The Dominican Republic plays Bahamas on Monday, 2 July 2018 at 8pm at the Palacio de los Deportes in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center in Santo Domingo. The games are part of the qualifying rounds for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019.
The Dominican Republic and Canada are in Group D at 4 wins and 1 loss each. Canada is ahead by points. There is just one game left in the first round for the teams. Other teams in the group are: Bahamas and the US Virgin Islands.
Last Friday, 29 June, the Dominican team had lost to Canada 97-61. As does Canada, the Dominican Republic now has a record of 4 wins and one loss. In a previous match against Canada played in Santiago, Dominican Republic, the Dominican Republic defeated the Canadians 88-76. For the 2 July game, the Canadians took no chances. The Canadian squad was made up of five NBA players, to ensure they would win. The Dominican Republic had zero NBAers. NBA players for Canada were Khem Birch (Orlando), Cory Joseph (Indiana), Dillon Brooks (Memphis), Kelly Olynyk (Miami), and Dwight Powell (Dallas). Also notable on the Canadian team was teenage basketball star R.J. Barrett.
The tournament is structured so that each team faces the other three teams on a home and away basis, with the top three teams from each group advancing to the second round.
The FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 in China (31 August-15 September 2019) is the biggest edition of FIBA’s flagship event with a record 32 participating teams playing 92 games over 16 days. For the first time, the FIBA Basketball World Cup will qualify 7 teams directly for the following year’s Olympic Games.
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2 July 2018
