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Wednesday 4 september 2019

ASTRO

BLASTER

United States’ Kemba Walker
is blocked by Turkey’s Ersan
Ilyasova at left and Turkey’s
Sertac Sanli at right during
a Group E match for the
FIBA Basketball World Cup
at the Shanghai Oriental
Sports Center in Shanghai on
Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019.
Associated Press
Great Escape:

U.S. gets

past Turkey

93-92 in OT;

Tatum injured

By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
SHANGHAI (AP) — In the
ultimate moments, ev-
erything hinged on free
throws.
Turkey missed them.
The U.S. made them.
And that is how the Ameri-
cans escaped what would
have been a massive
World Cup upset.
Khris Middleton’s two foul
shots with 2.1 seconds left
in overtime capped a wild
finish to a wild game, as
the U.S. held off Turkey 93- Springer’s homer in 10th keys
92 in a Group E game on
Tuesday night — a contest
that the underdogs simply Astros’ 3-2 win over Brewers
gave away in the final mo-
ments. Houston Astros’ George Springer reacts after hitting a
“It was a heck of a game,”
U.S. coach Gregg Popov- home run during the 10th inning of a baseball game
ich said. against the Milwaukee Brewers Monday, Sept. 2, 2019,
“As we all know, it was any- in Milwaukee.
body’s game. We will ac- Associated Press
cept the win.”
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