FIBA World Championship 2010. Russia started with a win28 august 2010

FIBA World Championship 2010 started in Turkey. In the first gameday the National team of Russian met with a team of Puerto Rico and won – 75-66. BC Khimki forward and our National team captain Sergey Monya was recognized as the best player of the match.

Russia – Puerto Rico – 75-66 (14-8, 22-26, 18-21, 21-11)

National team of Russia best scorers: Monya (16 + 7 rebounds + 4 assists), Kaun (13 + 8 rebounds), Mozgov (13), Ponkrashov (10 + 11 assists), Fridzon (9 + 6 rebounds).

Tomorrow: Turkey — Russia 22:00 Moscow time

Other results of the gameday:

Group A
Australia – Jordan 76-75
Angola – Serbia 44-94
Germany – Argentina 74-78

Group B
Tunisia – Slovenia 56-80
Iran – Brazil 65-81
USA – Croatia 106-78
Croatia: Loncar – 2 points

Group C
Greece – China 89-81
Côte d'Ivoire – Turkey 47-86

Group D
New Zealand – Lithuania 79-92
Canada – Lebanon 71-81
Spain – France 66-72
Spain: Lopez – 3 points