FIBA World Cup: US National team wins the gold after defeating Serbia

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BY Staff Reporter Sep 15, 2014 08:19 AM EDT

It was a sure win for the US National Team as their opponent was trailing behind them with almost 30 points in deficit at one point of the game.

That is why it isn't a wonder that after 4 quarters for ball dribbling, shooting and physical contact, the stadium was filled win golden confetti with the song "Party in the USA" ringing all around.

According to forward Kenneth Faried "It kind of was, again, a smack to our face, saying the U.S. was sending the B-team to go play in the World Cup. Just because LeBron's not here, Kobe's not here, (Kevin) Durant's not here, doesn't mean anything. We can step up and win the gold, too. That's what we did tonight."

It was clear that the Americans were leading in the FIBA World Cup. They had not lost a single game throughout the whole tournament and each time they win, they win big.

But what everyone was looking forward was also the announcement of the tournament MVP which clearly was given to no other than Kyrie Irving.

Irving made all six of his 3-point attempts and scored 26 points, and the U.S. repeated as world champion for the first time by crushing Serbia 129-92 on Sunday in the Basketball World Cup.

Aside from Irving another key player from the US team who greatly helped the team win the game was James Harden who added 23 points for the Americans, who made 11 of 16 3-pointers in the first half, adding one final shoot to the end.

Guard Stephen Curry commented "'Obviously we didn't have a very close game all tournament, but for that to happen we had to play hard for 40 minutes and not relax and not give any inch while we were out there."

Based on statistics, the US finished at 58 percent from the field. They made 15 of 30 3-point attempts and had eight of their 12 players score in double figures.

U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said "'I think the results were dominant, but we had spurts of dominance in a lot of games. And we had tough games and then all of a sudden we'd have a spurt and it looked like we dominated. Tonight we had like about a 35-minute spurt."