Croatia down Brazil, Bogdanović scores 33!

Thursday, 11. August 2016 at 21:42

Bojan Bogdanović led his Croatia to the 2nd win at the Rio 2016 basketball tournament!

Bojan Bogdanović led his Croatia to the 2nd win at the Rio 2016 basketball tournament!

Another triumph! After they defeated Spain in the opening round of the Olympic tournament, Croatia defeated hosts Brazil as well and made a huge step toward the knockout stage! The absolute hero of the winning team was Bojan Bogdanović, who was simply superb this Thursday!

Croatian basketball star scored 33 points (!!!), while he also had 6 rebounds and 3 assists! Brilliant!

Bogdanović and šarić made two key three-pointers in the finish of the match and pushed their team to 75:66 lead. Croatia managed to stay in front until the end and to score very important victory.

Olympic Basketball Tournament, Group B, Round 3, Thursday, 11.8. 2016:

Brazil - CROATIA 76:80 (17:19, 14:22, 19:18, 26:21)
Barbosa 16, Marquinhos 12; Bogdanović 33, šarić 15.

Standings:
TEAM
WINS
DEFEATS
POINTS
Croatia 2 1 5
Argentina 2 0 4
Lithuania 2 0 4
Brazil 1 2 4
Spain
0 2 2
Nigeria
0 2 2

(Photo: FIBA)


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