{"id":182221,"date":"2025-07-11T15:09:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=182221"},"modified":"2025-07-11T15:09:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:09:41","slug":"serb-shines-from-the-start-nikola-topic-plays-phenomenal-game-for-oklahoma-praises-pour-in-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/serb-shines-from-the-start-nikola-topic-plays-phenomenal-game-for-oklahoma-praises-pour-in-video\/","title":{"rendered":"SERB SHINES FROM THE START: Nikola Topi\u0107 Plays Phenomenal Game for Oklahoma, Praises Pour In! (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Young Serbian basketball player <strong>Nikola Topi\u0107<\/strong> played a fantastic game in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas! He was one of the best individuals on the court in Oklahoma&#8217;s 90-81 victory over Brooklyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Topi\u0107 managed to record an impressive <strong>18 points<\/strong> (5\/12 for two-pointers, 2\/6 for three-pointers, 2\/2 free throws), along with <strong>four rebounds<\/strong>, <strong>six assists<\/strong>, and three turnovers in 30 minutes on the court. In the reigning champions&#8217; team, only Ajayi Mitchell (20) and Kris Youngblood (19) scored more points than him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the Serbian basketball player&#8217;s fourth game in the NBA Summer League, and also his best. After the game, Topi\u0107 was a target for journalists, who had nothing but words of praise for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thunder guard Nikola Topic on getting to watch an MVP-caliber player in Shai this past season,<br><br>\u201cIt\u2019s not accidental he\u2019s that good,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fgy0vxqW9r\">pic.twitter.com\/fgy0vxqW9r<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Derek Parker (@DParkOK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DParkOK\/status\/1943471144595788146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I feel good, it was tough at the beginning, especially since I played two games in two days. It was even a bit unusual for me to be able to play real basketball again. It was hard because of the break; I hadn&#8217;t played for a long time. I only took positive things from it,&#8221; Nikola Topi\u0107 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The young Serbian ace also spoke about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He had a great season. He is an incredible player. Just watching him from the bench, working with him, observing him every day in practice, it&#8217;s truly incredible. It&#8217;s no coincidence that he&#8217;s so good,&#8221; Topi\u0107 concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stefan Todorovi\u0107 played seven minutes for Milwaukee, and Bogoljub Markovi\u0107 played 11. Lazar Stefanovi\u0107 and \u0110or\u0111ije Jovanovi\u0107, two former Partizan talents, did not get a chance to play for Orlando.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c42929\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VU\u010cI\u0106 ON STUDENTS: \u201cTimes come when all the social dregs, the sludge, all the worst in a society surfaces\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/texas-on-edge-these-are-the-girls-missing-from-the-camp-during-floods-search-continues-photos\/\">TEXAS ON EDGE: These are the Girls Missing from the Camp During Floods, Search Continues! 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The student battle is our last one\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/zorana-mihajlovic-accuses-dokovic-of-treason-hes-siding-with-those-who-commit-violence-and-want-independent-kosovo-video\/\">ZORANA MIHAJLOVI\u0106 ACCUSES \u0110OKOVI\u0106 OF TREASON: \u201cHe\u2019s siding with those who commit violence and want independent Kosovo\u201d (VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/remembering-michael-madsen-one-of-us-i-am-also-an-immigrant-serbia-welcomed-me-and-my-heart-now-belongs-here-2\/\">REMEMBERING MICHAEL MADSEN, ONE OF US: \u201cI am also an immigrant \u2013 Serbia welcomed me, and my heart now belongs here\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/vucics-word-stronger-than-experts-highway-opens-even-though-experts-havent-signed-all-tunnel-safety-reports\/\">VU\u010cI\u0106\u2019S WORD STRONGER THAN EXPERTS: Highway Opens Even Though Experts Haven\u2019t Signed All Tunnel Safety Reports!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: Euronews; <strong>Foto<\/strong>: Eurohoops<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young Serbian basketball player Nikola Topi\u0107 played a fantastic game in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas! He was one of the best individuals on the court in Oklahoma&#8217;s 90-81 victory over Brooklyn. Topi\u0107 managed to record an impressive 18 points (5\/12 for two-pointers, 2\/6 for three-pointers, 2\/2 free throws), along with four rebounds, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":182222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[249,187,1491,6476,91,2527,113],"class_list":["post-182221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-kosarka-2","tag-nba-liga","tag-nikola-topic","tag-oklahoma-siti-tander","tag-sport","tag-srbi-u-nba","tag-srbija","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182221"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182248,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182221\/revisions\/182248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}