Juancho Hernangomez led Spain with 16 points, Ricky Rubio added 15 and Llull finished with 11 to compensate a poor performance by Toronto Raptors center Marc Gasol, who scored two points after hitting just one of six shots. The lead changed hands time and again in a rollercoaster contest before Spain engineered a decisive 10-0 run late in the game which turned a four-point deficit into a 62-56 lead. These boxers would later be featured in the GameCube -exclusive Knockout Kings 2003. Italy made a bright start as they raced into a 15-5 lead but then started to struggle in offence while Real Madrid guard Sergio Llull came off the bench to reinvigorate the Spaniards. Unlike Knockout Kings 2001 before it, the game forgoes female boxers, instead featuring some fictional boxers including, but not limited to, Henri Tibualt, Joe Giere, Kazahiro Arikawa, Tyler Brooks, Pete Donohue, and Lawrence O'Toole. It will be tough against Spain (in the next game) as always but we are looking forward to the challenge." "We took Puerto Rico seriously and played at full throttle from start to finish," Marjanovic told Serbian television. Serbia's top scorer in the competition Bogdan Bogdanovic netted a mere five points but his Sacramento Kings team mate Nemanja Bjelica nailed 18, Boban Marjanovic added 16 and Nikola Jokic chipped in with 14 and 10 rebounds. The Serbians collected 48 rebounds to Puerto Rico's 26 and dished out 30 team assists while their rivals only managed 11 against an ironclad defense.
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