Both teams played what was their last match in the competition. Australia face Georgia in Pool K in Okinawa, Japan. While Montenegro competed against Greece for Group J in Manila, Philippines.
Australia 100 – Georgia 84
After the victory of the Australian team, its position in the group was determined, it was left in third place and therefore, outside of the world competition, it remains to determine with the results from other matches its classification from position 9 to 12.
It was a very good match for Australia, Brian Warnick Goorjian’s team showed their excellence for most of the match. (C1 23-17/ C2 31-20/ C3 25-30/ C4 21-17). Despite the loss in the third quarter, the difference obtained in the first half allowed them to always be on the scoreboard.
The highlights of the winning team were: Dante Exum, chosen as MVP thanks to his 18 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists. But the one who followed him closely in the statistics was his teammate, Nick Kay who signed 7 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.
On the Georgian side, the outstanding player was Rati Andronikashvili who left 12 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals.
Greece 69 – Montenegro 73
Exactly the same thing is happening in Montenegro as in Australia, they finished third in their group and now it remains to be seen how the other matches of the competition end to mark their positions.
The team was once again led by the success of Nikola Vucevic who posted 19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals to win the role of the game’s most valuable player. The one who contributed a lot to his team besides Vuce was Bojan Dubljevic with 4 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists and 1 steal.
For Bosko Radovic’s team, neither Kendrick Perry nor Aleksa Ilic played.
As for the Greeks, their standout was Kostas Papanikolaou who scored 13 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal. Thanasis Antetokounmpo and Konstantinos Mitoglou did not play in the team led by Dimitrios Itoudis.
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