Germany will play the United States in the semifinals of the Basketball World Cup, a rematch of an exhibition match up from earlier this summer where the Americans needed a big rally to win. Franz Wagner scored 16 points as Germany — the last undefeated team left in the World Cup — held off Latvia 81-79 in a quarterfinal game Wednesday, pulling away in the fourth quarter of what had been a back-and-forth matchup for the first 30 minutes. Next up: The U.S. on Friday for a spot in Sunday’s gold-medal game. The U.S. defeated Germany 99-91 on Aug. 20 in […]