Sunday 31 August 2014

Croatia bounce back to battle past Argentina.


Group B favourites Croatia bounced back from a lacklustre Day One showing to beat Argentina 90-85 in Sunday action at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
A day after struggling to beat minnows Philippines, Croatia were excellent from behind the three-point line - making 13 triples - and shared the offensive load with Krunoslav Simon's 18 points leading five players in double figures. Bojan Bogdanovic and Oliver Lafayette both had 16 points as Croatia improved to 2-0 in the group.
Veteran Luis Scola led Argentina with 30 points and nine rebounds in an outstanding effort for the South American giants, who dropped to 1-1.
In Group C, the Dominican Republic controlled most of the game versus New Zealand, pulling away in the fourth quarter to win 76-63. The Dominicans were fuelled by an explosive performance from their leader Francisco Garcia, who finished with 29 points and six rebounds. Jack Michael Martinez added 12 points and six rebounds.
For New Zealand, Thomas Abercrombie led the way with 22 points. The Dominicans moved to 1-1 in the group and the Kiwis fell to 0-2.
Australia got back on track after Saturday's loss to Lithuania by beating South Korea 85-55 to get their first win in Group D. The Boomers' leading scorer was Joe Ingles, who finished with 17 points, followed by Cameron Bairstow and Aron Baynes, who both had 13 points. Kim Sun Hyung led Korea with 13 points.
Australia got their first win to jump to 1-1 while Korea stand at 0-2.
In the later games, United States were looking to stay undefeated against Turkey while the hosts Spain were playing Egypt.

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