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The United States men's basketball team nearly saw their 54-game win streak at major tournaments come to end on Tuesday before rallying in overtime for a 93-92 win over Turkey in Fiba World Cup group-stage play at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. Khris Middleton, who led the Americans with 15 points, made a pair of free throws with 2.1 seconds left to put the two-time defending champions ahead by one and Turkey's Ersan Ilyasova missed a three-pointer at the buzzer to preserve a victory that secured the US team's passage into the second round. USA saw their 78-game win streak in major tournaments and exhibitions with NBA players snapped by Australia two weeks ago in a pre-tournament tune-up, but Tuesday's thriller marked the closest margin for the American men at the Olympics or the World Cup (formerly known as the world championships) since a six-point loss to Greece in the 2006 semi-finals of this event.
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