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Nikola Jokic & Juancho Hernangomez Help Teams Stay Perfect In FIBA World Cup

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DENVER (CBS4) - The first round of the games in the FIBA World Cup went well for two Denver Nuggets stars.

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Serbia's Nikola Jokic (C) passes the ball during the Basketball World Cup Group D game between Serbia and Philippines in Foshan on September 2, 2019. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu / AFP) (Photo credit should read YE AUNG THU/AFP/Getty Images)

Nikola Jokic helped Serbia to a dominant 126-67 win over the Philippines. Jokic scored 11 points with seven rebounds and seven assists off the bench. Serbia improves to 2-0 in first round play and will play Italy on Wednesday.

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Spain's Juan Hernangomez (C) dunks the ball during the Basketball World Cup Group C game between Puerto Rico and Spain in Guangzhou on September 2, 2019. (Photo by Nicolas ASFOURI / AFP) (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

Juancho Hernangomez scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds as Spain beat Puerto Rico 73-63. Spain also improves to 2-0 and will play Iran on Wednesday.

Nuggets center Mason Plumlee and the United States basketball team will play Turkey on Tuesday.

First published on September 2, 2019 / 3:36 PM MDT

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