Team USA basketball shocked by France at World Cup

No gold. No medal. No more winning streak.

The U.S. reign atop international basketball has ended — this time, thwarted by France at the World Cup.

For the first time since 2006, the U.S. sent NBA players to a major international tournament and won’t win gold. Evan Fournier scored 22 points, Rudy Gobert had 21 points and 16 rebounds and France beat the U.S. 89-79 in the World Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday, rallying from a sevenpoint fourth-quarter deficit to pull off the upset.

“Any loss hurts,” U.S. coach Gregg Popovich said. “And in this situation, it hurts more. But life goes on. This is very important and we would have loved to have won … but we’re all grown, we all have families and lives and life goes on.”

The U.S. had won 58 consecutive tournament games in FIBA and Olympic competition, starting with the bronze-medal game at the 2006 world championships and continuing through every FIBA Americas, World Cup and Olympics event since. It was bidding to become the first nation to win three consecutive World Cups, after winning three straight Olympic golds in that span.

The best the Americans can do now in China is finish fifth, and they’re assured of their worst finish in a big tournament with NBA players since placing sixth at the 2002 world championships. They’re going home with a berth in the 2020 Olympics secured but no medal.

Donovan Mitchell scored 29 points for the U.S., all of them coming in the first three quarters. The Americans came up scoreless on six consecutive possessions down the stretch, the drought that allowed the French to take control of a back-and-forth game for the final time.

Elsewhere: The Heat

● on Wednesday exercised the fourth year option on

Bam Adebayo’s rookie contract. Adebayo stands to make $5.1 million in that 2020-21 season, after making $3.45 million this season. Adebayo is eligible for restricted free agency in the summer of 2021, but Miami can offer him an extension next offseason. In recent months, Derrick Jones Jr., Udonis Haslem and Duncan Robinson all spoke of their heightened expectations for the thirdyear player, who replaced Hassan Whiteside as the Heat’s starting center over the final two months of last season. Goran Dragic became the latest player to join the Bam bandwagon.

Meanwhile, the Heat announced it will hold training camp at Keiser University in West Palm Beach. The Heat previously held camp at FAU, whose Boca Raton gym is under renovation.

ETC.

Soccer: Jordan Morris ● scored his first international goal in more than two years in the 79th minute, giving the United States a 1-1 tie against Uruguay late Tuesday night in an exhibition game in St. Louis. Brian Rodriguez, a 19-year-old Los Angeles FC forward who made his international debut in Friday’s 2-1 win at Costa Rica, put fifthranked Uruguay ahead off a counterattack in the 50th minute. Rodriguez took a pass from Federico Valverde, dribbled around defender Aaron Long and beat goalkeeper Brad Guzan to the near post with left-footed shot for his first international goal. … Luis Abram scored his first international goal on a header in the 85th minute, and Peru ended Brazil’s 17-game unbeaten streak since last year’s World Cup with a 1-0 victory late Tuesday night in Los Angeles.

NHL: The Boston

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Bruins have signed coach

Bruce Cassidy to a multiyear contract extension, rewarding him for the team’s trip to the Stanley Cup Final in just his second full season on the bench. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. … The Minnesota Wild have re-signed left wing Kevin Fiala toa two-year, $6 million deal.

Golf: Rory McIlroy

● has been voted PGA Tour player of the year over

Brooks Koepka after posting the most top-10 finishes and winning the FedEx Cup. It’s the third time McIlroy has won the Jack Nicklaus Award, and the first without having won a major. McIlroy had three victories among his tour-best 14 finishes in the top 10, including The Players Championship.