Team USA recently faced a humiliating loss at the FIBA World Cup against Germany. While this damaged the NBA’s ‘world champion’ claim, a former NBA player recently gave Americans a reason to celebrate. The Stephen Curry-like player splashed his way to the championship and turned the US into a real-world champion.

Jimmer Fredette powered through the finals of the 2023 FIBA 3×3 World Tour Championship. Fredette ended the US’ four-year championship drought with his stellar win alongside team Miami. In fact, the former Chicago Bulls baller showed humility in the post-win interview and showed gratitude to the fans.

Fredette thanks fans after a Stephen Curry buzzer-beater

Jimmer Fredette and the team secured a last-second victory against the 2022 FIBA 3×3 World Tour Champions, Vienna. While the defending champions reached the finals without suffering a single loss, Miami showed up undefeated as well. The high-stakes match saw Fredette dash and dribble around like Stephen Curry while splashing the ball perfectly through the hoop. The former NBA player posted an insurmountable 44 points for his team and brought the winning trophy home. USA Basketball 3×3 tweeted a video clip of the post-match interview of Fredette on its official X handle. 

The tweet carried the caption, “Been knocking on the door since July but Miami finally got one.” The American 3×3 basketball World Champion said, “We’ve had some tough losses, and had to go through some bumps. But we were able to finish it out tonight, it feels great. And thank you fans for being here and staying, and just giving us that energy that we need.” Fredette ended the match just the way Stephen Curry does, with a dazzling buzzer-beater that denies opponents a chance to come back. In fact, the impressive feat was achieved by Fredette and his team with a recently assembled team.

Team Miami clears cut-throat competition despite being a fresh squad

Speaking about the win, Fredette said, “It feels great. It’s not like we didn’t know that was coming.” The 3×3 FIBA world champion noted that despite his confidence, they traveled through a difficult road with a fresh squad. “We knew it was gonna be very difficult. We put this team together this year and we’ve just been gelling and gelling.” While the team may have been formed in 2022, its teamwork was impeccable. 

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Fredette received the support of his teammates Canyon Barry and Kareem Maddox to post a winning score. The team also showed amazing defensive effort, and Dylan Travis stole a valuable endgame possession for the win. Like Stephen Curry, Fredette claimed the MVP title and inched one step closer to his Olympic dream. Jimmer Fredette now seeks to emerge victorious on the grand stage of Paris. Will Fredette become an Olympic champion after claiming the world title?

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