There are no games on Monday at the Basketball World Cup.
Quarterfinal-round losers will play Thursday. Semifinals are Friday. Games to decide fifth and seventh place are Saturday and the gold- and bronze-medal games are Sunday.OLYMPIC UPDATE
Half of the 12 spots for men’s basketball at the Paris Olympics now have been clinched. The U.S. and Canada got the two automatic berths from the Americas Region on Sunday.This week, these quarterfinalists from Europe — Serbia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Italy, Latvia and Germany — will contend for two automatic berths from that region.
That will push the Olympic field to eight, and the last four spots will be claimed in qualifying tournaments to be held in early July 2024.STAT OF THE DAY Only two teams — Serbia and the U.S. — made the quarterfinals at this year's World Cup and made the Round of 8 in China four years ago as well. The other six teams that made the quarterfinals in 2019 were Argentina , Poland , Czech Republic , France , Spain and Australia .QUOTE OF THE DAY
“It’s very hard. We got one of the biggest wins in our career, but we don’t have time to celebrate this. Serbia’s waiting and they’re not waiting for us with flowers and the red carpet.” — Lithuania coach Kazys Maksvytis, after his team beat the U.S. on Sunday.