Denver Nagets star Nicola jokik On the early day of the Eurobacket, Serbia recorded a double-dabble before Estonia, 98–64.
Jokik ended with 11 points in 23 minutes, 10 rebounds and seven assistance for Serbia, a favorite with five active NBA players and seven others who once played in the league.
Miami Heat Ahead Nicola jovic Scored 18 points to lead Serbia.
Riga, playing out of Group A in Latvia, Serbia scored the first nine points of the game and followed it with 17-3 runs and never sacrificed it to open a double-point lead.
Even in Group A on Wednesday, Utah jazz Ahead Laurie Marknan Scored 28 points to increase Finland for the 93–90 win over Sweden.
Miikka Muurinen hit a back-to-back basket from lane, with five minutes left, to give fins to the lead for good in Tampare, Finland. Ludwig Hakanson led Sweden with 28 points.
Sedi Usman scored 20 points as Turkish upset Host Nation Latvia 93-73, which was in a sold Xiaomi Arena.
Turkey seized the initiative from the beginning as Earon Osmani turned the tip-off into a sting within seconds. After that, Latvia’s leadership was the only time when she gained one point for 19 seconds in the first quarter.
Kenan soldier added 19 points for Türkiye and Houston Rockets Center Alpan Sengun 16 points sticking with eight rebounds and seven assistance.
Latvia faces Estonia next Friday, when Turkish Czech plays the Republic.
In the first group, Neemus quetta Portugal was led to its first Eurobacket win in 18 years, 62-50 on checks.
Boston Celtics The center ended with 23 points, 18 rebounds, four blocks and two theft, which became the first player to be at least 20 points and 15 rebounds at the beginning of its Eurobacket as the FIBA began tracking rebounding numbers in 1995.
In Group B Action at Tempre, Germany took command to defeat Montenegro 106–76 in the second half.
Germany led only 46–43, which went to 33–12 runs in the third quarter before the World Cup Champion’s reign, sparking by four 3-pointers from Andreas Obst.
Sakramanto kings guard Dennis ShrodeerThere were 21 points with who was MVP in the World Cup Orlando magic Ahead Franz Wagner Add 22 points and eight rebounds on your 24th birthday.
Germany played the next Sweden, while Montenegro took Lithuania, which defeated Britain 94–70 in the first game of the tournament.
Nuggets center Jonas velishanas He led 18 points and nine rebels to Lithuania, whose coach Rimas Kurtinitis said that his players looked nervous several times as they missed many 3-pointers and free throw.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
