USA Women NT · 30 min★★★★★
22 pts10 reb4 ast93.0 TIB EFF
Breanna Stewart a fait plier la défense française dès le premier ballon. Vingt-deux points, dix rebonds et quatre passes en trente minutes : la polyvalence de l'intérieure américaine a résumé la domination des États-Unis en finale de la Coupe du monde.
Stewart a imposé sa loi près du panier, convertissant sept de ses dix tentatives au jeu et huit de ses neuf lancers francs. Pas de trois-point tenté, pas besoin : elle a trouvé ses points là où elle les voyait, ni plus ni moins, face à une défense française qui n'a jamais trouvé la solution pour la contenir.
Nos Bleues ont tenu le choc en première mi-temps, mais Stewart et les Américaines ont progressivement creusé l'écart. L'écart final de dix-huit points ne dit pas tout : cette finale a été un peu à sens unique dès le moment où les États-Unis ont augmenté l'intensité défensive et offensive. Stewart en a été le moteur.
Les États-Unis terminent premières de cette Coupe du monde. Nos Bleues finissent deuxièmes, une médaille d'argent qui consolide la position de la France parmi les meilleures équipes mondiales, mais qui laisse un goût d'inachevé face à un monstre froid et méthodique.
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L'Amérique s'impose en finale et remporte le titre mondial. Nos Bleues terminent deuxièmes après une bataille perdue face aux États-Unis, 97–79.
Le match débute équilibré : six changements de tête et six égalités émaillent la première moitié. La France prend les devants au début du deuxième quart, menée par un passage décisif — un 16–0 de suite qui pousse les Bleues à 31–17 avec 7:27 à jouer dans le quart. À la mi-temps, pourtant, l'écart s'est réduit : 45–43 pour nos adversaires. Le tournant arrive au troisième quart : les Américaines explosent offensivement et imposent leur rythme. Elles signent un 30–12 dans ce quart seul, prenant le large (73–57 après trois quarts). Dès lors, l'addition n'était plus à faire.
Breanna Stewart dirige l'offensive américaine avec 22 points et 10 rebonds (7/10 au tir), tandis que Jackie Young ajoute 18 points et Kahleah Copper 15. Du côté bleu, Dominique Malonga brille avec 21 points (8/12) et 6 rebonds, et Gabby Williams compile 20 points, 7 passes et 3 interceptions malgré un tir plus laborieux (6/16).
La France quitte la compétition sur une deuxième place en Coupe du monde, une performance qu'il faudra construire pour revenir plus forte.
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⚔️ Breanna STEWART vs Gabby Williams — the duel to watch.
USA Women NT vs France Women NT, tipping off in 3h.
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USA Women NT · 29 min★★★★★
16 pts6 reb2 ast62.0 TIB EFF
Breanna Stewart's 16 points, 8 of 11 from the free-throw line, carried USA Women NT past Spain Women NT 76–66 in the semi-final. Stewart shot efficiently from the field (4 of 6), moving through Spain's defense with the kind of purposeful spacing that defines her game: she did not attempt a three-pointer, instead operating in the paint and mid-range where she could impose her size and footwork. Six rebounds and a block underscored her two-way presence.
The margin was ten. Spain, disciplined and compact for large stretches, could not maintain enough offensive consistency to close the gap—USA Women NT's depth and execution in the final quarter sealed the advance. This was not Stewart's loudest performance of the tournament, but it was exactly what the assignment required: efficient work, no waste, no ego. She played 29 minutes.
The campaign ends here. USA Women NT has claimed another medal.
USA Women NT · 29 min★★★★★
16 pts6 reb2 ast62.0 TIB EFF
Jackie Young steadied the USA Women's attack when Spain Women mounted their final pressure in the last five minutes of the semi-final. With the American lead at eight entering that window, Young made 2 of 3 field attempts for 4 points, added a steal, and facilitated one assist to help close out a 76–66 victory.
The control mattered. Spain Women were chasing momentum late, and Young's efficiency—converting two of three from the floor—helped the USA Women manage the clock and prevent any late-game panic. One turnover free in that stretch underlined the precision required when a lead, however comfortable it looked, still needed defending.
The win sent the USA Women through to the final stage of the World Cup, concluding a semi-final campaign that had been built on exactly this kind of composed execution when the margin narrowed.
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🏀 Final: Spain Women NT 66–76 USA Women NT.
Top: Maria Conde 17 PTS.
