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September 1, 2010, Wednesday
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THE United States stretched its perfect world championship start to three wins out of three on Monday but only after it was pushed to the limit by a desperately unlucky Brazilian team.
The US team, led by coach Mike Krzyzewski, jumped for joy to celebrate its 70-68 win after the Brazilians, who led 46-43 at halftime, missed two opportunities in the dying seconds to send the game into overtime.
Argentina also notched up its third successive win with a 91-70 rout of Angola, while Slovenia beat Balkan neighbors Croatia 91-84 in a rollercoaster derby in which each team sank 11 three-pointers.
Serbia drubbed Jordan 112-69 on the back of 21 points each from forwards Marko Keselj and Dusan Savanovic, Australia thrashed Germany 78-43 and Iran enjoyed its first world championship win with a 71-58 defeat of Tunisia.
After two easy wins in the opening two days, the US showed first signs of nerves as the battling Brazilians sank seven three-pointers in the first half, with Kevin Durant scoring 19 points to keep the tournament favorites afloat.
It became a physical, low-scoring contest in the second half as both sides started misfiring from long range and while Durant finished with a game-high 27 points and 10 rebounds, it was a lay-up by Chauncey Billups that spared the US its blushes.
Billups had 15 points, fellow guard Derrick Rose added 11 and Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom scored eight to go with nine rebounds.
Hamed Haddadi, the first Iranian player to feature in the NBA when he joined the Memphis Grizzlies in 2008, led his team to victory over the Tunisians with 23 points and 13 rebounds.
Iran, which plays the United States today, had never previously qualified for the finals and won a tight affair in front of a 12,500 crowd after Mehdi Kamrani added 15 points while Arsalan Kazemi chipped in 14 and seven rebounds.
Argentina center Luis Scola was the day's top individual performer with 32 points and eight rebounds against the Angolans and Carlos Delfino added 22 in a one-sided contest.
The US team, led by coach Mike Krzyzewski, jumped for joy to celebrate its 70-68 win after the Brazilians, who led 46-43 at halftime, missed two opportunities in the dying seconds to send the game into overtime.
Argentina also notched up its third successive win with a 91-70 rout of Angola, while Slovenia beat Balkan neighbors Croatia 91-84 in a rollercoaster derby in which each team sank 11 three-pointers.
Serbia drubbed Jordan 112-69 on the back of 21 points each from forwards Marko Keselj and Dusan Savanovic, Australia thrashed Germany 78-43 and Iran enjoyed its first world championship win with a 71-58 defeat of Tunisia.
After two easy wins in the opening two days, the US showed first signs of nerves as the battling Brazilians sank seven three-pointers in the first half, with Kevin Durant scoring 19 points to keep the tournament favorites afloat.
It became a physical, low-scoring contest in the second half as both sides started misfiring from long range and while Durant finished with a game-high 27 points and 10 rebounds, it was a lay-up by Chauncey Billups that spared the US its blushes.
Billups had 15 points, fellow guard Derrick Rose added 11 and Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom scored eight to go with nine rebounds.
Hamed Haddadi, the first Iranian player to feature in the NBA when he joined the Memphis Grizzlies in 2008, led his team to victory over the Tunisians with 23 points and 13 rebounds.
Iran, which plays the United States today, had never previously qualified for the finals and won a tight affair in front of a 12,500 crowd after Mehdi Kamrani added 15 points while Arsalan Kazemi chipped in 14 and seven rebounds.
Argentina center Luis Scola was the day's top individual performer with 32 points and eight rebounds against the Angolans and Carlos Delfino added 22 in a one-sided contest.
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