Two Dominican-Americans have gained lots of satisfaction after the national basketball team reached its goal. The team defeated Jordan and Germany to move up to the second round as one of 16 teams to make it of the 32 teams that are competing in the FIBA World Cup in China.
In reporting on the games, FIBA highlighted how while Ronald Roberts and Dagoberto Peña are playing with the team for the first time, they carry with them lots of Dominican sports family history.
The players were key in the two victories of the Dominican team against Jordan and Germany. Germany was playing with three NBA players, the DR team has none.
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FIBA Germany vs DR game highlights
4 September 2019