Alex Murphy and Finland had another exhibition against Italy, losing 75-70. He had 6 points in 12 minutes. Lauri Markkanen had 19 points and 7 rebounds. In the win, Marco Belinelli and the other player with NBA experience Luigi Datome had 14 points.
Olek Czyz will definitely not be participating in EuroBasket. Poland announced that it was mutually decided that he would focus on continuing to rehab from the injury that ended his club season so that he can be fully healthy for the upcoming season.
Group B started the day in Asia. China bounced back with a 92-67 win over Qatar thanks to 30 points from Guo Ailun. The Philippines had a sluggish start against Iraq but started the second half well to win 84-68 with 16 points from ex-Hawaii player Christian Stanhardinger. Naturalized player Kevin Galloway had 23 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists in the loss.
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Mousa Alawadi had 22 points and Jordan beat India 61-54 in Group A. Micheal Madanly, another legend of the game in Asia, had 22 points for Syria, but Behnam Yakhchali had 25 points and Hamed Haddadi had 12 points, 13 rebounds, and 9 assists for Iran in their 87-63 win.
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