2007 Belgrade, Serbia - Men - From Naismith to Nash

FINAL STANDINGS
1. Serbia
2. Russia
3. United States
4. Israel
5. Lithuania
6. Turkey
7. Bulgaria
8. Germany
9. CANADA
10. Finland
11. Ukraine
12. Latvia
13. Romania
14. Greece
15. Italy
16. Portugal
17. Australia
18. Brazil
19. Japan
20. Mexico
21. Iran
22. Korea
23. China
24. United Arab Emirates
25. South Africa

CANADIANS
Boris Bakovic (Toronto, Ont./Ryerson)
Ross Bekkering (Taber, Alta./Calgary)
David Collins (Toronto, Ont./Bradley)
Dax Dessureault (Ottawa, Ont./Ottawa)
Jacob Doerksen (Abbotsford, B.C./Trinity Western)
Chris Dyck (Winnipeg, Man./U.B.C.)
Josh Gibson-Bascombe (Toronto, Ont./Ottawa)
Keenan Jeppesen (Hamilton, Ont./Western)
Phillip Nkrumah (Malton, Ont. Cape Breton)
Greg Surmacz (Peterborough, Ont./Windsor)
Christian Upshaw (Halifax, N.S./St. Francis Xavier)
Josh Whyte (Calgary, Alta./U.B.C.)
Chris O’Rourke – coach
Darrell Glenn – assistant
Matthew Yorke – manager
Geoff Mabey – therapist

POOL A	SER	GRE	AUS	Record
Serbia	—–	81-50	84-66	(2-0)
Greece	50-81	—–	89-72	(1-1)
Australia	66-84	72-89	—–	(0-2)

POOL B	LTU	ROU	MEX	UAE	Record
Lithuania	—–	85-65	93-75	131-48	(3-0)
Romania	65-85	—–	78-73	116-53	(2-1)
Mexico	75-93	73-78	—–	130-54	(1-2)
United Arab Emirates	48-131	53-116	54-130	—–	(0-3)

POOL C	CAN	ITA	CHN	Record
Canada	—–	89-80	100-83	(2-0)
Italy	80-89	—–	90-79	(1-1)
China	82-100	79-90	—–	(0-2)

POOL D	BUL	UKR	JPN	Record
Bulgaria	—–	79-71	108-96	(2-0)
Ukraine	71-79	—–	104-74	(1-1)
Japan	96-108	74-104	—–	(0-2)

POOL E	TUR	POR	IRN	Record
Turkey	—–	84-62	91-76	(2-0)
Portugal	62-84	—–	86-78	(1-1)
Iran	76-91	78-86	—–	(0-2)

POOL F	ISR	RUS	BRZ	GAB	Record
Israel	—–	81-55	82-70	2-0	(3-0)
Russia	55-81	—–	99-62	2-0	(2-1)
Brazil	70-82	62-99	—–	2-0	(1-2)
Gabon	0-2	0-2	0-2	—–	(0-3)

POOL G	LAT	GER	RSA	Record
Latvia	—–	80-76	100-42	(2-0)
Germany	76-80	—–	86-42	(1-1)
South Africa	42-100	42-86	—–	(0-2)

POOL H	USA	FIN	KOR	Record
United States	—–	87-40	113-76	(2-0)
Finland	40-87	—–	90-75	(1-1)
South Korea	76-113	75-90	—–	(0-2)

MEDALS POOL I	USA	SER	FIN	GRE	Record
United States	—–	68-66	87-40	108-77	(3-0)
Serbia	66-68	—–	82-70	81-50	(2-1)
Finland	40-87	70-82	—–	70-66	(1-2)
Greece	77-108	50-81	66-70	—–	(0-3)

MEDALS POOL J	LTU	LAT	GER	ROU	Record
Lithuania	—–	84-64	76-75	85-65	(3-0)
Latvia	64-84	—–	80-76	78-85	(1-2)
Germany	75-76	76-80	—–	81-69	(1-2)
Romania	65-85	85-78	69-81	—–	(1-2)

