MANILA, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) — Canada, Latvia, Germany, the Dominican Republic, Montenegro and Lithuania all collected their second consecutive wins of their respective teams on the FIBA World Cup on Sunday.
RJ Barrett scored 17 factors in 20 minutes to guide 9 Canadian gamers in double digits as they overpowered Lebanon 128-73 in Jakarta, Indonesia for a second straight win in Group H.
Canada head coach Jordi Fernandez attributed the massive win to his gamers’ unselfish approach of taking part in as they mixed for 44 assists.
“We played together and shared the basketball. 44 assists to 15 turnovers is a record in the World Cup. It just shows that sharing is caring and these guys were ready to play the right way, play with a pass,” stated Fernandez.
“Sometimes in games like these teams have the tendency to do it on their own and dribble too much. I’m proud of these guys for doing it the right way.”
Also in Group H, Latvia overcame France 88-86 to hitch Canada within the second spherical with two wins in two video games, with France being despatched to the Seventeenth-Thirty second classifications after two straight losses.
Dennis Schroder notched 30 factors, eight assists and 4 steals and Maodo Lo added 20 from the bench as Germany edged Australia 85-82 in Okinawa, Japan for his or her second win in as many video games in Group E.
Schroder had a layup to present Germany an 83-81 lead with 46 seconds remaining. Josh Giddey made one in every of his two free throws 15 seconds later to tug Australia inside 83-82, however Lo added two factors with one other layup with two seconds to go to seal the victory for Germany.
“I think those are moments when other players have to be aggressive and try to step up a little bit, so I was just trying to be a little more aggressive. It worked out for me today, and I was able to help the team. I’m happy about that,” stated Lo after the match.
In the opposite Group E match, Japan upset Finland 98-88 for his or her first win in two video games, whereas the Finns suffered their second loss in a row. Germany has secured its berth within the prime 16, with Australia and Japan to struggle for the opposite ticket to the second spherical from Group E.
In Manila, the Dominican Republic made 16 three-pointers on its strategy to an 87-82 overcome Italy in Group A. Karl-Anthony Towns and Andres Feliz had 24 factors apiece because the Dominicans defeated Italy after dropping their solely earlier match-up 79-59 within the semifinals of the FIBA Olympic qualifying event in Belgrade in 2020.
“I’m super happy for us. It was amazing. I mean it’s huge. We came in and won. Our country has been yearning for these moments, and I’m glad we’re able to give it,” stated Towns.
Marco Spissu had 17 factors to guide the Italians, who shot 7-for-29 earlier than slipping to a 1-1 win-loss file.
Also in Group A, Angola beat the Philippines 80-70 to enhance to 1-1, whereas the Philippines has but to discover a win.
In Sunday’s different motion, Montenegro breezed previous Egypt 89-74 and Lithuania outgunned Mexico 96-66 in Group D. Having received two matches in a row and secured their berths within the spherical of 16, Montenegro and Lithuania will vie for prime spot within the group on Tuesday.
32 groups are taking part in round-robin preliminaries in eight teams, with the highest two finishers from every group advancing to the second spherical and the others to play Seventeenth-Thirty second deciders.