentina and (coach Pablo Prigioni). It’s a good team, veteran team, a lot of good players, a lot of different weapons and they did a great job in the end,” U.S. coach Alex Jensen said. “We made our runs. They did a good job taking it up another notch and we lost our patience.”…