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With Spain beating Lithuania in Sunday's EuroBasket final, six of the seven spots in next year's Olympic men's basketball field available this summer have been claimed. Only the FIBA Asia championship remains up for grabs, making this a good time to look at the competition the U.S. will face next summer in trying to extend its international winning streak, which includes gold medals in 2008 and 2012 and victories at the last two editions of the FIBA World Cup. Coming out of EuroBasket, here are the five teams I see as the biggest threats to the U.S.
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