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World basketball championship: Brazilian misses 2 free throws with six seconds left in 73-71 defeat |
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Written by AP
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Wednesday, 23 August 2006 17:24 |
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Leandro Barbosa missed two free throws with six seconds left Tuesday and Turkey escaped with a 73-71 win over Brazil at the world championships.
Barbosa had converted two free throws 20 seconds earlier to pull Brazil, which had trailed for most of the game, to within a point at 70-69.
But after consecutive timeouts and with the game on the line, the Phoenix Suns guard knocked both free throws off the rim.
After a series of free throws by each team in the remaining seconds, Turkey (3-0) emerged with the win and advanced to the second round.
Serkan Erdogan scored 21 points to lead Turkey. Barbosa was Brazil’s top scorer with 26 points.
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