Wuhan, China – For 10 minutes and 41 seconds, Puerto Rico battled against the world and Olympic runner-up, Serbia.
After that period of time, the selected Puerto Rican simply It was hit on Friday by the Europeans in reverse by the end of 90-47 at the start of the second round of Group J in this FIBA World Cup.
Serbia, with the win, has one foot in the quarterfinals by improving its mark to 4-0. Puerto Rico fell to 2-2 and will depend on the result of the clash between Spain and Italy to know if it will still be alive for Sunday's day when facing the Italians. If Spain is successful against Italy, it will advance to the round of the best eight with Serbia, eliminating the Puerto Ricans and the Italians.
For Puerto Rico it was difficult to compete against an opponent who surpassed them in mollero and stature in the painting, in addition to having top-ranking players in the perimeter.
He faced a well-oiled machinery with balanced offensive near and far from the basket. Serbia is a candidate to reach the gold medal in the competition.
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Puerto Rico was at stake until the start of the second set with a triple by Gian Clavell who closed the board 23-17. The Puerto Ricans did a good defensive job to stay in the fight. It was a good start and the Puerto Rican fans looked lively.
But from that moment on, Serbia grew up and took over the game without giving Puerto Ricans any option. A basket of Nikola Jokic began a first 10-0 run that increased the lead to 16 points (33-17) in the blink of an eye. After the domain of Boban Marjanovic in the first segment with 10 points, the Serbs fine-tuned the long-distance marksmanship with Nemanja Bjelica and Marko Guduric triples, and dangerously took off on the scoreboard.
The second unit of Puerto Rico could not compete and coach Eddie Casiano chose to rest his headlines such as David Huertas, Renaldo Balkman and Gary Browne for a long time in much of the second segment. The Puerto Rican offensive disappeared in the second segment, while Serbia's perfect execution led them to increase the lead to 23 points (49-26) at the close of the first half with triple Bjelica. That was enough to lead to an easy victory.
Serbia dominated the second quarter, 26-12. And then he entered the final period with an advantage of 71-39.
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