Quote from: mandown on Today at 05:06:52 PM

The surprise of the day was probably Israel's win over France.

I was surprised. I didn't expect such a victory.

Israel is a successful club basketball nation, but its national team hasn't achieved any success as far as I can remember.
Serbia is the clear favorite for this cup, but I think France or Germany will win the title after Serbia.
France should consider today's defeat simply a work accident. France played very poor basketball in the second and fourth quarters today. They scored 13 points in the second quarter and 14 in the fourth, making defeat inevitable. Sylvain Francisco, the star of the Slovenia match, contributed only two points today. He didn't make a significant impact during his stay.

Probably biggest upset of this Eurobasket so far. Exepcted easy France win, but it was impossibleto recognize them. Good your point that in national team level Israel don't have any significant achievements.
We have firsttrippled ouble of tournament. Luka Doncic scores 26 points with 10 rebounds and 11 assists and Slovenia get first win against Belgium.

Quote from: yenerbatmaz on Today at 09:09:07 AM

Bogdan Bogdanovic will miss the remainder of the EuroBasket due to injury.
Serbia had defeated weaker opponents in the last two games, but these weren't the losses we expected. (I was expecting a landslide victory.)
Now, Bogdanovic's injury will negatively impact Serbia.
Jokic won't win the championship on his own. Basketball is a team sport. Jokic contributes a lot, but he's not enough. Serbia remains a top contender for the title, but it would be a major disappointment if another influential member of the team were injured.

Loss of Bogdanovic hurts Serbia a lot. They have very talented roster, but loosing one of key players makes negative impact for them as main contenders. Now I don't really knowwhat's wrong with Vasa Micic. Heshould be one main players, but he gets little time to play and doesn't shows anything impressive.