Yahoo Sports FIBA World Cup Day 7: Serbia remains undefeated, Rubio leads Spain past Italy
Nuggets forward Nikola Jokic had a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds and Boban Marjanovic added 16 points as Serbia rolled past Puerto Rico 90-47. Serbia remains the team to beat and they’ll face Spain on Sunday.
Suns point guard Ricky Rubio led the way with 15 points as Spain closed out Italy 67-60. Thunder forward Danilo Gallinari also had 15 points for Italy in the loss. Spain went 3-0 in round 1 so they are guaranteed a spot in the quarterfinals following round 2.
Friday’s scores:
Group I
Poland 79, Russia 74
Argentina 87, Venezuela 67
Group J
Serbia 90, Puerto Rico 47
Spain 67, Italy 60
Group M
Nigeria 83, Ivory Coast 66
China 77, Korea 73
Group N
Angola 71, Iran 62
Tunisia 86, Philippines 67
Below we take a look at how other NBA players fared:
Dallas Mavericks
Boban Marjanovic (Serbia): 16 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist.
Denver Nuggets
Nikola Jokic (Serbia): 14 points, 10 rebounds, 2 block, 1 assist.
Charlotte Hornets
Willy Hernangomez (Spain): 4 points, 7 rebounds.
Oklahoma City Thunder
Danilo Gallinari (Italy): 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.
Phoenix Suns
Ricky Rubio (Spain): 15 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.
Sacramento Kings
Nemanja Bjelica (Serbia): 18 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.
Bogdan Bogdanovic (Serbia): 5 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.
Isaiah Pineiro (Puerto Rico): 6 points, 3 rebounds.
San Antonio Spurs
Marco Belinelli (Italy): 7 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.
Toronto Raptors
Marc Gasol (Spain): 2 points, 4 rebounds, 1 block, 1 assist.
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