USA Basketball 2014 World Cup: Semifinal vs Lithuania Preview

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USA (7-0) vs Lithuania (6-1)

Tip-off: Wednesday, September 11, 2014- 12:00AM PDT

Location: Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain

TV: ESPN2

Livetweet: @LetsGoWarriors

Last Game:

Lithuania- Won 73-61 vs Turkey

USA- Won 119-76 vs Slovenia

Previous Matchups:

9/11/2010- USA won 89-74

7/30/1998- Lithuania won 84-82

Probable Starting Lineups:

USA:

PG: Kyrie Irving (9.3 PPG, 3.4 APG, 3.0 RPG)

SG: Stephen Curry (10.4 PPG, 3.6 APG, 3.0 RPG)

SF: James Harden (12.7 PPG, 3.9 APG, 2.9 RPG)

PF: Kenneth Faried (13.0 PPG, 0.4 APG, 8.1 RPG)

C: Anthony Davis (13.7 PPG, 0.9 APG, 7.0 RPG)

Head Coach: Mike Krzyzewski

Lithuania:

PG: Adas Juškevičius (6.9 PPG, 1.6 APG, 1.6 RPG)

SG: Renaldas Seibutis (10.3 PPG, 3.1 APG, 1.9 RPG)

SF: Jonas Mačiulis (7.0 PPG, 0.6 APG, 1.7 RPG)

PF: Donatas Motiejūnas (8.9 PPG, 0.9 APG, 4.3 RPG)

C: Jonas Valančiūnas (12.9 PPG, 0.7 APG, 8.6 RPG)

Head Coach: Jonas Kazlauskas

Keys to the game:

Team USA flirted with disaster on Tuesday when they found themselves up by only 7 at the half against Slovenia. They turned it on in the second half and never look back earning a 119-76 victory over the Goran Dragic led Slovenian team. In this semifinal match-up, Team USA needs to pick up where they left off in that second half.

Curry struggled from the field, not hitting a single shot from behind the arc. Look for him to have a bounce back game against Lithuania. Thompson led the way with 20 points last time out. He will be looking to continue the success he has been seeing both offensively and defensively.