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Spain's Iyana Martin has been the tournament's most efficient scorer, averaging 16.5 points per game with a 51.9 TIB rating—the kind of inside-out threat that forces rotations and punishes hesitation. Against a USA side built on ball movement and depth, Martin's scoring gravity becomes the fulcrum. Breanna Stewart, running at 47.1 TIB efficiency with 9.8 points and 2.8 assists in recent outings, remains the counterweight—a wing who reads space and relocates with timing that frustrates pick-and-roll offenses.
Stewart's work away from the ball has been as valuable as her scoring; the question for Spain's defense is whether Martin's individual offensive load leaves enough cover for Spain's perimeter. USA's roster depth means Stewart doesn't have to do it alone, but her decision-making and spacing are core to how the Americans build walls.
Spain and USA tip off now.
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Breanna Stewart lit up Group D in just 17 minutes: 19 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists on 8-of-11 shooting—a near-perfect efficiency line that included a clean 2-of-2 from the free-throw line and a turnover-free performance. The USA Women's National Team routed Czechia 105–64, a 41-point margin that left no doubt about the gulf in this matchup.
What stood out was Stewart's ball movement alongside her scoring touch. Six assists in that brief window suggested she was doing the work a floor general does—threading cutters, finding open shooters—rather than simply hunting points. She registered just one turnover across her touches, the mark of a player operating with high intention and patience even when the outcome was decided long before the final buzzer.
The dominance was comprehensive enough that the USA could rest her in the second half, yet in the minutes she did play, Stewart offered a masterclass in economy. Few players can stack that kind of line—efficient scoring, playmaking, rebounding all in balance—on limited volume. She was the tournament's clearest efficiency winner on the night.
USA Women NT · 15 min★★★★★
19 pts7 reb0 ast79.0 TIB EFF
Napheesa Collier's 19 points on 9-of-13 shooting in just 15 minutes powered USA Women NT's 108–56 demolition of Hungary Women NT in the World Cup quarter-finals.
The efficiency was striking: Collier's clean shooting night (1-of-2 from three, zero turnovers, zero fouls) distilled the gap between the two sides. She added 7 rebounds and 1 block in a performance that required minimal court time to register dominance. The 52-point margin told its own story about the matchup's competitive level.
For USA Women NT, the rout closed out a World Cup campaign marked by overwhelming offensive control. Hungary's defense had no answer for Collier's interior presence and shooting touch — a microcosm of why the Americans moved through the tournament with such clinical efficiency.
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🏀 Final: USA Women NT 108–56 Hungary Women NT.
Top: Napheesa COLLIER 19 PTS.
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Dorka Juhasz has been Hungary's gravitational center at this World Cup: 15.3 points per game on 53.9 TIB efficiency, the kind of scoring punch that has kept the underdog competitive through every possession. Breanna Stewart arrives with her own momentum — 10.3 PPG and 3.0 assists, moving the ball as much as she fills the scoreboard, efficiency holding steady at 53.2.
The real test sits in how each wing manages space. Juhasz has thrived when given room to operate in the mid-range and high post; Stewart's passing out of those same zones has been the fulcrum of USA's ball movement. Hungary will need Juhasz to dictate tempo and hunt her own shot. USA will lean on Stewart's court vision to drag Hungary's defense into rotations it cannot afford.
Tip-off in three hours. USA Women NT and Hungary Women NT — one of the day's sharpest individual matchups.
USA Women NT · 17 min★★★★★
19 pts7 reb6 ast104.0 TIB EFF
Breanna Stewart finished the USA Women NT's World Cup campaign with surgical efficiency: 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and zero turnovers across 17 minutes. The 41-point margin over Czechia Women NT told the story of a mismatch resolved early.
What stood out was the economy of it. Stewart didn't need volume to control the floor — she moved the ball (6 assists from the wing), finished at a clip most guards would envy (72.7% from the field), and made her one three-pointer count. The turnover column stayed empty. In a game already decided by halftime, she played limited minutes and still shaped the rhythm.
USA Women NT's 105–64 victory sealed a dominant group stage. For Stewart, it was a clean exclamation point: high-percentage basketball, ball movement, and the kind of all-around restraint that defines winning play when the opponent simply cannot keep pace.
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🏀 Final: USA Women NT 105–64 Czechia Women NT.
Top: Breanna STEWART 19 PTS.
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Veronika Vorackova has edged Paige Bueckers by a hair in our efficiency rankings heading into this matchup — 49.8 to 48 — and the numbers tell you why. Vorackova is running 13.5 points and 3.5 assists per game in recent play, while Bueckers sits at 10.5 and 3 from the same stretch. It is a narrow gap, but measurable.
