As Team USA gears up for the FIBA World Cup semifinals, it feels it is poised to play its best basketball because of how coach Kara Lawson has challenged its players.

Team USA has been a dominant force at the FIBA World Cup in Berlin. They entered the quarterfinals without losing in the group stage.

France, Germany, Spain and Team USA are the final four standing in the World Cup.

Spain has played the U.S. five times at the World Cup, including the 2010 semifinals and the 2014 final, and FIBA puts the average margin at 24 points. Alba Torrens played in that 2014 final and is on this roster. At a qualifier in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in March, the U.S. won 84-70.

The U.S. women’s basketball team will attempt to win gold for the fifth straight tournament. It may be possible, as some of the top WNBA stars compete in the 2026 FIBA World Cup. Team USA has won 11 of its 19 tournaments. This year, the team has ...

Kara Lawson dismissed FIBA's power rankings after Team USA women's basketball demolished Hungary 108-56 in the World Cup quarterfinal match.

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France came in first in the latest World Cup power rankings.