World Cup
Final Pool:
Results:
Poland 101 at Italia 76
Polands highflying offense coupled with their HCA resulted in a simple victory over the very good Italia squad. Both teams will be advancing to the semifinals and have good shots at making it to the finals. Poland looked stronger then ever today, which is not good for their future opponents. POTG: Radoslaw Podniesinski had a team high 16 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, and a 20.0 rating.
China 106 at Uruguay 111
Battle of two opposites types of teams here. Uruguay with their LI and China with their RnG. Seems like Uruguays 3-2 was the difference maker in this game, that did not decide much other then world ranking. POTG: Guillermo Magnano had 20 points, a game high 11 rebounds and an 18.0 rating.
United States 93 at Chile 98
United States used extra effort to try and win this one and force a rematch in the semifinals, it backfired and now they face with Poland with diminished enthusiasm and only a small sliver of hope to win that one. POTG: Ulf Gornitz had a game high 35 points, 14 rebounds, and a 19.0 rating.
Espana 100 at Australia 115
Espana TIEd and Australia CTd in this game. Had Espana won theyd be in the semifinals instead of the United States, they must've figured that saving enthusiasm to give it their best shot at Poland was better then guarateeing a spot in the final four, but with virtually no chance at advancing further. POTG: Sun Cunming had a game high 27 points, game high 11 rebounds, and a 16.0 rating.