Serbia stays perfect despite scare against Portugal, 69-80 final

Nikola Jovic avoids late trouble with a minute left, and Serbia overcomes more resistance than expected to beat Portugal 80-69 and remain unbeaten.

It was far from a dominant showing for Serbia, but there were partial explanations: Filip Petrusev was ejected and Bogdan Bogdanovic left the game injured — both incidents occurred in the first half.

Nikola Jokic led the way with 23 points and 10 rebounds, while Nikola Jovic added 18 points and 6 boards. Vasilije Micic went scoreless in just 9 minutes on the floor.

For Portugal, Diogo Brito had 22 points and 9 rebounds, Travante Williams scored 15, and Diogo Ventura added 11.