FIBA WORLD CUP CHINA 2019: DAY 3 – Serbia crushes Philippines, Luis Scola makes history for Argentina
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Serbia continued their dominance in pool play after putting up another 100-point game against the Philippines on Monday (126-67). Sacramento Kings guard Bogdan Bogdanovic finished with 17 points while Nikola Jokic had an easy 11 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in 19 minutes. Serbia will face Italy on Wednesday.
Former San Antonio Spurs forward Luis Scola made FIBA World Cup history becoming the No. 2 overall scorer with his 23-point performance in Argentina’s win over Nigeria. Scola now has 611 total points passing Australia’s Andrew Gaze (594 points) and trailing Brazil’s Oscar Schmidt, who he might never catch, with 906 career points.
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Monday’s scores:
Group A
Poland 79, China 76
Venezuela 87, Cote d’Ivoire 71
Group B
Argentina 94, Nigeria 81
Russia 87, Korea 73
Group C
Spain 73, Puerto Rico 63
Tunisia 79, Iran 67
Group D
Serbia 126, Philippines 67
Italy 92, Angola 61
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Below we take a look at how other NBA players fared on Monday:
Dallas Mavericks
Boban Marjanovic (Serbia): 9 points, 3 assists
Denver Nuggets
Nikola Jokic (Serbia): 11 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists
Charlotte Hornets
Willy Hernangomez (Spain): 0 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block, 1 assist
Minnesota Timberwolves
Josh Okogie (Nigeria): 18 points, 2 rebounds, 2 blocks, 5 assists
Oklahoma City Thunder
Danilo Gallinari (Italy): 7 points, 6 rebounds, 1 block, 2 assists
Orlando Magic
Al-Farouq Aminu (Nigeria): 3 points, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks, 4 assists
Phoenix Suns
Ricky Rubio (Spain): 17 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists
Sacramento Kings
Nemanja Bjelica (Serbia): 20 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist
Bogdan Bogdanovic (Serbia): 17 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists
San Antonio Spurs
Marco Belinelli (Italy): 17 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist
Toronto Raptors
Marc Gasol (Spain): 19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 assists
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