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    Team USA set to host Uruguay in resumption of own World Cup bid

    G-League standouts still banner Americans for meantime
    Sep 14, 2018
    USA Basketball's A-Team is still waiting in the wings as G-League standouts are tasked to qualify for the World Cup.
    PHOTO: @usabasketball

    LAS VEGAS — The spot that USA Basketball hopes to have in next year's FIBA World Cup cannot be clinched nor lost on Friday (Saturday, Manila time), when the Americans play host to Uruguay to begin the second round of qualifying.

    This much is certain: The road to China gets a whole lot smoother with a win.

    Should the Americans beat Uruguay in Las Vegas on Friday night, they would be assured of having a two-game lead over the fourth-place team in Group E with five games left in qualifying. And that's all that matters — to be guaranteed of reaching the World Cup, the U.S. needs only to finish in the top three of the group standings.

    For the meantime, the US will still field a lineup made up primarily of G League players and coached by Jeff Van Gundy. The Americans went 5-1 in the first round.

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    USA Basketball's A-Team is still waiting in the wings as G-League standouts are tasked to qualify for the World Cup.
    PHOTO: @usabasketball
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