World Cup 2023. Sensational victories of the national teams of Latvia and Brazil

Matches continue for the 17-32 and 1-16 places at the FIBA ​​men’s inter-team World Championship held in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines.

The Latvian national team unexpectedly defeated the reigning world champion Spaniards, Latvian basketball players made a strong comeback in the fourth quarter of the match, winning the match with a score of “+16”. In the main game of the match day, the Slovenian national team won the match against Australia, while Slovenian star Luka Doncic had 20 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in the match.

The Puerto Rico and Brazil national teams also scored unexpected victories, while Lithuania defeated Greece.

Group L

Spain – Latvia – 69:74 (16:17, 16:12, 26:18, 11:27)

Spain: Hernangomes (14), Hernangomes (9), Sergio Yul (5 + 7 assists), Claver (4), Diaz (3) – start; Brizuela (11), Garuba (11), Abrines (5), Rudy Fernandez (5), Aldama (2), Nunes (0).
Latvia: Bertans (16), Kuruc (13 + 8 rebounds), Schmits (11), Zagars (7), Kuruc (1) – start; Zoriks (11), Grazhulis (11), Strautins (2), Shkele (2), Chavars (0).

Canada – Brazil – 60:64 (13:16, 24:11, 15:18, 8:19)

Canada: Gilges-Alexander (23), Olynyk (9 + 7 rebounds), Powell (5), Dort (17), Barrett (1), Alexander-Walker (3), F. Scrubb (2), Ajim (0).
Brazil: Caboclo (18 + 13 rebounds), de Paula (6), Meindl (5), Soares (5), Diaz (8), Benite (6), Santos (6), Huertas (2), Felicio (0).

Group I

Dominican Republic – Puerto Rico – 97:102 (12:17, 33:28, 29:24, 23:33)

Dominican Republic: Towns (39 points + 10 rebounds), Feliz (22 + 5 rebounds + 8 assists), Quinones (13), Montero (12), Peña (3), Solano (3), Delgado (2), Figueroa (2), forest (1).
Porto Rico: Weiters (37 + 7 rebounds + 11 assists), Conditt (18), Howard (11), Ortiz (10), Piñero (10), Romero (6), Holland (6), Thompson S. (2), Ford ( 2)

Group K

Slovenia – Australia – 91:80 (28:18, 21:22, 17:22, 25:18)

Slovenia: Doncic (20 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists), Toby (18 + 12 rebounds), Prepelic (10), Hrovat (10), Nikolic (9), Cabashek (9), Dragic (7), Prepelic B. (3) , Samar (3), Dimets (2)
Australia: Giddy (25 + 8 rebounds), Mills (17), Exum (13), Green J. (8), Tybull (6), Daniels (3), Kay (3), Reet (3), Cooks (2)

Group J

Lithuania – Greece – 92:67 (20:20, 19:23, 25:15, 28:9)

Lithuania: Jokubaitis (19 + 6 assists), Brazdeikis (18), Valanciunas (15 + 9 rebounds), Normantas (3), Sedekerskis (0) – start; Benjus (15), Motejunas (8), Dimsha (6), Kuzminskas (5), Sirvydis (3), Karinyauskas (0), Maldunas (0).
Greece: Papayannis (4), Luntsis (2), T. Antetokoumbo (2), Papanikolaou (0) – initial; Larentzakis (17), Papapetrou (9), Moraitis (5), Bohoridis (0), Walkup (0), Hatzidakis (0).