MEDALS POOL K	ISR	RUS	CAN	ITA	Record
Israel	—–	81-55	89-81	109-76	(3-0)
Russia	55-81	—–	89-77	92-76	(2-1)
Canada	81-89	77-89	—–	89-80	(1-2)
Italy	76-109	76-92	80-89	—–	(0-3)

MEDALS POOL L	TUR	BUL	UKR	POR	Record
Turkey	—–	69-60	63-61	84-62	(3-0)
Bulgaria	60-69	—–	79-71	86-74	(2-1)
Ukraine	61-63	71-79	—–	90-69	(1-2)
Portugal	62-84	74-86	69-90	—–	(0-3)

CONSOLATION POOL M	AUS	IRN	CHN	Record
Australia	—–	88-80	85-79	(2-0)
Iran	80-88	—–	91-80	(1-1)
China	79-85	80-91	—–	(0-2)

CONSOLATION POOL N	JPN	KOR	RSA	Record
Japan	—–	97-77	107-61	(2-0)
Korea	77-97	—–	105-72	(1-1)
South Africa	61-107	72-105	—–	(0-2)

CONSOLATION POOL O	BRA	MEX	UAE	Record
Brazil	—–	84-80	107-49	(2-0)
Mexico	80-84	—–	130-54	(1-1)
United Arab Emirates	49-107	54-130	—–	(0-2)

23-25th POOL	CHN	UAE	RSA	Record
China	—–	99-67	106-70	(2-0)
United Arab Emirates	67-99	—–	83-82	(1-1)
South Africa	70-106	82-83	—–	(0-2)

20-22nd POOL	MEX	IRN	KOR	Record
Mexico	—–	74-62	118-87	(2-0)
Iran	62-74	—–	93-86	(1-1)
Korea	87-118	86-93	—–	(0-2)

17-19th POOL	AUS	BRA	JPN	Record
Australia	—–	79-78	106-97	(2-0)
Brazil	78-79	—–	98-92	(1-1)
Japan	97-106	92-98	—–	(0-2)

	QFs	Israel 66 Germany 49
	QFs	Serbia 68 Turkey 46
	QFs	Russia 82 Lithuania 73
	QFs	United States 96 Bulgaria 66
	13-16th	Greece 85 Portugal 76
	13-16th	Romania 90 Italy 88
	9-12th	Finland 67 Ukraine 62
	9-12th	Canada 93 Latvia 83
	5-8th	Turkey 67 Germany 63
	5-8th	Lithuania 89 Bulgaria 88
	Semi	Russia 69 United States 68
	Semi	Serbia 82 Israel 56
	15th	Italy 82 Portugal 67
	13th	Romania 88 Greece 82
	11th	Ukraine 79 Latvia 76
	9th	Canada 88 Finland 63
	7th	Bulgaria 77 Germany 72
	5th	Lithuania 107 Turkey 87
	Bronze	United States 91 Israel 80
	Final	Serbia 73 Russia 51

