LC
Years ago

World Champs: Day 4 Recap

Daqy 4 through some more 'surprise' results, including Lithuania inflicting Spain's 2nd defeat, and Turkey proving too much for the highly fancied Greeks.

Group C
- Russia defeated Cote d'Ivoire, 72-66
RUS: Mozgov 19, Kaun 13
CIV: Kone 16, Edi & Lamizana 14, Diabate 10
Russia escaped a furious finish by the Ivory Coast to hold on, just a few free throw's away from facing a massive upset.

- Puerto Rico defeated China, 84-76
PUR: Vassallo 22, Barea, Peavy & Lee 13, Balkman 10
CHN: Yi 24, Z Wang 17, Sun 12, Lui 11
Barea who also had 9 assists led his team past a struggling Chinese team who were out muscled.

- Turkey defeated Greece, 76-65
TUR: Ilyasova 26, Asik 12, Erden 10
GRE: Bourousis 15
Ilyasova played a massive game in l;eading his team to a big win, nailing 6/6 from long range along the way. Greece struggled to find consistent scoring against a motivated home team, with Bourousis the only Greek hitting double figures in scoring.

Group D
- New Zealand defeated Lebanon, 108-76
NZL: Penney 26, Abercrombie 23, Jones 13, Tait 12, Vukona 11, Bradshaw 10
LEB: El Khatib 18, Abdelnour & Fahed 12, Vroman 10
The Kiwi's destroyed Lebanon putting on a scoring clinic with 6 players scoring in double figures once again led by the mercurial Penney.

- France defeated Canada, 68-63
FRA: Batum 24
CAN: Kendall 15, Olynyk 13, Anderson 11
Canada have again given up a last quarter lead as France finished stronger well led by Batum who scored 17 in the second half.

- Lithuania defeated Spain, 76-73
LTU: Kleiza 17, Maciulis & Pocius 13, Kalnietis 12
ESP: Gasol & Navarro 18, Fernandez 13, Garbajosa 11
Despiet trailing by 11 at quarter time and 18 in the 3rd quarter, Lithuania powered home strong with a 23-9 last quarter burst to steal the win over one of the tournament favourites.

Interestingly, Spain is now most likely to meet Greece in the quarter finals...

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mystro  
Years ago

NZ Vs Lebanon game was awesome, Vukona and Abercrombie played their hearts out.
Abercrombie's Alley Oop Dunk on the break was sick as was his contribution to the score board and at the defensive end. He has really stepped up and put some solid performances in (19 points against Spain).
Penney is just his usual self getting it done at both ends.
Lets hope that both NZ and Aus can get through to the next round and scalp some of the more fancied teams.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Penney is truly world class on the offensive end.

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Tru Blue Emcee  
Years ago

Man Penny is all class, the breakers are gonna be hard to beat this season with Abercrombie having a good crack too

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MACDUB  
Years ago

Abercrombies alley oop play is an early candidate for dunk of the tournament.

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