Highlights: Slovenia vs Cape Verde in Basketball World Cup (92-77)

Points

Slovenia: Luka Doncic, 19

Cape Verde: Bentinho Gomes, 17

Rebounds

Slovenia: Luka Doncic, 7

Cape Verde: Edy Tavares, 10

Assists

Slovenia: Luka Doncic, 9

Cape Verde: Edy Tavares, 5

Blocks

Slovenia: 0

Cape Verde: Bentinho Gomes, 1

Game over

Slovenia is already winning, with a good lead of 23 points, and is controlling the game in its favor

Hrovat takes Gomes' touch and misses the chance to make it three more

Ends Q3

Doncic grabs the defensive rebound and runs in to score, giving Slovenia a 14-point lead

In a hard-fought game, Slovenia take the lead again with Prepelic and manage to open up a lead

Cape Verde got off to a good start and, with Tavares, Correia and Gomes, leveled the game at 45-45

Ends Q2

Correia scored two baskets in a row and the gap fell to seven

Cape Verde call a time-out after Slovenia score 11 points in Q2, mainly through Doncic and Prepelic

Ends Q1

Slovenia remained in front and managed to hold on to the lead, while their opponents made passing errors to get forward

Dragic hits a 3 on a jump shot to give Slovenia a six-point lead

The match started off evenly, with the teams alternating points, but Cape Verde equalized at 6-6

High ball

In the second phase, the qualified teams play two more games, only against teams they haven't faced yet. Adding up all the points from the two phases, two teams advance to the quarter-finals

The two best teams in each group will advance to the second round on the basis of their results in the first round. The second phase will be between the following groups:

Group I (first and second-placed teams from group A + first and second-placed teams from group B)

Group J (first and second from group C + first and second from group D)

Group K (first and second from group E + first and second from group F)

Group L (first and second from group G + first and second from group H)

1 - Georgia 5 points

2 - Slovenia 4 points

3 - Cape Verde 3 points

4 - Venezuela 3 points

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Patrick Mendes, Anim Delgado, Shane Da Rosa, Ivan Almeida, Fidel Mendonca, Anderson Correia, Joel Almeida Kenneti Mendes, Amarilson Lopes, Will Tavares, Kevin Coronel, Keven Gomes, Patrick Spencer, Joao Gomes, Walter Tavares.

Jaka Blazic, Sasa Ciani, Jakob Cebasek, Ziga Dimec, Luka Doncic, Zoran Dragic, Gregor Glas, Gregor Hrovat, Urban Klavzar, Aljaz Kunc, Miha Lapornik, Jurij Macura, Blaz Mahkovic, Jordan Morgan, Aleksej Nikolic, Bine Prepelic, Klemen Prepelic, Ziga Samar, Mike Tobey.

Cape Verde are in third place with three points, the same as Georgia, but they lose out on SC, which is -19. The Cape Verdeans beat Venezuela 81-75 and lost their opening game to the Georgians 85-60.

Slovenia have confirmed their favoritism in group F, with a 100% record, top spot and four points.  The Slovenians are coming off easy wins over Georgia (88-67) and Venezuela (100-85).

Group A: Angola, Dominican Republic, Philippines and Italy

Group B: South Sudan, Serbia, People's Republic of China and Puerto Rico

Group C: United States, Jordan, Greece and New Zealand

Group D: Egypt, Mexico, Montenegro and Lithuania

Group E: Germany, Finland, Australia and Japan

Group F: Slovenia, Cape Verde, Georgia and Venezuela

Group G: Brazil, Islamic Republic of Iran, Spain and Ivory Coast

Group H: Canada, Latvia, France and Lebanon.

The tournament's biggest winners: United States (5), Brazil (2), Argentina (1), Spain (2) and the former Yugoslavia (5) and Soviet Union (3).

The Basketball World Cup, also known as the FIBA Basketball World Cup, is an international men's basketball tournament organized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). Like the Football World Cup, the Basketball World Cup takes place every four years and brings together the best national basketball teams from around the world.

The first Basketball World Cup was held in 1950, and since then it has been one of the most prestigious events in the world of international basketball. Teams such as the United States, the Soviet Union (now Russia), Spain, Australia and Yugoslavia (now independent nations) have featured prominently in the competition over the years.

The United States has been remarkably successful in the Basketball World Cup, winning several titles over the years. However, the popularity and participation of NBA players in the Summer Olympics often attracts more attention than the Basketball World Cup.

The current edition, in 2023, will have three venues: Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines. The current edition has 32 teams, divided into eight groups of four. Two teams qualify for the next round and so the round of 16 begins, just like the soccer World Cup.

Slovenia vs Cape Verde live this Wednesday (30), at the Okinawa Arena at 7:30 am ET, for the Basketball World Cup. The match is valid for the 3th round of the competition.

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