{"id":778905,"date":"2026-07-04T02:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T02:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/778905\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T02:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T02:32:15","slug":"gilgeous-alexander-scores-26-points-as-canada-routs-puerto-rico-110-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/778905\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilgeous-Alexander scores 26 points as Canada routs Puerto Rico 110-84"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wpRssService\/imageRedirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmapi.cp.org%2Fasset-photos%2F5318028f-740e-4609-a0b9-2b54dd4e6242%2Fe078a10e9bbd368a28e86b49d7ff04ec8f5965c5c5619cb3abbb31dc5b5a216c.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Canada&#8217;s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) drives the ball past Puerto Rico&#8217;s Jezreel De Jesus (2) during first half FIBA World Cup qualification action in Hamilton on Friday, July 3, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Nick Iwanyshyn<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 3, 2026 | 7:01 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>HAMILTON \u2014 Two-time NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led all scorers with 26 points as Canada led from whistle-to-whistle in a 110-84 win over Puerto Rico on Friday in a FIBA Americas World Cup qualifying game.<\/p>\n<p>Chants of \u201cM-V-P!\u201d rained down on Gilgeous-Alexander at TD Coliseum in his hometown of Hamilton as he added four assists and three rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Nembhard scored 23 points with four assists and four rebounds as Canada (5-0) led by as many as 26 points.<\/p>\n<p>Ismael Romero led Puerto Rico (1-4) with 17 points. Enrique Freeman had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) drives the ball past Puerto Rico&#8217;s Jezreel De Jesus (2) during first half FIBA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-778905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}