The basketball team of Serbia registered its fourth victory at the European Championship, as tonight in Prague it was better than the selection of Israel with 89:78 (24:18, 26:20, 15:20, 24:20).
Serbia is first in the Group D table with the maximum performance, while Israel is third with a score of 2:2.
Nikola Jokić recorded his third double-double in this championship as he finished the game with 29 points, 11 rebounds and five assists. Vasilije Micić added 19 points, while Ognjen Jaramaz and Nikola Kalinić added ten each.
In the Israeli team, Jam Madar was the best with 20 points, while Deni Avdija finished the match with 14 points.
Serbian basketball players will play against Poland in the last round of Group D on Thursday, while Israel will compete against the Czech Republic.
In Group B, Slovenia defeated Germany tonight in Cologne with 88:80 (21:14, 23:22, 17:19, 27:25) and inflicted the first defeat on one of the Eurobasket hosts.
After four games played, Germany and Slovenia each have three wins and one loss, and France has the same result.
The fourth passenger to the round of XNUMX from that group will be obtained in a direct clash between Lithuania and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The current champions of Europe, the Slovenians, were led to victory by Luka Dončić with 36 points and ten rebounds, Goran Dragić added 18, while Mike Tobi added ten points.
In Germany, Denis Schruder was the most effective with 19 points, Andreas Obst scored 14, while Maodo Lo finished the game with 13 points.
Slovenia will play against France in the last round, while Germany will finish the competition in Group B with a match against Hungary.
In Group C, Italy defeated Croatia in a dramatic finish (81:76) and made amends for the defeat against Ukraine the night before.
The "Azuri" mostly controlled the match, which seemed to slip away at the beginning of the last quarter when the Croats took a six-point lead. However, they pulled themselves together and made a turnaround.
Fontecchio and Meli scored 19 points each, and Bojan Bogdanović's great game (27 points) was not enough for the Croats.
In the last round, Italy has a shot against Great Britain for 2nd or 3rd place in the group in which the leading position was secured by Greece.
Croatia and Ukraine play each other and the loser is likely to finish fourth - and possibly play Serbia in the Round of XNUMX.
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