美国队在世界杯决赛的调整中淘汰了加拿大队

澳大利亚悉尼——加拿大男子篮球教练尼克·纳斯表示，在周一以84-68不敌美国队的惨痛失利结束了世界杯的准备工作后，他的球队需要“刷新”最后一场表演赛。Kyle Wiltjer拿下21分，奥兰多魔术队前锋Khem Birch——加拿大唯一参加比赛的NBA球员——为加拿大队拿下13分和6个篮板，而在国际篮联世界杯前的最后一场比赛中，加拿大队的表现完全超过了NBA。

护士说:“你不是每天晚上都打得很好。”“他们会没事的。我们只要把这个冲洗掉，然后继续我们的工作。”加拿大人的投篮命中率只有35%，三分命中率为23投6中(26%)。

杰伦·布朗拿下19分，以55-37的比分领先美国队。上周膝盖受伤的安德鲁·恩布哈德(Andrew Nembhard)和卡扎·卡贾米-基恩(Kaza Kajami-Keane，脚踝受伤)都回到了加拿大，而姗姗来的加拿大人布拉迪·赫斯基普(Brady Heslip)在澳大利亚打了他的第一场比赛。

但是加拿大队缺少了Oshae Brissett，他因为受伤缺席了比赛。

加拿大队在进攻端表现得很糟糕，上半场投篮27%，第一节结束后以20-9落后，半场结束时以46-31落后。加拿大人在第三节落后多达20分，在Qudos Bank Arena球场15155名观众的见证下，以64-47的比分一瘸一拐地进入第四节。

美国人在第四节将比分扩大到24分。加拿大队以7-0的比分结束了比赛，其中包括贝斯特和威尔特杰的三分球，这使得比分更加令人尊敬。

“我们必须加快学习的速度，”布朗谈到美国队时说。上周六，美国队出人意料地以98-94不敌澳大利亚队。“我们有很大的增长空间。当他们聚在一起的时候，一切都会很好，对他们来说，前途无量。”

在世界杯前的比赛中，加拿大队以4-3的比分结束了与澳大利亚和尼日利亚的两场比赛，并两次击败新西兰。

威尔杰说:“我们有很多工作要做，但是我们在这里过得很愉快。“别忘了这些都是练习赛。”

加拿大和美国都缺少了大部分的NBA球星，尽管美国是唯一一支拥有完整NBA球员阵容的球队。

加拿大没有安德鲁·威金斯，贾马尔·默里，R.J.巴雷特，特里斯坦·汤普森，德怀特·鲍威尔，沙伊·吉尔吉-亚历山大，克里斯·鲍彻和尼克伊尔·亚历山大-沃克等人。迈阿密热队前锋凯利·奥利尼克在对尼日利亚的首场表演赛中膝盖受伤，将缺席世界杯。萨克拉门托国王队后卫科里·约瑟夫没有去澳大利亚，但他有望加入加拿大队在中国的比赛。

周日，在东莞举行的世界杯开幕仪式上，加拿大队以20分的优势击败了澳大利亚婴儿潮队。他们的H组还包括立陶宛和塞内加尔。

护士越来越的全部旅游今年世界的另一边。加拿大人已经在澳大利亚呆了一周左右，现在正前往中国观看世界杯。然后，世界冠军猛龙队将于10月8日和10月10日在日本与休斯顿进行季前赛。

-来自美联社的文件

原标题：

USA routs Canada in final World Cup tune-up

原文：

SYDNEY, Australia — Canada men's basketball coach Nick Nurse says his team needs to "flush" its last exhibition performance after ending World Cup preparations with an ugly 84-68 loss to the United States on Monday.

Kyle Wiltjer had 21 points, while Orlando Magic forward Khem Birch — Canada's lone NBA player in the game — had 13 points and six rebounds for a Canadian team that was otherwise completely outclassed in its last game on its pre-FIBA World Cup exhibition schedule.

"You don't play great every night," Nurse said. "They'll be fine. We just flush this one away and get back to what we're doing."

The Canadians shot just 35 per cent from the field and 6-for-23 (26 per cent) from three-point range.

Jaylen Brown had 19 points to top the Americans, who outrebounded Canada 55-37.

Andrew Nembhard, who injured his knee last week, and Kaza Kajami-Keane (ankle) both returned for Canada, while Brady Heslip, a late arrival for the Canadians, played his first game in Australia.

But Canada was missing Oshae Brissett, who sat out the game with an injury.

Canada struggled mightily on the offensive end, shooting 27 per cent from the field in the first half to trail 20-9 after one quarter, and 46-31 at halftime.

The Canadians trailed by as many as 20 points in the third quarter and limped into the fourth down 64-47 in front of a crowd of 15,155 at Qudos Bank Arena.

The Americans stretched their lead to 24 points in the fourth. Canada finished the game with a 7-0 run — including three-pointers from Aaron Best and Wiltjer — to make the score a bit more respectable.

"We have to speed up that learning curve," Brown said of the Americans, who were coming off a surprising 98-94 loss to host Australia on Saturday. "We have a lot of room for growth. It's going to be good when it comes together, the sky is the limit for this group."

Canada finished 4-3 in pre-World Cup action, splitting a pair of games with Australia and Nigeria, and beating New Zealand twice.

"We've got a lot of work to do, but we've enjoyed our time here," Wiltjer said. "Let's not forget these are practice games."

Both Canada and the U.S. are missing most of their NBA stars, although the U.S. is the only team that heads to the World Cup with a full roster of NBA players.

Canada is without Andrew Wiggins, Jamal Murray, R.J. Barrett, Tristan Thompson, Dwight Powell, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chris Boucher and Nickeil Alexander-Walker, among others. Miami Heat forward Kelly Olynyk suffered a bone bruise in his knee in the first exhibition game against Nigeria and will skip the World Cup. Sacramento Kings guard Cory Joseph didn't travel to Australia but is expected to join the Canadian team in China.

The Canadians open the World Cup on Sunday against the Australian Boomers, a team they beat by 20 points during this exhibition run, in Dongguan. Their tough Group H also includes Lithuania and Senegal.

Nurse is getting the full tour of the other side of the world this year. The Canadians have been in Australia for a week or so, and now head to China for the World Cup. Then, Nurse will be in Japan when the world champion Raptors play pre-season games against Houston on Oct. 8 and Oct. 10.

— With files from The Associated Press