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Brunson, Team USA lose bronze to Canada at FIBA World Cup

Dillon Brooks led Canada to their first-ever FIBA Basketball World Cup medal with a 127-118 overtime victory against Team USA. Brooks scored 39 points, which broke a 70-year record for the most points ever scored by a Canadian in a FIBA World Cup game.

Knickerbocker RJ Barrett added 23 points and seven rebounds, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander contributed 31 points, 12 assists, and six rebounds.

In the bronze medal game, Team USA started Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Anthony Edwards, Mikal Bridges and Walker Kessler. Steve Kerr was left with a nine-man rotation because Paolo Banchero, Brandon Ingram, and Jaren Jackson Jr.