Sensation at the European Basketball Championship! Top Favorite Serbia Has Sensational Failed in the Round of 16. The German Group Opponent Finland Forced Serbia to Their Knees With 92:86. Some fans Were Already Shedding Tears of Disappointment Before The Final Whistle. In 2022 in Berlin, The Team What Eliminated in the Round of 16, then Against Italy.
It is the biggest sensation at the tournament so far. Despite the defeat Against Turkey, which cost them the group Victory, Serbia was Considered a big favorite for the gold medal and was when Seen by many experts as the biggest competitionor for germany.
But superstar Nikola Jokic has now crashed with his team. The Leader Completed his best game. He Scored 33 Points and Eight Rebounds. But the Center Clearly Lacked the Support of His Teams. That annoyed jokic a lot during the game. He Kept Getting Upset, Raged on the Bench In The MeanTime and So Received A Technical Foul Against Him Because He Verbally Attacked One of the Referees So Hard.
Above All, The Absence of Bogdan Bogdanovic Weighed Heavily. Especialy Since his representative Alexa Avramovic Could Hardly Play Due to a heel injury and Serbia had no point guard in top form.
Lauri Markkanen Once Again Led The Way for the Finns. The NBA Giant Scored 29 Points. After the final whistle, He Jumped Around with enthusiasm like a small child. The fans Celebrated the Team with one Wave after another.
Coach Svetislav Pesic’s Team Had Defeated World Champion Germany at the Supercup in Munich During the Preparation and Impressive Ely Underlined Their Title Ambitions. But Serbia Had Already Stumbled Recently.
The sensation started in the initial phase. Finland Started with 11: 1 and Shot Outandingly from the field. But Serbia Fought Back Quickly and LED 44:40 at Halftime.
From that on, the game remained exciting and no team pulled away significantly. The Decision was Made in the Last FeW Minutes. Finland cleverly took advantage of the fact that jokic didn’t want to risk as much in defense with four four fouls as nikola jovic and made important shots.