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NewsWhore
09-04-2009, 06:20 PM
The DR goes against Canada for the fourth automatic berth to the FIBA World Championship in Turkey next summer. Teams already qualifying are Brazil, Puerto Rico and Argentina. The DR yesterday beat Mexico 86-73, despite ace players Francisco Garcia sitting out the game to rest, and fellow NBA players Charlie Villanueva and Al Horford only playing limited minutes, also to rest. The winner of the game moves on to the FIBA Americas 2009 Championship semifinals, also.
The strongest Canadian players are Carl English, Saski Baskonia and Andy Rautins.
The game is scheduled for 6:30pm.
To follow the event, see http://puertorico2009.fiba.com/

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