The Finns and Markkanen warmed up for Montenegro against the British, Serbia beat Portugal with Bogdanović injured

After two rounds, Finland's basketball players share first place with Germany and Lithuania in Group B of the European Championship.

One of the EuroBasket hosts, as expected, justified its role as a favorite against Great Britain (109:79) and made a good overture for Saturday's duel with the Montenegrin national team.

The Finns were led to their second triumph, after defeating Sweden in the opening match, by Lauri Markkanen, who finished the match with 43 points. This is the sixth best performance in the history of the European Championship.

The NBA ace was up 40 points after three quarters, and he shot 13-7 three-pointers.

Montenegro lost convincingly to Lithuania earlier today (94:67), while Germany beat Sweden 105:83.

Serbia recorded its second victory in Group A - it didn't shine, but it didn't have many problems with Portugal (80:69).

Nikola Jokić had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Nikola Jović scored 18 without a miss from the field, and the problem for coach Svetislav Pešić could be the injury to Bogdan Bogdanović, who has problems with his back.