Argentina got off to a solid start in the tournament against South Korea defeating them 95-69. The team that is ranked 5th in the rankings is expected to have a good game yet again.
Nigeria on the other hand did not have the best of the starts, although they had their moments in the game they did not manage to be dominant for a sustained period of time losing a close game against Russia 77-82.
This is a group B match.
Match Timing: September 2, @ 01:00 PM IST
Venue – Wuhan Gymnasium, Wuhan, China
Capacity- 13,000
They were off to a good start and is expected to maintain most of the team that played in the earlier games and will be looking at their Lucas Scola to again deliver the goods for them
Agustin Caffaro, Luca Vildoza, Luis Scola, Facundo Campazzo, Nicolas Brussion, Maximo Fjellerup, Marcos Delia, Gabriel Deck, Luic Redivo, Patricio Garino, Tayavek Gallizzi.
They go into this game looking to win it and keep their hopes alive in this competition, the team will look to another inspired performance by Josh Okogie who had 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists to his credit in the match against Russia.
Nigeria squad for the 2019 FIBA World Cup:
Ike Iroegbu, Ben Ozoh, Stan Okoye, Ike Diogu, Al-Farouq Aminu, Ekpe Udoh, Chimezie Metu. Talib Zanna, Josh Okogie, Nnamid Vincent, Jordan Nwora, Micheal Eric.
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ARG – • Facundo Campazzo, Patricio Garino, Gabriel Deck, Luis Scola, Marocs Delia
NGR – Ike Iroegbu, Josh Okogie, Jordan Nwora, Ike Diogu , Ekpe Udoh
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Argentina –
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Nigeria are a good team and will be determined to win but Argentina may just be too good for them in this game and are expected to win.