Czech Republic win OT thriller to dash Canada’s Oly bid
VICTORIA, British Columbia, July 4, (AP): Tomas Satoransky ended Canada’s hopes of making the Tokyo Olympics.
Satoransky’s fading-away, off-the-glass jumper with 1.8 seconds left in overtime wound up being the deciding basket in the Czech Republic’s 103-101 win over Canada in an Olympic qualifying tournament semifinal.
Greece 81, Turkey 63
Rick Pitino has taken five teams to the NCAA Tournament, and is one win from taking Greece to the Olympics.
Nick Calathes scored 18 points and Greece erased an early 14-point deficit to beat Turkey and move into Victoria region championship game.
Slovenia 98, Venezuela 70
Mike Tobey scored 27 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks was one rebound shy of a triple-double and Slovenia eased past Venezuela in the semifinals of an Olympic qualifying tournament in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Doncic finished with 23 points, 13 assists and nine rebounds for Slovenia (3-0), which will play host Lithuania (3-0) with a berth in the Tokyo Olympics on the line.
Lithuania 88, Poland 69 Domantas Sabonis scored 17 points, Jonas Valanciunas added 15 and Lithuania pulled away in the second half to earn a spot in the Kaunas final.
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Mantas Kalnietis scored 14 for Lithuania, which led 46-45 at the half and then held Poland scoreless for the first 5:21 of the third quarter.
Serbia 102, Puerto Rico 84
Vasilije Micic scored 21 points, Nemanja Bjelica added 18 and host Serbia moved into final at Belgrade against Italy.
Filip Petrusev and Danilo Andjusic each scored 15 points and Milos Teodosic finished with 11 points and 10 assists for Serbia (3-0), which won the silver
medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Italy 79, Dom Rep 59
Italy used a 17-0 run in the third quarter to build what became a 32-point lead, and had no trouble reaching final.
Simone Fontecchio scored 17 points and Stefano Tonut added 14 for Italy, which had all 12 of its players reach the scoring column.
Germany 86, Croatia 76
Germany closed the game on a 19-2 run to stun host Croatia and move into championship game in Split against Brazil.
Maodo Lo scored 29 points and added eight assists for Germany (3-0), which got 13 points from Joshiko Saibou and 11 from Andreas Obst.
Brazil 102, Mexico 74
Vítor Benite scored 22 points and Brazil (3-0) had little trouble with Mexico on its way to final in Split.
Rafael Luz scored 12 points and Alex Garcia scored 11 for Brazil, which outscored Mexico 5427 from 3-point range.