BARCELONA: The United States moved a step closer to retaining basketball's World Cup on Thursday as they beat Lithuania 96-68 in Barcelona to reach the final.

Kyrie Irving had 18 points while Klay Thompson and James Harden both had 16 points and Stephen Curry added 13 for the Americans, who also beat Lithuania in the semi-finals of the 2010 Worlds en route to their title in Turkey.

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