Basketball World Cup off to rocky start; favorite loses

On the morning of this Friday, the 25th, the Basketball World Cup there was a sequel and more first round games were played. Great teams entered the court and had electrifying performances. Among them, the Francea strong contender for the title, was defeated by Canada, in addition to other results that will have a great impact throughout the competition. Check out!

A Dominican Republic did his job and won the selection of Philippinesby the score of 87 to 81. The great name of the Dominicans was Karl Anthony-Townsplayer of Minnesota Timberwolves, who ended the game with 26 points and 10 rebounds, accounting for a double-double. However, the scorer was the Filipino Jordan Clarksonwith 28 points.

A Germany also entered the court and was not aware of the Japanwinning with ownership by 81 to 63. The big name of the confrontation was Moritz Wagner, who ended up at the top after scoring 25 points. However, it is worth mentioning the good performance of Denis Schroderwhich scored 14 and helped the Europeans to victory.

Another selection that did well in this first round was Lithuaniawho faced the Egypt and conquered an important victory, by the score of 93 to 67. Margiris Nomantas was the scorer of the match, finishing with 18 points. Although, Jonas Vanciunaswith 15 points and 10 rebounds, was another name worth mentioning.

Last but not least, France was defeated by Canada, which applied a resounding 30 points of advantage in the final score, 95 to 65. The Canadians had the brilliance of Shai Gildeous-Alexander, the young star of Oklahoma City Thunder, who had 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. The French had a good performance from Evan Fournierwhich scored 21, but it was not enough to avoid defeat.