FIBA Americas Championship

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Uruguay and Dominican Republic will kick off the second round of the FIBA Americas Championship today, Tuesday 1 September at 6:30 pm in Puerto Rico. The DR just made it to the second round after defeating Venezuela and Panama, but losing to Brazil and Argentina. Dominican Francisco Garcia (82 points, 20.5 per game) was the second highest scorer, behind Brazil's Luis Scola (94 points (23.5 per game). The DR needs to finish in the top 4 to qualify to participate in the FIBA world cup in Turkey next year. This means the DR team needs to win three games to make it to the world cup. The DR will match Puerto Rico, Mexico and Canada after Uruguay. The DR team has depended on Francisco Garcia, Villanueva, Horford and Luis Flores, who were responsible for 77% of all points in the first round.

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