FIBA World Cup 2014 Results: Scores, Updated Bracket and Day 9 Highlights

September 9th, 2014 by donald wood Leave a reply »

The 2014 FIBA World Cup of Basketball has reached the quarterfinals. After weeks of group play and the round of 16, the last eight teams remaining will fight for the chance to advance to the semifinals.   

With Lithuania taking on Turkey in the first game of the day and Team USA battling Slovenia, basketball fans understand the caliber of competition at the international level. Even casual NBA fans can’t help but be sucked into the action.

Here are the Day 9 scores and highlights. The full updated tournament bracket can be viewed at FIBA.com.



*Scores via FIBA.com.

 

Day 9 Results and Highlights



The quarterfinals kicked off with a bang on Tuesday when Lithuania defeated Turkey, 76-61.

Lithuania has been playing well since struggling at times in the group stage and it has paid off with big wins in elimination games. Led by the 19 points from Renaldas Seibutis, 13 points from Martynas Pocius and 12 points from Jonas Valanciunas, the Lithuanians were able to cruise to a decisive victory.



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