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FIBA world championships: Turkey 90, Slovenia 84 |
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Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00 |
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Turkey went 5-for-5 from 3-point range over the final 4:22 and beat Slovenia 90-84 on Saturday in the second round of the FIBA world championships.
Serkan Erdogan had 24 points, including two of those 3-pointers, for Turkey (5-1), which will play Argentina (6-0) in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. Argentina, which finished second in the 2002 worlds and won the Olympic gold medal in Athens, beat New Zealand 79-62 on Saturday.
Engin Atsur, who played at North Carolina State last season, also had two of the 3s in the closing run - his only points of the game.
Turkey was 2-for-11 from beyond the arc before getting hot from long range. Erdogan's second 3 gave Turkey an 83-81 lead with 2:17 to play. It was the 24th and last lead change in the game.
Beno Udrih, the backup point guard for the San Antonio Spurs, led Slovenia (2-4) with 18 points, 12 in the last quarter. Rasho Nesterovic, who plays for the Toronto Raptors, and Bostjan Nachbar, who plays for the New Jersey Nets, each added 14 points for Slovenia, which was making its first appearance in the world championships.
Turkey's only loss in the opening round was to Greece on Thursday in a matchup of unbeaten teams.
Kaya Peker had the last of the five 3s for Turkey and it made it 86-81 with 1:36 to go.
Primoz Brezec, who plays for the Charlotte Hornets, scored on a rebound 10 seconds later to get Slovenia within five points, but it had only one team foul and had to commit three to get Turkey to the free throw line and that took 1:13.
Erdogan made two free throws with 13 seconds left and then two more with 4.8 seconds left.
Both teams played without a starter. Turkey's Ersan Ilaysova missed his second game with a calf injury, while Slovenia's Uros Slokar, who plays for the Raptors, didn't play because of back problems.
Turkey will host the 2010 world championships. |