In its tournament opener, Canada overcame turnover problems and inconsistent play to defeat Italy 89-80. Despite a clear advantage in most categories on the stats sheet, Canada allowed the Italian side to stay within striking distance through most of the game via 23 turnovers. “First of all, it was a win, so that’s something positive we can take from tonight,” said Canadian coach Chris O’Rourke. “But we were up and down in that game. I thought we did a really good job of controlling at times and got up by double digits, but unfortunately in those last five minutes we relaxed a little bit and turnovers in the end allowed them to hang around.” Canada led by as many as 16 points, but that advantage was never safe as defensive lapses and turnovers let Italy claw its way back. On two occasions in the second half, Italy stepped up its defence while Canada had trouble hanging on to the ball, and both times double-digit leads were rapidly whittled down to just four points. Canada was able to rebound quickly each time, however, including a 9-0 run in the third stanza after Italy had made the score 59-55. “That was a big positive for us, that we withstood both of their big runs and we didn’t fold our tents, and the guys showed composure,” said O’Rourke. “We did it by committee tonight with guys in foul trouble and different guys playing well at different times, and that’s kind of the identity of our team.” Jacob Doerksen, who scored 10 of Canada’s first 23 points, said “sometimes we would rebound, sometimes we would take care of the ball, but other times we wouldn’t and for us to be successful we need to take care of the ball and let other teams make mistakes. The international game is a lot more physical, and we’re getting adjusted to the officiating and the style of play. It’s a hard process but I think we’re coming along.” O’Rourke said “you can’t sit back in a short tournament, and today was a good example of that where we wanted this to be a double-digit win because you carry over your points. We can’t take anything for granted, and we just need to focus on being a better fundamental team every time we get out there.” Jacob Doerksen paced Canada with 24 on 6-9 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 6-8 from the line, 7 boards and 2 steals. Josh Gibson-Bascombe added 20 on 3-5 from the floor, 3-4 from the arc, 5-5 from the line, 5 boards and 5 assists. Dax Dessereault added 10 on 3-5 from the floor, 4-5 from the line, 7 boards and 5 blocks. Greg Surmacz scored 9 on 3-7 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 7 boards. Keenan Jeppesen notched 7 on 1-3 from the floor, 5-7 from the line and 4 boards. Boris Bakovic scored 6 on 1-3 from the floor, 4-6 from the line and 5 boards. Christian Upshaw added 4, Ross Bekkering 2, along with 4 boards, David Collins 2, Phillip Nkrumah 2, along with 4 boards, Chris Dyck 2, along with 2 assists, and Josh Whyte 1. Canada hit 19-45 (.420) from the floor, 7-13 (.530) from the arc and 30-45 (.660) from the line, while garnering 50 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 23 turnovers, 7 steals, 10 blocks and 31 fouls. Giancarlo Ferrero paced Italy with 26 on 8-13 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 10-12 from the line and 5 boards. Daniele Bonessio added 13 on 3-5 from the floor and 7-10 from the line. Roberto Prandin notched 11 on 4-9 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 5 boards. Riccardo Casagrande added 6, Alberto Chiumenti 6, Davide Bruttini 6, along with 4 steals, Alexander Simoncelli 5, Simone Ferrarese 3, Donato Cutolo 2, along with 5 steals, and Edoardo Persico 2, while Salvatore Genovese and Davide Rosignoli were scoreless. Italy hit 23-48 from the floor, 2-17 (.110) from the arc and 28-39 (.710) from the line, while garnering 28 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 6 assists, 16 turnovers, 14 steals, 4 blocks and 34 fouls.

Canada captured its pool by tripping China 100-83. Canada bookended the game with strong performances in the first and fourth quarters, but again struggled with consistency in giving up big runs to the Chinese in the second and third frames. “We still haven’t played 40 minutes,” said Canadian coach Chris O’Rourke. “Part of that is trying to get rotations after being together for just a short period of time and getting the guys to adjust. That’s just been the biggest hurdle for us.” Forward Greg Surmacz added that “we’re up-and-down all the time, going on big runs and then giving up big runs. We’re still looking for that 40-minute game.” Canada had early trouble with 7-2 Chinese post Zhang Zhaoxu. After the red-and-white adjusted to move the ball outside, Zhang became less of a factor on defence though he did finish the game with a triple-double. Canada posted a 13-0 run late in the first quarter on good perimeter shooting, opening up 29-15 edge after one quarter. “We shot the ball really well in that stretch and I thought we took him (Zhang) out of the game,” said O’Rourke, “but it was Yang that really killed us. He hit a lot of shots.” Canada used a spread-out scoring attack, with five players recording double digits. “We took advantage of them offensively, which we wanted to do; on the boards, which we wanted to do; we shot well from the line, which we wanted to do,” said O’Rourke. “We accomplished most of the things we wanted to, but defensively those lapses did hurt us and we didn’t do a good job of adjusting to the style the referees were calling.” The biggest lapse came in the third quarter. After coming out of the halftime break with a 9-0 run to open a 24-point led, Canada allowed China back into the game by giving up 11 straight points. Following Canada’s opening run, the Chinese outscored them by a 22-7 margin to close the quarter, reducing Canada’s lead to 70-61. The Canadian advantage shrank to just seven points early in the fourth quarter before the pace began to pick up and CIS player of the year Jacob Doerksen began to make his presence felt. A big three-ball by Surmacz with just under five minutes to play gave Canada the breathing room it needed, and less than a minute later Zhang fouled

