Even the astonishing Dominican Republic reached +17 and beat Italy 87-82 with leaders Towns and Phillies in Round 2 of Group A, climbing to #1 and going up and down. Puccico was sent off in the second half.
The Dominican Republic dropped its first MundoBasket level bomb. Playing solid defense on one side of the floor and beautiful basketball on the other, he even got 17 points (60-77) and finally beat Italy 82-87 in Game 2 of Group A and finished bottom!
Carl Anthony Towns scored 24 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, while Andres Feliz added 24 points with 7/10 three-pointers.
As for the “Azzurri” – who suddenly “stopped” after underestimating their opponents with a score of 12-0 – they failed to live up to expectations, first of all, their coach, Gianmarco Bousecco, was sent off just before the end of the second half and upset his team, Marcos Spiso was the top scorer with 17 points, while Simone Vontikios remained at 13 points with a 4/15 shot.
The Dominicans are now favorites to top the group (they have to beat Angola in the last round to make sure of that), which – if that happens – would mean they would start 3-0 in Group Two (where they will meet Group B and two from Serbia, Puerto Rico and South Africa). Sudan and China) and at the same time put Italy in trouble.
contracts: 19-13, 39-38, 56-69, 82-87
Italy (Boseco): Datum 8, Fontecchio 13 (4/15 shots, 1/8 three-pointers), Milli 6 (7 rebounds), Paiola 4, Polonara 10, Procida, Ricci 12 (2), Severini, Spagnolo 4, Spiso. 17 (2 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Tonot 8 (2)
dominican republic (Garcia): Delgado 7, Velez 24 (7/10 three-pointers, 5 rebounds, 5 assists), Figueroa, Liz 9 (1), Mendoza 3 (1), Montero 12 (2/7 three-pointers, 6 rebounds) . 9 assists), Pena 3 (1), Quinones 2, Solano, Townes 24 (4/9 three-pointers, 11 rebounds, 5 assists), Vargas 3
Italy national team stats: 22/38 2 shots, 7/29 3 shots, 17/18 shots, 36 rebounds, 14 assists, 7 turnovers, 5 steals, 3 blocks
Dominican Republic team stats: 13/27 2 shots, 16/39 3 shots, 13/17 shots, 37 rebounds, 22 assists, 13 turnovers, 4 steals, 2 blocks
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