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A World Cup winning streak stretching back to 2006 came under real pressure on Saturday.
Team USA needed a fourth-quarter surge to put Spain away, winning 76-66 to book a place in the FIBA Women's World Cup final against France.
For three quarters, Spain matched a program that has not lost a World Cup game in nearly two decades. The game was tied 58-58 entering the fourth period.
Then the Americans won the final period 18-8, and the outcome that had looked genuinely uncertain for most of the afternoon was settled.
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