European Cup round of 16 knockout rounds: Finland vs. Serbia, Jokic leads the team to a step further?

At 2:45 am on September 7, the men's basketball team's European Cup final 16 knockout round continued, with Serbia, second in Group A, facing Finland, third in Group B.

Serbia won 4 wins and 1 loss in the group stage. In the last strong dialogue, Türkiye's Shenjing broke out, and Serbia finally lost to the first place in the group by 5 points.

Serbia, which fell to the second place in the group, had no choice but to fall in the death half of the area composed of France, Germany and Slovenia. This is extremely unfavorable for Serbia, which is currently aiming to win the championship but lacks star point guard Bogdanovic.

Serbia averaged 86.8 points per game in the group stage and lost 73.6 points, with good defense.

But this average score is still too low for Serbia, which has Jokic.

And Jokic seemed to have a feeling of not working hard in the group stage, and he gave people a paddling look on the court.

Currently, Serbia is suffering from injuries. In addition to Bogdan, another NBA player, Vukcevic, has suffered a back injury and substitute point guard Aframovic has suffered an ankle injury. Both of them are suspected of playing in the knockout stage.

Finland won three wins and two losses in the group stage, averaged 85.2 points per game, and lost 85 points per game. The score was almost the same as losing points, which shows that Finland was not good at defense at all.

Finland's game opened high and closed low. He made heavy blows in the first three games, and curbed the weak team.

But facing the two strongest opponents in the group: Lithuania and Germany, Finland lost, losing to Lithuania with three points and thirty to Germany!

This is also related to the poor performance of the team's core player and NBA Jazz star Markanin. In the first three games of the group stage, Markanin averaged 31 points per game, only three points lower than Doncic, and performed very bravely.

But in the last two games, Markkanen seemed to have lost himself, and only scored 19 points against Lithuania and only scored 11 points against Germany.

Other Finland players have limited personal abilities, and it is difficult to find a way to break the deadlock when facing the high-pressure defense of strong teams.

On the one hand, it is easy to be so guarded that it can't play, but on the other hand, it is a strong team that is troubled by injuries. Major institutions also offer a relatively conservative victory and loss index.

It is worth noting that even if Serbia has Bogdan, it only won the first game's victory and loss index.

And Serbia's five-game winning index only won one, they seem to have no strength to win the winning index?

But Finland's defense is like paper, and the inside line cannot match Jokic at all. As long as Jokic exerts strength, Serbia is unstoppable.

So, I am still optimistic about Serbia winning the winning index and scoring the team's high score.

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