Argentina vs. Croatia: Live Score and Highlights for FIBA World Cup 2014

August 30th, 2014 by John Dorn Leave a reply »
FIBA World Cup action continues Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET when two Group B teams meet in Sevilla, Spain. Coming off wins in their first matchups, Argentina and Croatia face off on Day 2 of the group phase. 

For the Argentines, Luis Scola of the Indiana Pacers and Pablo Prigioni of the New York Knicks are the lone NBA competitors on the team. Croatia boasts several young players that have NBA futures in Pacers rookie Damjan Rudez, Nets rookie Bojan Bogdanovic and Philadelphia 76ers draft pick Dario Saric. 

In Argentina's first game, a 98-75 win against Puerto Rico, Scola led the team in scoring with 20 points. Prigioni notched 10 assists, and former NBA role player Andres Nocioni grabbed 11 rebounds. 

Croatia escaped with a narrow victory in its first contest against the Philippines. Bogdanovic scored 26, and 7'1" center Ante Tomic grabbed 11 boards, fending off Andray Blatche's 28 points and 12 rebounds. 

It'll be particularly interesting to see if the 37-year-old Prigioni can keep up his high level of play on the second end of a back-to-back. He contributed nine points to go along with his 10 assists Saturday ov ...

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