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Yugoslavia drills Turkey 110-78 to keep repeat hopes alive

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Peja Stojakovic and Milan Gurovic each scored 16 points as Yugoslavia (4-2) kept alive its chance to defend its title.

Yugoslavia's tournament turned around with a new starting lineup that led to easy wins over Brazil and Turkey. Vlade Divac and Stojakovic, teammates with the Sacramento Kings, and Milos Vujanic, a second-round draft choice of the New York Knicks, started for the first time against Brazil and the team played quite differently from the one that struggled to a .500 mark through the first four games.

"It looks like we're moving to the top, so we'll see," said Divac, who had six points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals against Turkey (2-4) in 18 minutes.

Yugoslavia shot 59.7 percent (46-for-77) against Turkey and six players scored in double figures.

"I guess we finally woke up," Stojakovic said. "We came together, and we are playing like a team right now. We all sacrificed little things for the team. The games we lost, we didn't play as a team. We have to cover each other's backs and play for each other. That way we get results."

Yugoslavia has won a record four World Championships, the last in 1998 when a lockout by the NBA forced the United States to use a team of CBA players, European professional and collegians.

Mehmet Okur, who has signed with the Detroit Pistons, led Turkey with 21 points, while Hedo Turkoglu, who also plays for Sacramento, added 20.

Puerto Rico 89, Angola 87, 2OT

Jose Ortiz hit a shot in the lane with 0.9 seconds left in the second overtime to give Puerto Rico the win.

Had Puerto Rico lost, it would have dropped into a three-way tie with Brazil and Yugoslavia. The tiebreaker would have had the order Yugoslavia, Puerto Rico, Brazil, meaning Puerto Rico would have played the United States in Thursday's quarterfinals.

Joaquim Gomes, who plays for Valparaiso, led Angola (1-5) with 19 points, while Lutonda had 18, including all seven of his team's points in the second overtime.

Spain 84, Brazil 67

Pau Gasol had 23 points and 11 rebounds as Spain bounced back from its only loss of the tournament. Gasol, the NBA's rookie of the year last season with the Memphis Grizzlies, was 10-for-13 from the field.

Marcel Machado had 25 points for Brazil, which was held 20 points below its scoring average for the second straight day. Germany 103, Russia 85

Dirk Nowitzki and Marko Pesic each scored 17 points to lead Germany to its first quarterfinal berth in the World Championships.

Germany opened the game with a 15-3 run and the lead was 58-36 at halftime as Nowitzki, an NBA all-star with the Dallas Mavericks had 12 points and six rebounds in the opening 20 minutes.

Zakhar Pachoutine had 28 points for Russia (2-4), which won the silver medal in the last two World Championships. New Zealand 94, China 88

Phil Jones scored 33 points and New Zealand rallied from a 24-point deficit to continue its deepest advance in the World Championships.

Yao Ming, the NBA's No. 1 draft pick by the Houston Rockets, scored 27 points and did not miss a shot for China (1-5). He was 8-for-8 from the field and made all 11 free throws.

 

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