{"id":186222,"date":"2025-08-30T19:20:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T17:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=186222"},"modified":"2025-08-30T19:20:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T17:20:23","slug":"eagles-record-third-win-at-eurobasket-serbia-celebrated-against-latvia-in-a-dramatic-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/eagles-record-third-win-at-eurobasket-serbia-celebrated-against-latvia-in-a-dramatic-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"EAGLES RECORD THIRD WIN AT EUROBASKET: Serbia celebrated against Latvia in a dramatic finish!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Serbian basketball players defeated Latvia with a score of 84:80 in the third-round match of Group A of the European Championship.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best individual of the match was the center of Serbia, Nikola Joki\u0107. The Denver Nuggets ace finished the match with a double-double performance: 39 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three-time NBA league MVP prevented the comeback of the Latvians, who were on a roll, with his shots in the finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The host of Group A came within two points after a three-pointer by Kurucs one minute before the end, after which Joki\u0107 hit both free throws and secured a four-point advantage for Serbia before the last attacks in the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously, Joki\u0107 hit a very important three-pointer, and was also the primary solution for Serbia in attack during the entire match, and especially in the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the winning team, the power forward of Dubai, Filip Petru\u0161ev, also stood out with 12 points and 4 rebounds, the guard of Armani, Marko Guduri\u0107 (11 points, 5 rebounds and assists each), and Aleksa Avramovi\u0107 with 8 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Partizan basketball player Davis Bertans led Latvia with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Also, the center of the Atlanta Hawks, Kristaps Porzingis, stood out with 14 points and 6 rebounds, as well as Rihards Loma\u017es with 13 points and 4 rebounds and assists each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THIS WAS UNEXPECTED: Pe\u0161i\u0107 made a decision before the match with Latvia that surprised everyone, no one knows the reason!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0110OKOVI\u0106\u2019S ROUTINE VICTORY: The Serb easily defeated his regular opponent, the Briton Norrie, and broke his own record along the way!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MARTYRDOM OF A GREAT PAINTER: On this day, the Usta\u0161e executed Sava \u0160umanovi\u0107!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source<\/strong>: SportKlub; Photo<\/strong>: FIBA Basketball<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Serbian basketball players defeated Latvia with a score of 84:80 in the third-round match of Group A of the European Championship. The best individual of the match was the center of Serbia, Nikola Joki\u0107. The Denver Nuggets ace finished the match with a double-double performance: 39 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":186223,"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":[2867,249,1518,977,91,113,1305],"class_list":["post-186222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-evrobasket","tag-kosarka-2","tag-kosarkaska-reprezentacija-srbije","tag-orlovi","tag-sport","tag-srbija","tag-svetislav-pesic","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t