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 SAITAMA, Japan (AP) - Turkey coach Bogdan Tanjevic had an easy explanation for his team's sudden success from 3-point range. "It comes from desire. The players can see it with their eyes," he said, moving his wrist and hand as if he were shooting a basketball and focusing his eyes on a distant target. "The player believes, he sees it with eyes. It is just desire." Turkey went 5-for-5 from 3-point range over the final 4:22 and beat Slovenia 90-84 on Saturday in the second round of the FIBA world championships.
Serkan Erdogan had 24 points, including two of those 3-pointers, for Turkey (5-1), which will play Argentina (6-0) in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. Argentina, which finished second in the 2002 worlds and won the Olympic gold medal in Athens, beat New Zealand 79-62 on Saturday.
Engin Atsur, who played at North Carolina State last season, also had two of the 3s in the closing run — his only points of the game.
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