In this Group C encounter Spain faces Puerto Rico. Both the teams are coming off wins in their opening games and will now look to consolidate their position in the group.
Spain won their game against Tunisia convincingly winning by 101-62 while Puerto Rico had a tough encounter against Iran and just managed to edge them out by 83-81.
Here we have a look at the game
Match Timing: September 2, @ 06:00 PM IST
Venue – Guangzhou Gymnasium
Capacity- 10,000
Spain had a near perfect game against Tunisia and have no reason to change anything with Ricky Rubio, Victor Claver, Marc Gasol and Willy Hernangomez all performing well in that match. They are expected to go in with the same approach against Puerto Rico.
Marc Gasol, Víctor Claver, Quino Colom, Sergio Llull, Xavi Rabaseda, Pau Ribas, Ricky Rubio, Juancho Hernangómez, Javier Beirán, Rudy Fernández, Willy Hernangómez, Pierre Oriola
Puerto Rico showed great character in bouncing back from a 17 point deficit to come back and win the game eventually by 83-81. The coach will be expecting a similar fight against a tough side like Spain.
Isaiah Pineiro, Ramon Clemente, Devon Collier, Gary Browne, Jorge Bryan Diaz, Angel Rodriguez, Gian Clavell, David Huertas, Renaldo Balkman, Alexander Franklin, Christopher Brady, Javier Mojica
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ESP –: Ricky Rubio, Rudy Fernandez, Juan Hernangomez, Victor Claver, Mark Gasol
PUR – Gary Browne, David Huertas, Isaiah Pinerio, Renaldo Balkman, Jorge Diaz
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Puerto Rico –
Renaldo Balkman
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Spain –
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Puerto Rico might put up a fight but it is Spain that is expected to clinch this game.