SENDAI, Japan _ Luis Scola scored 22 points and Argentina rallied for an 83-79 win over Serbia and Montenegro to finish group play unbeaten at the basketball world championship.

Serbia-Montenegro, the tournament's defending champion, took a 66-61 advantage into the final period but couldn't hold the lead.

Carlos Delfino of the Detroit Pistons hit back-to-back 3 pointers to tie the game 74-74 with six minutes left.

Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs gave Argentina (5-0) an 80-77 lead on a pair of free throws with 1 minute left.

After a Juan Sanchez free throw, Igor Rakocevic scored a layup to make it 81-79 but Ruben Wolkowyski hit a pair from the foul line in the final seconds to seal the win for the Olympic champions.

Rakocevic led Serbia-Montenegro with 25 points. Darko Milicic of the Orlando Magic added 24.

Argentina had already wrapped up first place in Group A and will face the fourth-placed team in Group B in the second round on Saturday.

Serbia-Montenegro dropped to 2-3 but is virtually assured of a place in the second round. Based on the remaining Group A games, they could finish as low as fourth.

Serbia-Montenegro won the 2002 world championships in Indianapolis playing as Yugoslavia. Dragan Sakota arrived in Japan with a young team that features 11 new players.