OKLAHOMA CITY (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Argentina's Luis Scola started and played just 22 seconds for the Houston Rockets at Oklahoma City on Sunday before getting hit in the eye and leaving the game.

The power forward suffered a bad cut to his eyelid and required seven stitches.

The injury happened when Etan Thomas dunked with his right hand and inadvertently hit Scola with his left.

Scola’s injury opened the door for Australia's David Andersen to play a career-high 29 minutes. He scored 12 points and corralled eight rebounds in Houston's 100-91 triumph.

Scola and Andersen will represent their countries at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey next year.

Here is how some of the other leading international players fared over the weekend.

Greece

• Theo Papaloukas - The Greece veteran made all four of his shots from long range and scored 20 points to lead Olympiacos to an 87-76 victory over Panathinaikos in Greece's top flight. Papaloukas didn't play for his national team this summer but could represent his country in Turkey.
• Konstantinos Vasileiadis - The Xacobeo Blu:sens guard had 23 points but it wasn't enough to overcome Valencia, who won the ACB game 79-73.

Croatia

• Marko Tomas - The Cibona shooting guard poured in 18 points in his team's 113-76 drubbing of Zagreb in the Adriatic League. Cibona improved to a league best 9-1 in the competition.

Russia

• Viktor Khryapa - The Russia power forward had 11 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and four steals to help CSKA win 81-73 at Dynamo Moscow in Russia’s top flight.
• Sergey Monya - The Russia sharpshooter scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for Dynamo in their defeat.

Spain

• Sergio Rodriguez - The Sacramento Kings playmaker has thrust himself back into contention for a place in the Spain squad after moving to the Kings in the summer. Sunday's performance was his best to date. Rodriguez poured in a career-high 24 points and handed out five assists to help the surprising Kings beat New Orleans 112-96. Rodriguez was left out of the Spain squad the past two summers due to a lack of playing time with former club Portland.
• Marc Gasol - The Memphis Grizzlies center continued his all-star caliber season with 26 points on 13 of 18 shooting from the floor but the team blew a 20-point advantage and lost to the Los Angeles Clippers, 98-88. Gasol, 24, whose career began to take off when Spain made him a late addition to their squad for the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan, is shooting an NBA-best 63.3% from the floor.
• Pau Gasol - In his fifth game of the season with the Los Angeles Lakers, Pau Gasol had 20 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in a 106-87 victory over New Jersey.
• Jose Calderon - The Toronto Raptors point guard played 32 minutes and was just one of seven from the floor and scored two points in Toronto's 113-94 defeat at home to Phoenix.

Slovenia

• Beno Udrih - The Sacramento playmaker came off the bench and scored 13 points while also coming up with three steals in the Kings’ win over New Orleans.

France

• Tony Parker - The France playmaker had 16 points and eight assists in San Antonio's 96-87 win over Philadelphia. The Spurs, due in part to injuries to key players like Parker and Manu Ginobili, endured a dismal start to the season but have now won five games in a row.

Argentina

• Manu Ginobili - Batman played 17 minutes and scored eight points for the Spurs in their triumph over Philadelphia.
• Andres Nocioni - The Sacramento Kings forward played 20 minutes and scored 13 points to help the Kings improve to 8-8.

Canada

• Matt Bonner - The future Canada big man had 16 points and five rebounds in 21 minutes off the bench for San Antonio.

Team USA

• Chris Bosh - The Toronto Raptors center had 30 points and 17 rebounds in their defeat to Phoenix.
• Dwight Howard - The Orlando Magic center poured in 24 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in a 114-102 win at the New York Knicks.

Brazil

• Leandro Barbosa - The Phoenix shooting guard had 17 points in 15 minutes off the bench in their win at Toronto.

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