American Victory: 5 Takeaways From USA's Win Over France

Again, America forces France to surrender...

Ladies and gentlemen, the USA has once again claimed basketball superiority on the international stage. In a 98-87 win over France, the Americans snuffed out questions about the NBA not being worthy of a “World Champion” moniker and, while it wasn’t without struggle, made sure that the US of A stands alone as the world’s basketball capital.

Let’s take a quick look at the 5 key takeaways from the game — and it isn’t all about America, despite the victory. It also will not include my obligatory jokes about France surrendering the victory, outside of the above subtitle.

First up, the obvious winner…