Donovan Mitchell celebrated his 23rd birthday on Saturday. His USA teammates chipped in to gift him a 69-53 victory over Greece in the FIBA World Cup tournament.
Then again, maybe it wasn’t all that special a present, considering Utah Jazz teammates Rudy Gobert and Joe Ingles didn’t have birthdays this weekend, but were nevertheless recipients of FIBA victories as well.
With Gobert and France hanging on for a 78-75 win over Lithuania, and Ingles and Australia outlasting the Dominican Republic 82-76, the three Jazz players’ teams are now a combined 12-0 in World Cup play, and have each guaranteed themselves a spot in the eight-team quarterfinals.