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Montenegro prevailed 87-81 over Sweden, and despite losing by an average of 25 points in the first three games of Group B, now has a very good chance to qualify to the Eurobasket round of 16. Nikola Vucevic, with 23 points on 9/15 FG, 15 rebounds, and four assists, had his best game yet in the tournament at the perfect time. On the other side, Houston’s Pelle Larsson also delivered with 28 points on 10/20 FG, but it was not enough. On the contrary, Vucevic was not only much more efficient but made arguably the biggest shot of the game, making the score 83-79 with 33 seconds left and giving his team a two-possession cushion.
Simone Fontecchio drops 39 as Italy tops Bosnia in Eurobasket
Ira Winderman: Heat's Simone Fontecchio with a breakout performance for Italy in Sunday's 96-79 EuroBasket victory over Bosnia Herzegovina, closes with 39 points on 13 of 20, including 7 of 10 on 3s, and 8 rebounds. Heat's Larsson (Sweden), Jovic (Serbia) off today.
As expected, the Utah Jazz star carried the winning side with 28 points, while Mikael Jantunen added 12 and captain Sasu Salin chipped in with 11, while Edon Maxhuni contributed 15 points. Sweden, however, showed they are no pushovers, fighting hard until the very end against the favored Finnish team, as Ludvig Håkanson erupted for 28 points.
Anthony Chiang: During a televised interview in Sweden, Erik Spoelstra says his plan is to watch Nikola Jovic and the Serbian national team tomorrow. Spoelstra currently in Stockholm to watch Pelle Larsson play for Sweden.
According to Gazzetta, Tristan Vukcevic — who was eligible to represent Italy (his birthplace, Siena), Sweden (his mother’s homeland), Greece (where he grew up and developed as a player), and Serbia (his father’s country) — has ultimately chosen to play for the Serbian national team. Vukcevic averaged 9.4 points and 3.7 rebounds in just 14.6 minutes per game last season with the Wizards.
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Anthony Chiang: As first mentioned on the NBA TV broadcast, the plan is for Pelle Larsson to leave Las Vegas to join Sweden's national team after tomorrow's Heat summer league game. Larsson expected to play in the EuroBasket tournament later this offseason.
Anthony Chiang: Kasparas Jakucionis says he won't play in EuroBasket this year. Nikola Jovic (Serbia) and Pelle Larsson (Sweden) are expected to take part in the tournament later this summer.
The EuroBasket 2025 resurfaces Finland as the host of Group B in Tampere. Looking to clinch a berth in the Round of 16, Finland will face Sweden, Great Britain, Montenegro, Lithuania, and Germany from August 27 to September 3. “It was packed house every night, a lot of fun and really competitive games,” the Vantaa native recalled the 2017 tournament between the top European national teams, “I’m looking forward to build on that. I think we have a really good team. Hopefully, we can create some buzz and kind of make a big run.”
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So, you got fans rooting for you in Gambia? Yes, but we’re everywhere, though. In Gambia. We got people in Sweden and Denmark. We were just in London, England. All over the world. People in Gambia, when they grow up, their goal is to get to Europe. They really think Europe is paradise. But then when they get here it is kinda still tough. You still got to work and do all your stuff and get your things right to still live a good life.
Christos Tsaltas: Alperen Sengun and Omer Yurtseven, Turkey's twin towers, did the job over Sweden (105-84) in the semi-final of the #FIBAOPQT in Istanbul. Sengun: 16 pts, 5 reb, 6/9 FG. Yurtseven: 16 pts, 9 reb, 7/13 FG. Turkey will face Croatia in the final game. #BizBirlikteyiz #TakeNote #Rockets
The German national team won a friendly game against Sweden. Lead by the NBA trio, Germany won 87-68. Franz Wagner had 15 points, Moritz Wagner added 12 points and nine rebounds, while, Dennis Schroder had 10 points against Sweden.
He has been described as “everything NBA teams are looking for in a future-facing prospect”, but before he heads to the NBA, Swedish forward Bobi Klintman will touch down in Cairns to play a season with the Taipans.
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