BEIJING: Deprived of the likes of LeBron James and thrown together at the last minute, a young United States team always looked vulnerable at the Basketball World Cup — and so it proved.
US Basketball’s long winning streak in major competitions stretching back to 2006 — which yielded three Olympic golds and two world titles — came to a juddering halt against France on Wednesday night.
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