With the win, Germany is assured of no worse than its second-best finish in basketball’s top two international events — the World Cup and the Olympics.
The Germans were third in the 2002 world championships, an event now called the World Cup, and have never placed better than seventh at an Olympics.
Latvia — which has been without the injured Kristaps Porzingis — can still finish as high as fifth in its first World Cup appearance.
Germany's in the semifinal of the World Cup,” Germany's Moritz Wagner said.
I'm going to enjoy this and then I'm going to think about the USA tomorrow.”___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba and AP sports: https://apnews.com/sports
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