A bestial Jokic saves Serbia against Latvia

In a big day for Eurobasketwith all the participating selections in Liza in 12 exciting matchesthe day was opened by one of the main dishes of the day, the meeting that has faced The undefeated Lithuania and Germany in which the current world champions have crushed the Baltic (88-107). And another of the star matches was the one they played Latvia and Serbia And that concluded with a hurry triumph of the Balcanics (80-84).

Letonia 80-84 Serbia

Serbia won with more difficulties than expected a Letonia (80-84) And he reaffirmed his leadership of group A in an encounter with lights and shadows and ended up opting on his side Thanks to the omnipresent Nikola Jokicto which your coach, Svetislav Pesiche rescued from the bench just over seven minutes to the end when the Baltic had risen to their beards and threatened to take command of the party (70-63).

The pivot of the Denver Nuggets And Great Star of Serbia was already carrying at that time 28 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 robberies. And in the seven minutes they subtracted he assumed responsibility signing 11 points, 3 rebounds and more assistance to approach triple-doble (39+10+4) and tie the triumph of his team.

Serbia, who could not count on the injured Bogdan Bogdanovic (With a muscular problem in an hamstring), it was not this time the summary that usually. On Jokic's margin only Petrusev (12+4+1) y Guduric (11+5+5) reached the approved.

And by Latvia the most prominent were Davis Bertans (16+10), Kristaps Porzingis (14+6+2+3 caps) and Richard romsz (13+4+4). But in the final moments, when they had the comeback to shooting, they stood in attack and were not able to complete it. Jokic was not shaking his hand.

Lithuania 88-107 Germany

There was enough expectation to see the meeting between Lithuania and Germanytwo undefeated teams that had demonstrated a great strength so far, to measure your real potential Before a powerful rival. And on the court it was clear that Germanyeven without your coach Álex Mumbrúwhich is still admitted to a hospital suffering from pancreatitis, It is one of the great gold candidates.

The current world champion He stepped on the thorough accelerator from the initial jump (20-32)Baltic's onslaught cape in the second act (47-55 to rest), and in the resumption imposed His defense, his greatest solidity and the quality of three of his players who signed a fantastic encounter in all facets of the game.

Franz Wagner, Author of 24 points (7/13 T2, 2/4 T3 and 4/6 TL), 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 robberies was sublime one more day. As much as your partner Dennis Schröderwhich controlled the rhythm of the party at will and contributed 26 points (4/8 T2, 5/10 T3 and 3/3), 3 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 robberies. And this time he joined them, this one with an impeccable game, Daniel Theiswith 23 points without failure (6/6 T2, 3/3 T3 and 2/2 TL).

Among the three billed 73 points (10/17 triples), 16 rebounds, 11 assists and 8 robberies. That without counting the 15 points with 5/7 triples of Andreas Obst. Too much artillery for a Lithuania in which the contribution of Rokas Jokubaitis (20+3+7+5 losses) and John Valanciun (14+4+3 losses). Nor the help of Margiris Normantas (11+5+2) y Tadas Sedekerski (10+5+9).

Türkiye 95-54 Portugal

Türkiye He continues to show his credentials to be on the podium, and fight for gold, after crushing Portugal and qualify for the round of 16 in mathematical way. Alperen Sengun (20+7), FurkanScared (14), Omar Yurtseven (13) y Honor end (13), threw the Ottomans in a 22-13-free match in the first quarter and 29-14 in the second. At rest the game was sentenced.

In Portugallittle resistance with Nehemiah Queta15+7, y WorkWilliams14, in a party that was his war. For Lusos, its grand finale is before Estonia On the last day in a match in which they will try to be the rooms of this group A.

Poland 66-64 Israel

Huge victory of Poland that he achieves a victory that gives him the second virtual square and the possibility of fighting with France For the first. Poland He dominated the game but at 1:12 for the end he saw how Israel got ahead (62-64). In the end, Jordan Loyd He achieved the victory basket for 13 seconds, 66-64, although Deni Avdi He launched a triple to win that did not enter.
​Loyd played another game to score 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists to 29 assessment. Ponitka signed 16 points and 11 rebounds. And Israel, Avdija achievement 23 points and 9 rebounds y Carrington y Ginat They contributed 10 goals each. Important party for Space Because this group will come out in the eighths.

