In 2016, Serbia "bite" the Olympic silver, a year later the European one, and then it disappeared from the big stories and without a semi-final - until this summer and Manila.
There was nothing from the classics in the Philippines, the basketball players of Serbia "smashed" Lithuania (87:68) and qualified for the semi-finals of the World Championship.
The captain of the Eagles, Bogdan Bogdanović, scored 18 points already in the first half, leading his national team to the break with "plus 11" (49:28), and the rest of Pešić's players joined him later, the defense was at the top level, so in the middle of the last quarter, the scoreboard showed a maximum of 82:58.
There was no relaxation even after that, so our northern neighbors concluded the match of great basketball nations in true style.
Bogdanović finished the match with 21 points, followed by Filip Petrushev with 17 (with six rebounds), Stefan Jović with 11, Nikola Milutinov and Marko Gudurić with nine each...
On the other side, Tadas Sedekerskis (14 points) and Rokas Jokubaitis (13) were the best of the rest.
Svetislav Pešić's team in the battle for the final will play on Friday against the better team from tomorrow's duel between Slovenia and Canada.
Another quarter-final duel is scheduled today - from 14.40:XNUMX p.m. Italy and the United States will play.
Mundobasket, quarter finals
Today
Lithuania - Serbia 68:87
14.40 Italy - USA
Wednesday
10.45 a.m. Germany - Latvia
14.30 pm Canada - Slovenia
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