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FIBA World Cup USA, Lithuania magkikita uli sa semis

Pilipino Star Ngayon

BARCELONA, Spain -- Inilampaso ng nagdedepensang United States ang Slovenia,119-76, habang giniba naman ng Lithuania ang Turkey, 73-61, para itakda ang kanilang semifinal match sa 2014 FIBA World Cup.

Dumikit ang mga Slovenians sa halftime, 42-49, bago kumamada ang mga Americans sa second half sa likod nina team captain  James Harden, guard Klay Thompson at athletic center Anthony Davis.

Umiskor si Thompson ng game-high 20 points kasunod ang tig-14 nina Harden at Kenneth Faried .

“We played hard but we just couldn’t finish in the first half and then the floodgates opened after that,” sabi ni U.S. coach Mike Krzy­zewski sa news conference.

Kumayod naman ang dating European champions na Lithuania, ang bronze medalist noong 2010 World Cup, sa final quarter para talunin ang Turkey, kumuha ng 14-6 abante sa first period.

Tumipa ang mga Li­thua­­nians ng 10 of 19  three-pointers.

Pinamunuan ni shoo­ting guard Renaldas Sei­butis ang Lithuania sa kanyang 19 points, habang may 13 si Martynas Pocius at kumolekta si center Jonas Valanciunas ng 12 markers at 13 rebounds.

Samantala, haharapin ng host Spain ang Euro­pean champion France at lalabanan ng Brazil ang dark horse Serbia sa dalawa pang quarterfinals matches.

ANTHONY DAVIS

JAMES HARDEN

JONAS VALANCIUNAS

KENNETH FARIED

KLAY THOMPSON

MARTYNAS POCIUS

MIKE KRZY

RENALDAS SEI

WORLD CUP

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