Italy 78-62 Georgia

Italy needed triumph After his defeat against Greece And it did not fail, although Georgiathat already surprised Space On the first day he demanded a lot to get the game forward. In fact The Georgians competed from you to you with the transalpins to rest (32-32).

But in the second part the selection of Gianmarco Pozzeco improved its defensive intensity and, with the contribution of Simone Fontecchio (14+4+2), Saliou Niang (15) y Mohamet Diouf (13+5) He demarted on the scoreboard and took a security distance that no longer yields. Georgia tried with Goga and try (22+4) y Alexander Mamukelashvili As offensive bastions, but neither forces nor success came to him.

Cyprus 69-96 Greece

Greece, Without his great star Giannis Antetokounmpo to which Spanoulis He gave rest, came to see them come before Cyprusthe most indebble selection of group C and one of the weakest of the entire Eurobasket, and had to tighten after the break To lose sight of the host, who arrived at the break with life (31-43).

In the absence of Anteto, the best in the combined Helleno were Tyler Dorseywith 18 points (4/6 triples), Konstantinos Mitoglou (18+3), Giannoulis Larentzakis (14) y Alexandros Samodurov (12+8+2). While the Chipriot side highlighted the work of Konstantinos Simitzis (16+5), Darral Willis Jr. (15+8) y Filippos Tigkas (12+2+4).

Montenegro 65-85 Finlandia

Finland passed over Montenegro (65-85) and added his Third consecutive victorywhich will allow you to fight for the first position of group B with Germany and Lithuania. It is true that until now he has defeated the three most affordable teams in the group (Sweden, Great Britain and Montenegro itself). And also that In Tampere, before his audience and with Markkaneneverything is possible for them.

Before Montenegro his great star signed good numbers, but not as stratospheric as he usually: 26 points (7/10 T2, 1/6 T3 and 9/10 TL), 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 robberies. And was wrapped by Sasu Salin (10+4+3) y Olivier Nkamhoua (10+3+3). And in Montenegro the best were Andrija Slavkovic (15), Igor Drobnjak (14) y Nikola Vucevic (7+12+2).

Iceland 64-71 Belgium

Iceland y Belgium They faced a very important duel for their future, as both had fallen on the first day. There was a lot at play and for a long time It was the Icelanders who took the initiative in the game and on the scoreboard Thanks especially to Tryjjvi hlinason (20+10), Elvar Fridriksson (13+3+5) y Martin Hermannsson (12+4+8).

In fact, those of Craig Pedersen They arrived at the last quarter with some advantage (52-46, min 30)but the Belgians had not said their last word. They improved their defensive intensity and with the success of Emmanuel LECOMPTE (16+4+6), Jean-Marc Mwema (13+3) e Ismael Bako (10+7) They took the lead and a triumph pointed out that can be worth their weight in this group D.

Czech Republic 75-89 Estonia

Both teams played their lives in the group to have lost their first two games, and it was Estonia who won survival (75-89) Thanks to the success of Kristian kullamae (16+7+7), Henri Drell (15+3+4), Janari joesaar (10+8+4) y Kaspar Treier (10+4). bad sensations in your game. His 16 losses are worth as a sample of his folly.

The Czechs planted face in the first quarter (19-23), But they were shipwrecked in the second (17-31) And they were no longer able to overcome, although in the last act they made up the score with a 21-12. Too late for a team in which only three players reached dozen points: Rather (14), Martin Peterka (13+5) y Ducklings (10+2+4) and that is practically evicted.

Great Britain 59-78 Sweden

In a vital duel for both teams, which had lost their first two games, Sweden was much superior and crushed Britain (59-78) achieving a triumph that allows you to take a breath for a future classification. Everything points to what The fourth place of Group B will be played in the game against Montenegro.

The best in Sweden were Larsson leatherwith 23 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and Melwin Pantzar (12+8+2). While for the English, who were weighed with 18 ball losses, the production of Myles Hesson (17+2+3) and from Jubrile Belo (14+2+1)