Team USA Survives Italy Test

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Team USA faced their toughest opponent yet in Italy.  USA trailed by 12 at one point, but rallied by Carmelo Anthony’s hot shooting (35 points, 13-18) and Dwayne Wade (26 points, 10-13) to carry Team USA to a 94-85 victory over Italy. 

The U.S., with the top seed guaranteed, closes out preliminary play facing winless Senegal (0-4) in a 7:30 p.m. contest Thursday night in Sapporo.

With the World Championship Final-Eight play set for Aug. 26 and 27 in Saitama, Japan, the USA will play Sunday, Aug. 27, in the round of 16, the fourth place finisher in Group C — either Australia, Brazil or Lithuania depending on the outcome of Thursday’s final preliminary round games.

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