Worlds. Third day. It was difficult but our team won

In the third match of group stage in Worlds Russian team could win the game with  Cote d'Ivoire - 72:66. The representatives of this team made many problems to Blatt's players. Though we can say that our team made problems itself. Russia had 12, 13 and 14-points advantage during the game but our team could loose such advantage. Even the score became equal in the third quater. Finally Russia could win 6 points. And result now is the most important.
Anton Ponkrashov was in the starting five. He took 4 points, made 3 assists and 2 rebounds for 20 minutes. Evgeny Kolesnikov played 10 minutes and made 3 rebounds and block shot.
A day earlier Slovenia had their third game in Worlds. The team of Miha Zupan beat Croatia - 91:84. Our player took 8 points and made 4 rebounds for 16 minutes.