Russia beats Greece, advances at basketball worlds
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Timofey Mozgov scored 18 points Thursday as Russia defeated Greece 73-69 to advance to the knockout round of the world championship.
Russia (4-1) finished second in Group C behind Turkey. China also reached the next round in Istanbul on points differential ahead of Ivory Coast and Puerto Rico.
Andrey Vorontsevich's dunk with 4 seconds to go in the third quarter increased Russia's lead to 16 points. The game was tied 30-30 at halftime.
Sofoklis Schortsanitis scored 16 points for Greece (3-2), after having missed two games because of a suspension following a brawl with Serbia.
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