Highlights and baskets of the United States 118-127 Canada in FIBA World Cup 2023

Thank you all for joining us in this intense duel with an exciting ending, it has been a pleasure to be with all of you, see you all again!

End of the game with a win for Canada in overtime;

Austin Reaves' triple and the United States tries again to make the miracle to force overtime;

Up six for Canada with less than two minutes to go, but there is possession for the U.S. team;

Shai Gilgeous Alexander's three-pointer to give Canada a five-point lead;

The extension starts with possession for the Canadian National Team;

Mikal Bridges' three-pointer at the buzzer to force overtime;

Mikal Bridges' triple puts the United States in front

RJ Barrett's layup to put Canada up by two points;

Tyrese Haliburton's triple and the U.S. ties the score

U.S. coach calls timeout, seeing his team down on the scoreboard

The last quarter begins with possession for the U.S. National Team;

End of the third quarter with Canada up nine;

Nickeil Alexander Walker's three-pointer, which gives Canada a nine-point lead;

Shai Gilgeous Alexander's layup to put Canada ahead by three points;

Jalen Brunson's layup to bring the United States within three points;

Dillon Brooks' three-pointer to give Canada a seven-point lead;

The third quarter starts with possession for Canada;

Rest with two points up for the Canadian National Team;

Shai Gilgeous Alexander scores both free throws and Canada cuts to two points.

Dillon Brooks' layup to put Canada up by two;

Shai Gilgeous Alexander's layup puts Canada up by one point;

Austin Reaves' basket brings the U.S. closer to the top

Second quarter starts with possession for the U.S. National Team

End of the first quarter with the Canadian National Team up nine;

Bobby Portis' alley oop after Bridges' assist, but the United States is still down ten 

Jalen Brunson scores and the United States moves within five points;

Triple by Dillon Brooks and +6 for the Canadian team;

Luguentz Dort's three-pointer and a 0-8 lead for Canada;

Dwight Powell wins the opening jump shot and the first possession goes to Canada;

RJ Barrett

Dillon Brooks

Luguentz Dort

Shai Gilgeous Alexander

Dwight Powell

Jalen Brunson

Anthony Edwards

Josh Hart

Walker Kessler

Mikal Bridges

CONDE, Antonio Spain

ANAYA, Julio Panama

KATO, Takaki Japan

The U.S. National Team has announced that Paolo Banchero, Brandon Ingram and Jaren Jackson Jr. will miss the game against Canada due to illness.

Germany and Serbia will seek to lift their first FIBA World Cup. A match that we will be able to follow here on VAVEL

Both teams are seeking third place and a medal in this FIBA 2023 World Cup after losing in the semifinals.

In a few minutes the match between the United States vs Canada will start, both the preview and the minute by minute of the match can be followed here on VAVEL.

In a few moments we will share with you the starting rosters for USA vs Canada as well as the latest information from the Mall of Asia Arena. Stay tuned to VAVEL's minute-by-minute online coverage of the match.

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This is the kick-off time of the match in several countries:
Argentina: 04:30 hrs.

Bolivia: 03:30 hrs.

Brazil: 04:30 hrs.

Chile: 02:30 hrs.

Colombia: 02:30 hrs.

Ecuador: 02:30 hrs.

Spain: 10:30 hrs.

Mexico: 2:30 hrs.

Paraguay: 3:30 hrs.

Peru: 02:30 hrs.

Uruguay: 03:30 hrs.

Greece: 10:30 hrs. 

Serbia: 9:30 hrs.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, a 25-year-old player who plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He is the fifth player with the best average in this world championship with 23'6 points. He also averages 6.4 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game.

Anthony Edwards, 22 years old, plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA. He has averaged 18.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game in this World Cup. In the semifinals against Germany he played 34 minutes and scored 23 points, but it was not enough to prevent the defeat of the United States.

The Canadian National Team made a full first round of the FIBA 2023 World Championship where they clearly overcame France, Lebanon and Latvia. However, in the first game of the second phase they were surprised by Brazil and lost 65-69. Playing for a place in the quarterfinals, they left out the reigning world champions, Spain. In the quarterfinals they eliminated Slovenia, while in the semifinals they lost to Serbia. They reached the world championship where they played two friendly matches in which they defeated Spain, and lost against Dominican Republic and Germany.  They played a DBB Supercup tournament where they won the title after beating Canada in the semifinals and Germany in the final after overtime.

The U.S. National Team won all the first phase matches. In the second phase they lost against Lithuania in the last game and came in second in the group. In the quarterfinals they swept Italy, but in the semifinals they were beaten by Germany in a very close game that ended 111-113. They arrived here after playing five friendly matches during the tour and won all of them.

The U.S. and Canada have met three times, with a favorable balance for the U.S. team, which has won twice, while Canada once. The last time they met was in the match for third place last year in the Amaricup in which the United States won 80-84. This is the first time they have met in the FIBA World Cup.

The match will be played at the Mall of Asia Arena located in Pasay. It was inaugurated on June 16, 2012 and has a capacity of 20,000 spectators.

The United States and Canada will meet in the FIBA 2023 FIBA World Cup third-place game;
 

My name is Manuel Carmona Hidalgo and I will be your antifrion for this match. We will offer you the pre-match analysis and news here on VAVEL.