Egypt won its second straight game at the FIBA World Cup — after 29 years without a win, beating Jordan, 85-69, Manila Thursday night in the Cup’s classification round. The win strengthened Egypt’s chances for an automatic Olympic bid.
Patrick Gardner, the Nets training camp invite who had scored 33 points in his last two games, saw limited minutes and wound up registering only two points. Meanwhile, former Net Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, playing on a Jordanian passport, did not sit in 40-minute contest, but scored only nine points on six shots, troubled by what was described as an ankle sprain.