Iceland finishes up beating Turkiye 96-95
Almar 21pts, 3-8 from 3-pt, 13 rebounds, 2 asst, 1 steal, 2 blocks
Turkiye’s big man launched a desperation heave at the final buzzer for 3 points but they unfortunately needed 4.
Almar’s 3-pt play with 5 seconds to go was the game winner.
Turkiye made a furious run from 12 pts down in the final 3 minutes, but Iceland held on for 12th place.
Italy beat Israel 69-58 to take 9th place
Timoty van der Knaap played almost 12 min, scored 4 pts, 2 Reb, 1 asst, 1steal
one more note
Malevy Leons played well in his summer league game last night,
11 pts, 7 Reb, 3 blocks, 3 steals in 29 min in a starting role,
as the Thunder beat the Mavericks 88-79