Semifinal, 1998 FIBA World Cup
August 8, 1998 · Athens / Piraeus, Greece
Semifinal, 1998 FIBA World Cup: Russia 66–64 USA, at Athens / Piraeus, Greece on August 8, 1998.
A genuine knockout semifinal between the two quarterfinal-round survivors from each side of the bracket.
Top performers
| Russia — top performers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | PTS | REB | AST |
| Serguei Babkov | 30 | 1 | 1 |
| Vasily Karasev | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| Sergey Panov | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Mikhail Mikhaylov | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| Igor Kudelin | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Zakhar Pashutin | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Evgeny Kisurin | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Valeri Tikhonenko | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitri Domani | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vitaly Nosov | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| USA — top performers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | PTS | REB | AST |
| Gerard King | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| Jimmy Oliver | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| Jimmy King | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Sasser | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| David Wood | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrew Amaya | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Hawkins | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Wendell Alexis | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Brad Miller | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Kiwane Garris | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Trajan Langdon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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