Jordan’s bench throughout its recreation in opposition to New Zealand within the Fiba World Cup. –FIBA
The door to the Summer season Olympic Video games is slowly closing for Gilas Pilipinas, one thing the workforce hopes to alter with an upset over World No. 10 Italy on Tuesday within the Fiba World Cup.
Gilas had a meltdown in opposition to Angola, 80-70, final Sunday evening for its second straight loss, inserting the Filipinos on the backside of Group A after additionally folding to Karl-Anthony Cities and bracket chief Dominican Republic of their opening recreation, 87-81.
Ending because the highest-placed Asian workforce within the World Cup would assure an Olympic berth in Paris subsequent 12 months, and Japan took one step nearer to securing that spot after notching a historic win in opposition to Finland, 98-88, additionally on Sunday.
Naturalized energy ahead Joshua Hawkinson placed on a present for the Akatsuki 5 with 28 factors and 19 rebounds in opposition to the Finnish in Group E in Okinawa, Japan.
Gilas’ final probability at staying within the competitors can be in opposition to the Azzurri, who received’t be a picnic both. And if the celebrities align, Gilas would nonetheless want for Japan to lose in opposition to its final project in opposition to Australia.
“We hope Japan loses its final recreation and we win ours then it’s all tied,” nationwide coach Chot Reyes stated. “Ultimately it’s going to be depending on the opposite video games, it’s not going to be on our palms.”
In Jakarta, Canada demolished Lebanon with a 128-73 beating whereas setting a brand new World Cup file with 44 assists at Indonesia Enviornment.
The Street Warriors had eight gamers scoring in double digits with Utah Jazz forward-center Kelly Olynyk’s 12 factors and eight rebounds main Canada’s bid.
Debuting South Sudan notched its first-ever World Cup win with an 89-69 defeat of China on Monday, placing the Asian heavyweight’s trigger on the sting.
Regardless of getting a greater efficiency from naturalized participant Kyle Anderson of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves, who completed with 22 factors, China couldn’t craft a win.
New Zealand, in the meantime, wanted additional time to carve out a victory in opposition to Jordan, 95-87, regardless of an enormous recreation by PBA champion and now the Jordanian’s naturalized participant Rondae Hollis-Jefferson.
The Tall Blacks squeezed out a win regardless of squandering a lead late within the regulation and a large efficiency from Hollis-Jefferson, who had 39 factors and 9 rebounds, and a four-point play that pressured the additional interval.
Cote d’Ivoire in opposition to Iran, 71-69, in Group G behind the 17 factors of Nisre Zouzoua.
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