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Italy and Serbia cruised into the championship games of Olympic Qualifying Tournaments on Friday, moving a win away from a place in the basketball field in Rio.Danilo Gallinari of the Denver Nuggets scored 15 points as the Italians beat Mexico 79-54 in Turin. They will face Croatia, which knocked off Greece, in Saturdays final.Italy hasnt reached the Olympics since winning a silver medal in 2004.Bogdan Bogdanovic had 21 points and eight rebounds, Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic added 19 points and eight boards, and Serbia routed the Czech Republic 96-72.The Serbians, who won a silver medal two years ago in the Basketball World Cup, will host Puerto Rico on Saturday in Belgrade.The three qualifying tournaments are determining the final three spots in the Olympics. The semifinals in Manila, Philippines, are Saturday, when France meets Turkey and Canada plays New Zealand.A look at Fridays four games:TURIN, ITALYCROATIA 66, GREECE 61Bojan Bogdanovic of the Brooklyn Nets scored 20 points and Croatia shut down Greece star Giannis Antetokounmpo in the first semifinal.Dario Saric, a former lottery pick of the Philadelphia 76ers, added 16 points and eight rebounds.Antetokounmpo, the rising Milwaukee Bucks star, was held to nine points. He missed all seven 3-point attempts and finished 3 for 14 from the field.ITALY 79, MEXICO 54Nicolo Melli scored 14 points for the Italians, who got 12 from Marco Belinelli, recently traded to the Charlotte Hornets.Italys victory set up a rematch with Croatia, which it beat 67-60 in group play.Francisco Cruz scored 20 points for Mexico, which played the tournament without top big man Gustavo Ayon.BELGRADE, SERBIAPUERTO RICO 77, LATVIA 70Renaldo Balkman had a tiebreaking follow shot with 1:08 left as the Puerto Ricans ousted previously unbeaten Latvia.John Holland scored 15 points and former NBA guard Carlos Arroyo had 14 for Puerto Rico, making a 3-pointer that provided a five-point lead with 35 seconds remaining. Backcourt mate J.J. Barea of the Dallas Mavericks also finished with 14 points.Jannis Timma led Latvia with 16 points.SERBIA 96, CZECH REPUBLIC 72Milos Teodosic scored 14 of his 16 points in the third quarter, helping Serbia outscore the Czechs 51-36 in the second half. The star guard added six assists and three steals as Serbia shot nearly 55 percent.Tomas Satoransky had 14 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Czech Republic. Jan Vesely chipped in 12 points.Blackhawks Jerseys 2020 . 8 Kansas to a 64-63 win over Texas Tech on Tuesday night. The freshman from Vaughan, Ont. Blackhawks Jerseys China .1 million pounds ($61.2 million) on Saturday, giving the beleaguered English Premier League champions a major lift. https://www.cheapblackhawks.com/ .C. -- Kemba Walker and the Charlotte Bobcats got off to a fast start, and the Sacramento Kings were never quite able to catch up. Chicago Blackhawks Store Stitched Blackhawks Jerseys .ca! Hi Kerry, Heres an interesting one. I know its common knowledge that all players are responsible for their sticks. We witnessed that when Zack Kassian hit Edmontons Sam Gagner in the face after a missed check.EAST LANSING, Mich. -- If Mark Dantonio needs help explaining to his team how costly penalties can be, all he needs to do is bring up the last time Michigan State faced Notre Dame.The Spartans lost 17-13 in 2013 in what ended up being their only defeat that season. It happened in large part because Michigan State was flagged 10 times for 115 yards. Now the 12th-ranked Spartans take on the Irish again this weekend -- and Michigan State is trying to clean up many of the same problems with penalties after a sloppy season opener.Coach `D was not happy at all, defensive back Demetrious Cox said. Over the bye week we did a lot of disciplinary things.Michigan State had plenty to work on during its open week on the schedule after a 28-13 win over Furman on Sept. 2. The Spartans were penalized 10 times for 120 yards against the FCS opponent -- not exactly the type of discipline theyll need against tougher competition.It was quite a variety of infractions. Michigan State was called for holding four times and pass interference twice. Throw in three personal fouls, and the Spartans gave away a lot of yards in a game they were expected to win handily.I think offensively speaking, we halted two of our drives when we were driving the ball and everything and we felt that we would have gone down and scored if we didnt have a 10- or 15-yard penalty, quarterback Tyler OConnor said.The 2013 game at Notre Dame was even worse, since the penalties led to a loss that ultimately kept the Spartans from a possible national title shot.In that defeat three years ago, Michiigan State was called for pass interference four times.dddddddddddd Notre Dame had 14 first downs in that game, and half of them came via penalties.The Irish certainly werent shy about testing Michigan State deep that day.Twenty times, Dantonio said Tuesday.It may have felt like even more at the time.From my perspective, we made plays. You know, flags came out a little bit, but from my perspective, we made plays on the ball, Dantonio said. Sometimes those are bang-bang type situations where youre trying to -- everybodys trying to do the right thing, so not looking backward. But at the same time, regardless of what happens, you need to move on and play the next play. I think thats the most important thing.Michigan State will have another shot against the 18th-ranked Irish on Saturday, but although the 2013 game against Notre Dame stung, the more recent concern is the performance against Furman. The Spartans have had plenty of time to address the problems they had that night, when they underwhelmed amid all those penalty flags. OConnor noticed that the penalties seemed similar, in a way.They werent mental errors. They werent jumping offsides, delay of games, illegal formations or things like that, OConnor said. They were more technique and kind of just being dumb. I think we had a late hit maybe and a couple holding penalties. So whether thats technique or getting used to how the refs are calling the game, Im not sure. 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