Canada taught basketball and Serbia booked a place in the final!

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His team Svetislav Pesic dominated against his players Jordi Fernandezprevailing on me 95-86for the qualification in the World Cup final!

Great protagonists of the Serbs Bogdan Bogdanovic and Nikola Milutinov. Their guard Hawks was the leading scorer with 23 points, with his center Olympiakou to double-double with 16p. and 10 rebounds. Good performance from him too Ognien Dobrich with 16p., while the “key” in the defense was Alexa Abramovichwho added 10p.

From Canada, the first scorer was ARJ Barrett with 23 points, with Dillon Brooks to add 16p. The very well “locked” Cy Gilgeous-Alexander finished the match with 15 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

Now, the Serbians are waiting for the winner of the pair USA-Germanywith the Canadians respectively the loser, for the minor final (10/9).

The match

With Milutinov, N. Jovic, Dobrich, Bogdanovic and St. Serbia started with Jovic, while Canada started with Powell, Olynyk, Brooks, Barrett and Gilgeous-Alexander. The Canadians responded to the impressive 8-1 of the Serbians with Powell and Brooks and individual scores of 2-12, for +3 (10-13), in the 5th minute. Serbia’s reaction came through its excellent defense, which had neutralized Gilzius-Alexander and forward Bogdanovic for an 11-0 run and +8 (21-13), with which he closed the first period (23- 15).

Although the tempo of the match was higher in the second quarter, Bogdanovic continued to be as “hot” and thus Serbia went to +10 (33-23), at 14′. Then, the Canadians took advantage of the mistakes of the Serbs and with Barrett and Olynik they got closer (38-33), at 16′. However, with the return of Bogdanovic and Milutinov to the floor, Pesic’s team started the… party as they took full control and shot the difference to +15 (52-37), at 19′. The only thing that changed was a basket by Barrett, which made it 52-39 in the first half.

The Canadians started more pressing in the second half, reducing the difference to a single digit value (57-50), in the 24th minute. However, then Serbia followed the pace of the Canadians and in fact not only had the lead, but with Stefan Jovic and Milutinov again escaped to a double-digit distance (69-58). In the last minutes, Guduric took action and thus the Serbs finished the third period at +12 (75-63).

With repeated good defenses, Serbia entered the fourth quarter and went on a 5-0 run to +17 (80-63), in the first minute. The Canadians reacted with Gilgeous-Alexander and Barrett, reducing (86-76) in the 35th minute. The Serbian answer came from Bogdanovic for +15 (91-76), in the 37th minute. From that point until the end, Pesic’s team was in control, cruising to a 95-86 final victory.

The quarters: 23-15, 52-39, 75-63, 95-86

See here the match statistics

Watch the film of the match here