Highlights: Canada finishes 2nd in group after 112-92 win over Puerto Rico
(photo: Ernesto Pérez M./FIBA Americas/Imago7)
The Canadian National team are now in the knockout stages of the 2015 FIBA Americas, finishing second in their group after a 112-92 win over Puerto Rico Friday.
Andrew Wiggins led Canada with 19 points, leading the team in scoring for the third out of four games. This game would have been a match-up against Trail Blazers forward Moe Harkless, but he was forced to pull out from the tournament because of an ankle injury.
Canada lost their opener to Argentina, whom they will be avoiding in the knockout stages of the tournament.
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Here’s their schedule for the knockout round, which begins on Sunday, if you want to follow Blazers assistant Jay Triano and Canada head coach lead the team. Blazers assistant David Vanterpool is part of Triano’s staff for the summer.
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You can watch all the games on YouTube or, if you’re an ESPN subscriber, you can watch the games on WatchESPN.
Erik Gundersen
Erik Gundersen is the Trail Blazers beat reporter for The Columbian. He's a graduate of the Allen School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon in addition earning a degree in Spanish. He's covered the NBA for four seasons. You can also occasionally find his work on ESPN.com's NBA section for their TrueCities series. He also fist-bumped with Kanye West once. Follow @BlazerBanter on twitter for more Blazers and NBA news.