out. Greg Surmacz paced Canada with 22 on 4-7 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 8 boards. Josh Gibson-Bascombe added 15 on 2-3 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 5-6 from the line and 5 boards. Jacob Doerksen notched 14 on 6-8 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 6 boards. Chris Dyck scored 11 on 3-6 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Boris Bakovic scored 11 on 4-6 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 3 boards. David Collins notched 8 on 2-7 from the floor, 4-6 from the line and 5 boards. Josh Whyte scored 6 on 3-5 from the floor and 5 assists. Christian Upshaw added 5 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 4 boards and 7 assists. Dax Dessureault added 4 on 4-4 from the line and 7 boards. Ross Bekkering scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor and 3 boards. Phillip Nkrumah added 2 on 1-2 from the floor and 3 boards, while Keenan Jeppesen was scoreless. Canada hit 25-48 (.520) from the floor, 10-25 (.400) from the arc and 20-26 (.760) from the line, while garnering 51 boards, including 19 on the offensive glass, 19 assists, 15 turnovers, 10 steals, 2 blocks and 21 fouls. Chao Yang paced China with 35 on 6-13 from the floor, 6-14 from the arc and 5-6 from the line. Zhenhua Cao added 19 on 8-15 from the floor, 3-8 from the line and 6 boards. Zhaoxu Zhang scored 12 on 4-11 from the floor, 4-6 from the line, 15 boards and 10 blocks. Lu Xing added 10 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 3 boards, 6 assists and 3 steals. Junfel Ren notched 5 on 1-3 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 5 boards. Xuesong Li added 1, while Sijie Li, Yi Ma, Jiawei Liu, Chunjun Zhang and Junwei Ren were scoreless. China hit 22-50 (.440) from the floor, 7-20 (.350) from the arc and 18-30 (.600) from the line, while garnering 36 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 12 assists, 15 turnovers, 7 stelas, 22 blocks and 16 fouls.

In medals pool play, Russia crushed Canada 89-77. A disastrous start for Canada along with subpar free throw shooting all night was their demise in the end as Russia jumped out to a big lead early. Early in the second half, the Russians increased their lead to the largest margin of the night, 32 points, with Canada unable to execute anything on offence. With a 28-point advantage in the final two minutes of the third quarter, Russia seemed poised to sail through the rest of the night. Jacob Doerksen broke a lengthy Canadian drought from outside with his team’s first three-ball of the night late in the third quarter, with Christian Upshaw hitting a buzzer-beating trey shortly thereafter. Tat 6-0 mini-run to end the third ballooned into a 16-0 stretch early in the fourth as Canada finally found its groove on offence. Russia was held off the scoreboard for the first three minutes of the final stanza. With Russia in foul trouble, the Canadians continued to whittle down the lead, pulling within five on Chris Dyck’s second of the night from beyond the arc with 2:26 remaining. A foul, a turnover and a couple of missed free throws later, however, the Russian lead had jumped back up to double digits. “We put ourselves in such a precarious position, and we just challenged them at halftime about playing with pride and character,” said coach Chris O’Rourke. “We fought back and were outstanding defensively in the second half. We did a great job getting to the foul line, we did a great job on the offensive boards, but we still missed 17 free throws.” Chris Dyck said “it seemed like we came out real tentative, almost like we didn’t have a chance. We knew that we did have a chance, but we came out sloppy and had 15 turnovers in the first half. In this tournament point differential is so big, so we wanted to claw back as much as we could.” Canada had trouble with Russian big man Nikita Shabalkin, who led Russia with 21 on 5-13 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 8-9 from the line, 14 boards and 2 blocks. Dramir Zibirov added 17 on 4-5 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 5 assists. Euvgeniy Kolesnikov scored 16 on 4-7 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 6 boards. Valeiry Lihodey scored 13 on 5-9 from the floor, 3-7 from the line and 3 blocks. Euvgeniy Voronov added 10, Alexey Kotishevskiy 8, Anatoliy Kashirov 2 and Dmitriy Golovin 2, while Artem Gorlanov, Ivan Nelyubov, Anatoliy Kashirov and Roman Shapovalov were scoreless. Russia shot 23-44 (.520) from the floor, 6-21 (.290) from the arc and 25-32 (.780) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 15 assists, 30 fouls, 16 turnovers, 13 steals and 6 blocks. Chris Dyck paced Canada with 18 on 2-6 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc and 5-8 from the line. Ross Bekkering added 10 on 1-3 from the floor, 8-9 from the line and 10 boards. Josh Whyte scored 9 on 3-6 from the floor and 5 boards. Christian Upshaw added 8 on 3-8 from the floor, 2-4 from the line and 3 blocks. Jacob Doerksen scored 8 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 11 boards. Keenan Jeppesen added 6 on 2-7 from the floor, 2-4 from the line and 6 boards. Greg Surmacz added 5, Boris Bakovic 5, Dax Dessureault 4 and Josh Gibson-Bascombe 4, while David Collins and Phillip Nkrumah were scoreless. Canada shot 16-49 (.330) from the floor, 5-18 (.280) from the arc and 30-47 (.640) from the line, while garnering 57 boards, including 29 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 31 fouls, 24 turnovers, 8 steals and 7 blocks.

