Germany wins women's 3x3 gold at Olympics; U.S. gets bronze - ESPN

PARIS — Sonja Greinacher hit a tiebreaking 2-pointer with 30 seconds left as Germany beat Spain 17-16 for the gold medal in women's 3x3 at the Paris Olympics on Monday night.

Juana Camilion powered a 3-1 run to put Spain up 15-13 with two minutes to play. But Elisa Mevius and Marie Reichert made consecutive baskets to tie it at 15 with about 90 seconds to go.

Greinacher knocked down the long-range shot to put Germany up by two. Camilion made a basket for Spain with 17 seconds left, and Germany then turned it over, giving Spain a chance to tie it at the buzzer. But Gracia Alonso's shot was short, giving Germany the victory.

NBA Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki was on hand to root for his home country of Germany, and Spain was supported by King Felipe and Hall of Famer Pau Gasol.

Nowitzki raised both arms high above his head and cheered after Greinacher hit her big shot.

Camilion had six points for Spain, and Alonso added five.

Hailey Van Lith had six points to lead the defending champion U.S. team to bronze with a 16-13 win over Canada.

The U.S. won five straight games after an 0-3 start. It made it to the semifinals before falling to Spain 18-16 in overtime earlier Monday.

«We talked about it a little bit as a team: Going home with bronze is better than going home with nothing, which we could have done after the rough start that we had,» U.S. player Rhyne Howard said. «We could have just laid down and not even been competing this far, but we stayed together, we stayed the course and we made something happen from very little.»

Canada led by a point with about 90 seconds left before Dearica Hamby made a basket and free throw to put the U.S. up 14-13.

Cierra Burdick made one of two free throws with 39 seconds left to make it