Team USA crashed by Lithuanians at FIBA World Cup Basketball 

By Edward Era Barbacena 

Once again the United States' basketball team go defeated by a European team.  Lithuanian basketball team outclassed the Americans who has been winning for the past week at the FIBA World Cup.

The first time that the Americans were defeated in basketball was in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany where the powerful and resolute team of the Soviet Union crashed the too assuming players  of the United States by one point

This time at FIBA World Cup, history has repeated itself when another European team ended the dominance of the Americans in Baketball.  Team USA’s FIBA World Cup winning streak ended on Sunday when they were defeated by big-time underdog Lithuania, 110-104. Despite a 35-point performance from guard Anthony Edwards—who was a one-man show on USA’s lackluster offense Sunday—the 14.5-point favorites had a disastrous first quarter and were ultimately unable to claw their way back against their European foes. But all things considered, it was a low-stakes game. Team USA's basketball squad was still a shoo-in to make the knockout stage, but will now be seeded at No. 2 rather than No. 1 in their group. Additionally, despite the loss, the Americans still qualified for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Even so, it was a shocking loss for the heavy favorites, who were outshot and out-rebounded by a team they were expected to breeze past.