The basketball World Cup heavyweights opened got their campaigns on the right tr...
BEIJING - The basketball World Cup heavyweights opened got their campaigns on the right track as Serbia romped to a 105-59 win over Angola, Italy mauled the Philippines 108-62 and 2006 champions Spain strolled to a 101-62 defeat of Tunisia on Saturday.
Holders the United States start their quest for a third successive and sixth overall title against the Czech Republic on Sunday with a second-string roster after 17 of their household NBA names pulled out of the 32-nation tournament in China. Serbia coach Aleksandar Djordjevic, who won three European championships and the 1998 world title with the former Yugoslavia as a player, was pleased with his team’s no-nonsense approach.
Russia looked like ending up as the opening day’s casualties after the unfancied Nigerians took a 71-63 lead midway through the final quarter but a 10-0 run turned the tide as the west African side ran out of steam.
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