Germany won against Australia (85-82) the clash of group E, between two of the candidates for the podium of the World Basketball, Sunday in Okinawa (Japan). With this second success in two matches, Dennis Schröder’s “Mannschaft” (30 pts) almost validated its ticket for the second round before concluding the first Tuesday against Finland. She would even qualify on Sunday if the Finns lose against Japan.
Australia had possession to win 23 seconds from time (82-83), played surprisingly enough without Josh Giddey who had yet scored the last five points for his team.
But the “Boomers” lost the ball, allowing Maodo Lô to widen the gap before Giddey, who came into play, attempted a shot from his half of the field with 1 sec 5/10e remaining to play. An unsuccessful attempt on which the Australians claimed in vain for a foul not whistled.
In Manila in Group A, the Dominican Republic surprised Italy (87-82) with 48 points from the duo of Karl-Anthony Towns and Andres Feliz (24 each). She too is very close to the second round, which she will definitely see if the Philippines beat Angola.
