Serbian proud of his basketball team once again. After more than five years of unsuccessful results in major competitions, he returns to the semi-finals of the World Cup in Manila and tries to take part in the Paris Games. A resounding victory Lithuania It marked the classification of (68-87), one of the revelations of the tournament. its players In the middle of the pitch, they celebrated with their supporters chanting the name of Casademont Zaragoza’s player, Borisa Simanic. Person who had to be evicted and lost a kidney after receiving an accidental blow in a match South Sudan.

“We got a message from Simanic the previous time,” he explained. bogdanovic in the press room. “He was telling us I was fine. Keep it up. It gave us extra energy to play.”

Bogdanovic, with 21 points and PetrusevThey were the heroes of the quarterfinal victory with 17 points. However Svetislav Pesic He was responsible for taking her back to the gates of success. 74 year old coach new sad continues to make history and silence his critics who claim that his screenplay is already out of date. apparently in front Lithuania, what it has completely disconnected is more current than ever.

Lithuania, Closing the second stage of the tournament with a surprising win UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, it was diluted until it ended in its disappearance against a strong opponent, which showed that it had many important sources from its defining profile. Bogdan BogdanovicAtlanta Hawks player overcoming defensive seriousness Milutinov, Olympiakos’ new player, even his daredevil Petrusev, R.He recently signed with the Sixers and hit hard from the outside. Serbia dominated every aspect of the game. He was more physical, inspired by the three-pointer (41%) but overwhelmed by the paint (48 of 87) and added 17 points on the fast break.

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I just stood Lithuania in the first half it felt like the game could compete hand in hand. valanciunasbass player for the New Orleans Pelicans sedekerskies and also Barcelona jokubaitis But the 25-24 first quarter was just a mirage.

From then on, there was only one team on the field that grew with excellent playing time. Bogdanovic from two Jovic and Petrusev and good collective work from the whole bench. Lithuania, on the other hand, completely disappeared without showing any of the virtues that carried it to the quarter-finals.

valanciunasThe player who scored seven points in the first quarter added just four more for the remainder of the game. none Sederkerskis and Jokubaitis Disconnected from Serbia’s defense, he managed to wake up. eurobasket 2017 He is not on the podium at major events and has managed to play in the 2014 Madrid World Cup final against the USA.

Lithuania: Jokubaitis (13), Normantas (8), Brazdeikis (11), Sedekerskis (14), Valanciunas (11) -starting five- Kuzminskas (6), Motiejunas (2), Bendzius (), Karinauskas (-), Dimsa (3 ) ), Sirvydis (3), Maldunas (-)

9 out of 28 trios (Sedekerskis, Jokubaitis, 2), 28 rebounds, 8 offenses (Sedekerskis, 9), 21 assists (Jokubaitis, 9)

Serbia: N. Jovic (8), Dobric (-), S. Jovic (11), Bogdanovic (21), Milutinov () –top five- Petrusev (17), Marinkovic (1), Ristic (1), Guduric (9) , Davidovac (2),

9 out of 22 trios (Petrusev, 3), 33 rebounds, 9 offenses (Petrusev, 6), 24 assists (Gurudic, 6)

Partial: 25-24; 13-25; 17-24; 13-14