ROUNDUP | Saturday's other games

Sunday, August 20, 2006 Group A Lebanon 82, Venezuela 72 Fadi El Khatib scored 35 points, and Joseph Vogel added 26 for Lebanon, which lost all five games and finished last in the 2002 world championships. Tomas Aguilera led Venezuela, which was 6-for-27 from 3-point range, with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Nigeria 82, Serbia-Montenegro 75 Ime Udoka scored 18 points, and Josh Akognon hit a 3-pointer that gave Nigeria a 74-66 lead with three minutes to play in the upset of the defending champions. Igor Rackocevic had 20 points for Serbia-Montenegro. Argentina 80, France 70 Manu Ginobili scored 25 points, and Andres Nocioni added 18 to lead the defending Olympic gold medalists. France closed within 73-66, but Ginobili sealed the win with a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left. Florent Pietrus had 15 points for France. Group B Germany 81, Japan 70 Dirk Nowitzki had 27 points and 10 rebounds to lead Germany, the 2002 bronze medalists, which led 50-37 at halftime and finished the game with a 45-24 rebound advantage. Kei Igarashi had 13 points for Japan. Angola 83, Panama 70 Carlos Almeida scored all but two of 22 points in the second half for Angola, which closed the third quarter with a 20-4 run. Ruben Douglas led Panama with 17 points. Spain 86, New Zealand 70 Pau Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro and Jorge Garbajosa scored 16 points each to lead Spain. Navarro shook off a slow start by scoring seven points in the final 5 1/2 minutes of the third quarter when Spain took a 68-48 lead. Group C Australia 83, Brazil 77 Mark Worthington scored 23 points for Australia, which trailed 62-61 before closing with a 22-point fourth quarter. Leandro Barbosa led Brazil with 18 points. Greece 84, Qatar 64 Dimos Ntikoudis scored 26 points for Greece, which trailed 18-7 after the first quarter but rallied to take a 38-31 halftime lead. Turki Ali scored 17 points for Qatar. Turkey 76, Lithuania 74 Ender Arslan made two free throws with 17 seconds left to give Turkey a 76-74 lead, and Giedrius Gustas of Lithuania missed a possible tying jumper at the buzzer. Ibrahim Kutulay had 16 points to lead four Turkey players in double figures. Group D Slovenia 96, Senegal 79 Bostjan Nachbar scored 17 points for Slovenia in its first appearance in the world championships. Slovenia led 32-15 after the first quarter. Jules Aw scored 18 points for Senegal. Italy 84, China 69 Gianluca Basile scored 27 points for Italy, which made 13 3-pointers, eight in the second half. Yao Ming, seeing his first significant action since surgery for a broken foot in April, had 30 points on 12-for-17 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds for China. Associated Press Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.