Finland Otupala Jokic, Serbia will reach the square fourth

Riga, Latvia – Elias Valtonhen scored eight points in the last two minutes to help Finland that Stubi Serbia and Nikola Jokić 92-86 Saturday within 16 at Eurobasket tournament.

Jokic finished playing high games, but was Finland, which has so far so far has appeared great shots that has so far reached great shots until spring the largest disturbed tournament.

Serbia reached six unanswered points to take 77-75 leads in the fourth quarter, but Valtonen’s 3-pointer with two minutes left to the left in the amount of 82-78. Then he added the instruction and the second Trey to help Finland withdraw.

Jokić’s 3-poin from the exit with a 7-second output pulled Serbia within five years, but Finland easily saw victory.

“They played a great game. We didn’t get ready from the beginning,” Jokic said, whose team he put 11-1 earlier. “I just wasn’t ready from the jump.”

That was the first win of Finnish since 2009. years. The Serbs entered the tournament as one of the favorites, but goes out within the 16th round of the second flat time.

Finland finished 20 offensive jumps, which Jokic called “only unacceptable”.

“We knew what they were doing, we prepared well, we watched the film, yet they managed to be better and more physical than us” Denver Nuggets Star said.

Lauri Markanen Led Finland with 29 points and Valtonen ended 13. In the quarterfinals, Finland will face the Olympic Silver Medal French or Georgia, who play on Sunday.

Earlier Saturday, Turkey, Germany and Lithuania also progressed.

NBA All-Star Altereren Sengun He scored 24 points while Turkey took Sweden to win 85-79. The World Cup winner Germany fought early against Portugal before retiring from 85-58, while Lithuania endured the late return to beat the Ko-Hosting Tournament 88-79 in Riga. Arnas Velicka led the three-time Champion Lithuania with 21 points and 12 assists.

Sangun, forward with Houstin rocketsAdded 16 rebounds and six helpers in a star performance against Sweden, which drew level 76-76 thanks to the 3-Range Ludwig Hakanson with just under three minutes.

Hakanson led schvore with 16 points, while Panathinaikos prior to Cedi Osman included 17 points for Turkey.

Germany exceeds shooting struggles

Portugal led 32-31 at halftime and just put only one point after three-quarters before Germany limited them to only seven points the rest of the way.

The Germans struggled to deal with Boston Celtics center Nehemiah quetawhich had 18 points and 11 rebounds.

German Captain Dennis Schroderwho faced racial abuse during the game against Lithuania a week ago, and Franz Wagner They both achieved 16 points despite recording combined 0 for 11 from 3 points. In the first half, Germany only made 1 of 18 out of ports.

The moment of silence was held before falling in memory of the victims of the Lisbon Streetcar accident in Portugal.

What’s next?

Turkey will play either Poland or Bosnia and Herzegovina for a place in the semifinals, while Germany will take over or Italy or Slovenia, which can boast in the form of Dončić and Lithuania faced Greece or Israel.

The last 16 matches remaining on Sunday.

Defend that Champion Spain was eliminated on Thursday in the group phase Giannis AntetokounpoGreece.

Quarterfinals begin on Tuesday.