Beijing – Donovan Mitchell scored 16 points and distributed 10 assists, Joe Harris scored 14 and the United States beat Poland 87-74 on Saturday to take seventh place in the Basketball World Cup.
Khris Middleton had 13 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Americans, who return to the country with a record of 6-2, but with their worst place in a major international tournament.
Derrick White scored 12 and Harrison Barnes 10 for the winners.
Mateusz Ponitka scored 18 points, Adam Waczynski 17 and A.J. Slaughter finished with 15 points for Poland (4-4), which was in the World Cup for the first time since 1967.
The Americans scored 10 points unanswered in the first period to get up 28-14. Poland started 13-0 in long-distance shots, just hitting its first when Michal Sokolowski did it at 1:28 of the break _ and by then the United States was 18 up.
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