Basketball
World Cup 2023. Confident victories of Slovenia and Spain
Another match day has come to an end at the 2023 FIBA World Championship.
Cape Verde national team lost to Slovenia and took the last third place in the group. The national teams of Puerto Rico and Spain scored confident victories. Having been defeated by -4 points at the beginning of the 4th quarter of the match played against New Zealand, the Greek basketball players achieved the victory and became the last second in the group and New Zealand became the third.
Group B
China – Puerto Rico 89:107 (16:23, 21:29, 32:26, 20:29)
Chinese: Zhao Rui (16), Hu Mingxuan (12), Zhou Qi (8), Zhou Peng (5), Zhang Zhenlin (3) – beginning; Zhao Jiwei (14), Fu Hao (11), Anderson (9), Wang Zhelin (4), Cui Yongxi (4), Hu Jinqiu (3), Zhu Junlong (0).
Porto Rico: Waters (22 + 6 assists), Romero (18 + 10 rebounds), Thompson (11), Conditt (9 + 7 rebounds), Pineiro (5) – start; Ortiz (13), Howard (11), Netherlands (9), Ford (7), Toro Barea (2), Thompson (0), Reyes (0).
Group C
Greece – New Zealand 83:74 (15:20, 17:23, 18:11, 33:20)
Greece: Walkup (10 + 9 assists), Papanikolaou (8), Papayannis (8 + 9 rebounds), Luncis (5), T. Antetokoumbo (2) – start; Papapetrou (27), Larentzakis (20), Rongavopoulos (3), Moraitis (0), Bohoridis (0), Hatzidakis (0).
New Zeland: Or (27 + 8 assists), Te Rangi (19), Delaney (10 + 14 rebounds), Ngatay (9), Wetzell (4 + 8 rebounds) – start; Photo (5), Leafa (0), Cameron (0), Smith-Milner (0).
Group F
Slovenia – Cape Verde 92:77 (24:21, 21:17, 24:17, 23:22)
Slovenia: Doncic (19 + 7 rebounds + 9 assists), Nikolic (11), Prepelic (11), Toby (9), Z. Dragic (6) – start; Prepelic (18+7 assists), Hrovat (7), Dimets (6), Chebashek (3), Samar (2), Glas (0).
Cape Verde: Gomes (17), Tavares (9 + 10 rebounds), Almeida (7), Tavares (5), Almeida (2) – start; Mendes (10), Lima (9), Correia (8), Da Rosa (5), Mendonza (3), Gomes (2).
Iran – Spain 65:85 (17:16, 17:27, 18:21, 13:21)
Iranian: Amini (19), Yakhshali (12), Haddadi (7), Kazemi (2) Girguryan (6) – beginning; Agha Miri (5), Vahedi (4), Mirzai (3), Rezaeyfar (3), Mashayehi (2), Kazemi (2), Aliakbari (2), Agazhanpour (0).
Spain: Hernangomes (21), Hernangomes (16 + 9 rebounds), Garuba (6), Abrines (6), Parra (3) – start; Aldama (11) Claver (5), Lule (5), Nunez (5), Diaz (4), Brizuela (3), Parra (3).
Source: Sport UA
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