USA crash out of World Basketball Championships

The United States have been bundled out of the World Basketball Championships by Yugoslavia.

Fri, 06 Sep, 2002 - 09:05

The United States have been bundled out of the World Basketball Championships by Yugoslavia.

The NBA-stocked Americans lost 81-78 while New Zealand beat Puerto Rico 65-63 to set up a semi-final no-one would have expected. The other semi-final is between Germany and Argentina.

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