EuroBasket 2022: Serbia victorious

Friday, 02. September 2022 at 22:47

In Friday’s EuroBasket 2022 games, Serbia have prevailed over the Netherlands, while Croatia suffered a defeat by Greece.

(Photo: FIBA)

Croatia faced Greece in Group C of the tournament in Milan and after an almost achieved major comeback, they failed in the end to take advantage of their excellent second half performance to top the Greeks. Croatia were down by 16 points at halftime, but had a chance to tie the game in the very finish. However, the major comeback was not completed and Greece celebrated an 89:85 win in the end. For Croatia, Jaleen Smith was atop of the list of scorers as he had 23 points. Bojan Bogdanović came second with 19.

In Group D, Serbia have prevailed over the Netherlands in Prague Arena. Even though the Netherlands have fought bravely throughout the game and offered a fair resistance, Serbia stormed past them to grab a convincing win with the final score of 100:76. For the winning side Nikola Jokić led the way in scoring with 29 points, while Vanja Marinković added 18.

EuroBasket 2022 Group Stage, Group C, Round 1, Friday, 2 September 2022:

Croatia – GREECE 85:89 (16:24, 14:22, 32:24, 23:19)
Smith 23, Bogdanović 19 | G. Antetokounmpo & Dorsey 27.

Group D:

SERBIA – Netherlands 100:76 (31:21, 20:17, 24:23, 25:15)
Jokić 19, Marinković 18 | De Jong 28, Van der Vuurst de Vries 11.
 

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