        Canada fell out of medal contention with an 89-81 loss to Israel. The Israelis took advantage of Canadian errors to overcome a 12-point deficit in the third quarter. Canada rebounded from early struggles and a nine-point Israeli lead to go up by a dozen early in the second half. “In the end, we had a couple breakdowns defensively and we relaxed,” said coach Chris O’Rourke. “We got up by 12 but they kept coming at us and they were finishing, but we weren’t finishing. When we were really good in this game was when we were moving to the rim and attacking and drawing fouls. We had a dry spell where we just didn’t do that, we settled for the jump shots, and we didn’t attack. That was our game plan: we had to attack.” Ross Bekkering, who registered his second consecutive double-double, said “we knew what we had to do to advance to the next round. We battled the whole game and had a good effort, but this loss is just really tough to handle. We expected to be in the running for a medal again, and it’s frustrating that we couldn’t get it done.” Canada’s struggles from the charity stripe continued, missing 12 free throws on the night, managing just 52 per cent in the game to bring their tournament total to an anemic 65 per cent. After giving up their 12-point lead in the third frame, Canada made a game of it despite never regaining the edge on the scoreboard. A 5-0 mini-run for Israel to open the fourth quarter put them up by six, but the Canadians responded immediately to bring it back within two points on a jumper from Gibson-Bascombe. With 82 seconds on the clock, Philip Nkrumah hit a long jump shot to make the score 82-81 in favour of Israel, but those would turn out to be Canada’s last points of the game as Israel converted on its free throws when Canada began to foul. “That was our best game of the tournament,” said O’Rourke. “Israel is an outstanding team, and it was by far the most consistent 40 minutes we’ve played. Unfortunately, it’s a cruel game sometimes. It was right in our grasp to move on, and we didn’t get it done.” Elishay Kadir paced Israel with 25 on 10-11 from the floor, 5-9 from the line and 9 boards. Gal Mekel added 20 on 5-10 from the floor and 9 boards. Youval Naimy added 17, Yogev Ohayon 9, Yonatan Nir 7, Boris Rothbasrt 5, Nitzan Hanochi 4 and Daniel Gur Arie 2, while Assaf Dori, Alexy Chubrevich, Avi Ben-Chimol and Ofir Farhi were scoreless. Israel shot 30-52 (.580) from the floor, 3-15 (.200) from the arc and 20-29 (.690) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 18 assists, 23 fouls, 15 turnovers, 6 steals and 1 block. Ross Bekkering paced Canada with 15 on 4-8 from the floor, 7-10 from the line and 11 boards. Josh Gibson-Bascombe added 11 on 5-7 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 4 boards. Phillip Nkrumah notched 10 on 3-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 8 boards and 3 steals. Chris Dyck scored 9 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 3 b boards. Jacob Doerksen added 8 on 4-8 from the floor, 4 boards and 4 steals. Greg Surmacz added 6, Christian Upshaw 6, along with 5 boards and 3 assists, David Collins 4, Josh Whyte 5, Keenan Jeppesen 4 and Dax Dessureault 2, along with 5 boards, while Boris Bakovic was scoreless. Canada shot 28-53 (.530) from the floor, 4-19 (.210) from the arc and 13-25 (.520) from the line, while garnering 46 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 7 assists, 25 fouls, 18 turnovers, 11 steals and 5 blocks.
