FIBA Americas Results & Boxscores Day 8 – Canada vs. Venezuela, Puerto Rico vs. Dominica Republic: Tristan Thompson Huge Rebounding Night; Jamaica’s Stunner
The last remaining undefeated team in 2013 Americas Championship gets going on Thursday. Puerto Rico once again stepped up their game to another level to beat the three-time continental champion Argentina.
Argentina showed its true strength as veteran Luis Scola racked up 23 points and 8 boards in the game. But Puerto Rico was too much with Puerto Rico's Ronaldo Balkman chalking up 23 points and 6 boards in the win. On Friday, Puerto Rico will gun for its fifth win in the tourney, but another emerging team is out to make things complicated for them.
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Streaming - Canada vs. Venezuela (5:30 A.M) - Results & Boxscore
Canada is steadily realizing its true potential. With a bevy of NBA youngsters, the Canadians have been too much for the opposing teams. Cleveland Cavaliers' forward Tristan Thompson, Corey Joseph and Andrew Nicholson are expected to produce another big game as they seek win no.4 against host country Venezuela, who cruised to a 70-64 win over Uruguay.
Streaming - Puerto Rico vs. Dominican Republic (8:00 A.M) - Results & Boxscore
Meanwhile, Puerto Rico will try to continue their winning ways, but Dominican Republic is certainly not a pushover. Dominican Republic is coming off 78-60 win against Jamaica, the team that gave the Puerto Ricans a scare in the final game of the Preliminary round.
Streaming - Argentina vs. Jamaica (11:30 P.M) - Results & Boxscore / Mexico vs. Uruguay - Results & Boxscore
In other games: Argentina will attempt to keep their final four hopes alive as they face Jamaica while Mexico and Uruguay will try to win their first win of the second round.