Gilas Pilipinas lost to Croatia by 3 in overtime in the 1st game of the 2014 FIBA World Cup. Watch out for one of the plays of Marc Pingris as the crowd goes wild after faking a defender and making a reverse layup and also Jeff Chan for 3!
Read recap at FIBA World Cup Results: Croatia defeats Gilas Pilipinas in OT
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Croatia defeated Gilas Pilipinas, 81-78
2014 FIBA World Cup Preliminary Round
August 30 – Seville, Spain
Game Highlights:
-Andray Blatche led Gilas Pilipinas with 28 points and 12 rebounds (3/4 from 3)
-Jeff Chan scored 17 points (4/6 from 3) and also with 4 steals
-Marc Pingris with 10 points and 4 rebounds (5/8 from the field)
-Jayson Castro William with 6 points including a 2-pointer that forced OT
2014 FIBA World Cup Group B Teams (FIBA Rankings)
Argentina (#3)
Greece (#5)
Croatia (#16)
Puerto Rico (#17)
Philippines (#34)
Sanegal (#41)
2014 FIBA World Cup Group B Teams Player Roster
Argentina Player Roster
Luis Scola, Andres Nocioni, Pablo Prigioni, Matias Bortolin, Facundo Campazzo, Marcos Delia, Tayavek Gallizzi, Leo Gutierrez, Walter Herrmann, Nicolas Laprovittola, Marcos Mata, Salem Safar
Average Height: 6’6
Average Age: 28 years old
Croatia Player Roster
Dario Saric, Roko Ukic, Oliver Lafayette, Kunoslav Simon, Bojan Bogdanovic, Mario Hazonja, Luka Babic, Damjan Rudez, Damir Markota, Luka Zoric, Ante Tomic, Luksa Andric
Average Height: 6’6″
Average Age: 28 years old
Watch the 2014 FIBA World Cup Games Live Online at the Official Livestream of FIBA at LiveBasketball.TV
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Croatia National Basketball Team Player Roster for the 2014 FIBA World Cup
– Ante Tomic
– Luksa Andric
– Oliver Lafayette
– Bojan Bogdanovic
– Dario Saric
2014 FIBA World Cup Full Schedule
Preliminary Round
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Group B – 12:30 – Croatia vs Philippines (6:30pm PH Time)
Group C – 12:30 – Ukraine vs Dominican Republic
Group D – 12:30 – Angola vs South Korea
Group A – 15:30 – Egypt vs Serbia
Group C – 16:00 – New Zealand vs Turkey
Group D – 16:30 – Australia vs Slovenia
Group B – 17:30 – Puerto Rico vs Argentina
Group A – 18:00 – France vs Brazil
Group D – 19:00 – Mexico vs Lithuania
Group B – 20:00 – Greece vs Senegal
Group C – 21:30 – USA vs Finland
.@GorguiDieng in, Sene out as Sarr sets Senegal roster! Senegal squad for #Spain2014: http://t.co/bdlDFznMAL pic.twitter.com/jaSDkWJ527
— FIBA (@FIBA) August 24, 2014
Senegal National Basketball Team Player Roster for the 2014 FIBA World Cup
– Xane Dalmeida
– Mamadou Ndoye
– Thierno Niang
– Mohamed Diop
– Mouhammad Faye
USA National Basketball Team Player Roster for 2014 FIBA World Cup
– DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings)
– Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)
– Anthony Davis (New Orleans Pelicans)
– DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors)
– Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons)