        In the 9-12th consolations, Canada dusted Latvia 93-83. Latvia led 26-21 after one quarter. The score was knotted at 44 at the half and at 68 after three quarters. Ross Bekkering paced Canada with 18 on 8-14 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 12 boards. Chris Dyck added 14 on 3-6 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2-5 from the line, 3 boards and 4 assists. Josh Whyte added 14 on 3-7 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 assists. Boris Bakovic scored 10 on 5-8 from the floor and 3 boards. Joshua Gibson-Bascombe scored 10 on 3-4 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 6 boards and 4 steals. Jacob Doerksen scored 10 on 5-8 from the floor and 4 boards. Phillip Nkrumah scored 6 on 3-4 from the floor and 5 boards. Greg Surmacz added 4, David Collins 4 and Christian Upshaw 3, along with 5 assists. Keenan Jeppesen and Dax Dessureault were scoreless. Canada shot33-61 (.540) from the floor, 6-15 (.400) from the arc and 9-14 (.640) from the line, while garnering 46 boards, including 21 on the offensive glass, 21 assists, 19 fouls, 16 turnovers, 8 steals and 2 blocks. Arturs Strelnieks paced Latvia with 16. Arturs Berzins added 14, Oskars Ernsteins 13, Aigars Strelis 11, Edijs Slesers 9, Andris Justovic 7, Martins Kravcenko 6, Janis Lasmanis 4 and Gatis Gargazins 3, while Einars Tukiss was scoreless. Latvia shot 17-33 (.520) from the floor, 11-27 (.410) from the arc and 16-18 (.890) from the line, while garnering 25 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 12 assists, 15 fouls, 16 turnovers, 6 steals and 1 block.
        In the 9th place playoff, Canada stomped Finland 88-63 after leading 22-14, 39-32 and 55-46 at the quarters. Ross Bekkering paced Canada with 19 on 7-10 from the floor, 5-6 from the line and 9 boards. Josh Whyte added 14 on 4-7 from the floor and 2-2 from the arc. Josh Gibson-Bascombe added 10 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 5 boards, 3 steals and 3 assists. Boris Bakovic scored 9 on 3-5 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 5 boards. Chris Dyck notched 8 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 1-1 from the line. Jacob Doerksen scored 8 on 3-4 from the floor, 4 boards and 3 steals. Christian Upshaw scored 8 on 2-2 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 2 steals. Dax Dessureault scored 8 on 3-4 from the floor and 5 boards. Greg Surmacz added 3, David Collins 2 and Phillip Nkrumah 2, while Keenan Jeppesen was scoreless. Canada shot 28-47 (.600) from the floor, 7-18 (.650) from the arc and 11-17 (.650) from the line, while garnering 43 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 15 fouls, 12 turnovers, 12 steals and 2 blocks. Ville Makalainen led Finland with 20. Jari Vanttaja added 16, Juho Nenonen 9, Ilkka Vuori 7, Viljami Vanjoki 6, Kwamena Brace 3 and Petri Heinonen 2, while Vesa Makalainen, Anselmi Vanjoki, Euro Lehtinen, Eldar Skamon and Jarkko Kyllonen were scoreless. Finland shot 11-37 (.300) from the floor, 12-33 (.360) from the arc and 5-8 (.630) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 18 fouls, 16 turnovers, 7 steals and 1 block.