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FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers: Latvia beats Great Britain, Israel loses to Sweden

The second match of the FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers has concluded. Let’s get to the results involving Washington Wizards players.

Porzingis leads Latvia to an 87-80 win over Great Britain

Kristaps Porzingis scored 29 points on 9-of-12 shooting and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead the Latvians to a second victory on Sunday vs. Great Britain. Rihards Lomazs added 16 points off the bench, but shot just 3-of-12 from the field.

The Latvians never led by double digits and were tied 73-all with 5 minutes remaining, but scored four points in the last 1:28 of the game including a dunk that made the score 85-80 with just 55 seconds left.