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Pesic announces preliminary Serbia squad list for Paris Olympics, Jokic to play
BELGRADE - The head coach of the Serbia men's national basketball team Svetislav Pesic on Monday announced his preliminary squad list for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, which includes NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.
The 16-player list is as follows:
Red Star take lead in play-off final series of Serbian basketball Super League
BELGRADE - Defending champions Red Star Belgrade defeated arch-rivals Partizan 89-88 at home in Game 1 of the play-off final series of the Serbian basketball Super League on Monday evening.
At a packed Aleksandar Nikolic Hall, Dejan Davidovac led the scoring for Red Star with 23 points and Yago dos Santos added 18.
Red Star Belgrade sweep Partizan to win basketball ABA League
BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade have claimed their seventh title in the regional basketball ABA League by completing a 3-0 sweep of arch-rivals Partizan in a best-of-five playoffs final series with a 82-76 away win at the Belgrade Arena on Sunday evening.
The Game 3 victory was Red Star's sixth consecutive win over Partizan across all competitions.
Serbia beat Georgia in EuroBasket 2025 qualifier
TBILISI - Serbia beat Georgia 76-63 in a EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers Group G Game Day 2 encounter in Tbilisi on Monday evening.
Marko Guduric led Serbia to victory with 16 points and Vanja Marinkovic, Aleksa Avramovic and Filip Petrusev added 15, 12 and 11 points, respectively.
Tornike Shengelia stood out for Georgia with 17 points and Joe Thomasson added 15 points.
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Partizan beat Hercegovac to advance to semi-finals of Serbian basketball cup
NIS - Partizan Belgrade are through to the semi-finals of Serbia's Radivoj Korac Cup after beating Serbian League outfit Hercegovac Gajdobra 92-67 in the quarter-finals of the cup finals tournament in Nis on Thursday evening.
Partizan will next face Vojvodina Novi Sad, who beat Mega 100-92 on Thursday.
Željko's "magic" turned the derby around VIDEO
Partizan defeated Red Star in a turbulent Euroleague derby in a dramatic final 88:86.
The black and whites dropped +15 in the first half, and then trailed by 11 points about five minutes before the end of the match.
It was then that Obradovi performed his "magic" and turned the situation around with a move he had not made in the current season.
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Serbia lose to Germany in basketball world cup final
MANILA - The Serbia men's national basketball team won the silver medal at the 2023 FIBA World Cup after an 83-77 (23-26, 24-21, 22-10, 14-20) defeat to Germany in the competition's final in Manila on Sunday.
Aleksa Avramovic led the scoring for Serbia with 21 points and Bogdan Bogdanovic added 17.
Serbia beat Canada to advance to basketball world cup final
MANILA - The Serbia men's national basketball team is through to the final of the FIBA World Cup after a 95-86 (23-15, 29-24, 23-24, 20-23) semi-final win over Canada in Manila on Friday.
In Sunday's gold medal game, Serbia will play the winner of the other semi-final between the US and Germany.
Serbia in the final! Bogdan: There's no time to celebrate
The "Eagles" beat the Canadian NBA team with a fantastic game 95:86 in Manila.
Bogdan Bogdanovi led Serbia with 23 points, while Ognjen Dobri and Nikola Milutinov scored 16 each, who reached a double-double with 10 rebounds.
Serbia beat Great Britain to qualify for basketball world cup
BELGRADE - The Serbia men's national basketball team has qualified for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup after beating Great Britain 101-83 (28-20, 18-21, 28-19, 27-23) in a decisive qualifying game in Belgrade on Monday evening.