What makes it compelling is how differently they operate. Vorackova has been Czechia's primary initiator and scorer; Bueckers, despite the lower volume, remains USA's engine — the guard who orchestrates tempo and creates for others in ways the raw per-game line does not always capture. Bueckers has won at every level; Vorackova is proving she belongs in the conversation at this one.
Czechia will need Vorackova playing at her ceiling if they are to keep pace. USA will expect Bueckers to find her rhythm as the tournament deepens. The head-to-head does not determine the outcome, but watch how these two manage the midcourt and the pace — that duel will frame the game.
Tip-off approaches. USA Women NT and Czechia Women NT meet now.
USA Women NT · 19 min★★★★
7 pts5 reb2 ast52.0 TIB EFF
Paige Bueckers finished with 7 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks across 19 minutes as the USA Women NT edged Italy Women NT 55–52 in Group D play. The margin was narrow — Italy stayed within striking distance throughout — but BUECKERS two-way work in limited time proved decisive. She shot 2 of 5 from the field and made her only three-point attempt, also converting both free throws.
In a game where possessions mattered and neither side pulled clear, BUECKERS defensive pressure (2 steals, 2 blocks) and activity on the glass kept the USA anchored when Italy pressed. On a night when shot-making was contested across the board, her efficiency and length in the paint made the difference in a three-point road win.
USA Women NT · 19 min★★★★
7 pts5 reb2 ast52.0 TIB EFF
With the score level entering the final five minutes, Jackie Young controlled the closing stretch for USA Women NT. In that window alone, she made her only field-goal attempt and distributed two assists while pulling down two rebounds, moving without a turnover or foul.
The margin was thin. Italy Women NT pushed hard, but USA Women NT's 55–52 victory — secured on the road in Group D — turned on clean execution when it mattered. Young's efficiency in those last moments, hitting what she attempted and keeping the ball live, was the thread that held it together.
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USA Women NT edged Italy Women NT 55–52 in a Group D thriller that swung back and forth until the final possessions. Eight lead changes and seven ties kept the outcome uncertain throughout, but the decisive margin came down to the closing minutes.
The Americans built their biggest cushion early in the second quarter, stretching to 23–8 with 8:39 remaining in the period. A 12-0 run had pushed them clear mid-quarter, but Italy clawed back. By half-time, the lead had shrunk to just six points at 30–24. The third quarter remained tight—Italy outscored USA 15–12—leaving the game at 42–39 heading into the fourth. A deadlocked final ten minutes saw neither team pull away, and when the buzzer sounded, USA had stolen a one-possession win.
Cecilia Zandalasini led Italy with 14 points on 5 of 14 shooting, adding seven rebounds, while Mariella Santucci contributed nine points on clean 4-for-4 free-throw shooting. For USA, Jackie Young distributed the offense efficiently with 10 points, four rebounds and three assists on 4-for-6 shooting. Paige Bueckers chipped in seven points and five boards.
Italy host People's Republic of China Women NT on Monday, 7 September. USA face Czechia Women NT the same day.
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Cecilia Zandalasini has been Italy's engine in recent weeks — 19 points and 3 assists per game on the strength of her shooting — but she walks into a different weight class in Caitlin Clark. The USA guard's 72.5 TIB Efficiency rating sits well clear of the field here, built on 14 points and 11 assists per game; she dictates tempo, reads floor geometry three passes ahead, and her range keeps defenses honest at 35 feet.
Italy will need Zandalasini to stay aggressive. She's proven she can score in bunches, and the USA's perimeter defense can be susceptible to sustained ball movement — but Clark's assist numbers suggest she'll have teammates ready on the catch. This is less a duel and more a study in how Italy manages an asymmetric skill gap.
Tip-off is in about three hours.
USA Women NT · 25 min★★★★★
14 pts3 reb11 ast77.5 TIB EFF
Caitlin Clark ran the offense with surgical efficiency in the opening half, finishing with 14 points, 11 assists and no turnovers across 25 minutes as the USA Women's National Team dismantled People's Republic of China 94–61 in a Group D matchup.
The floor general's vision dictated the pace early. Clark shot 4-of-9 from the field (3-of-7 from three) and 3-of-4 from the line, but her primary impact came through playmaking—her 11 dimes orchestrated an offense that never let China find rhythm. The 33-point margin reflected the gulf in execution.
Clark's zero turnovers in a half-court setting where she controlled possessions underscored the precision required at this level. She took what the defense gave her and moved on, never forcing. By the time the lead was comfortable enough to wind down the rotation, the damage was complete.
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🏀 Final: USA Women NT 94–61 People 's Republic of China Women NT.
Top: Paige BUECKERS 14 PTS.
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