In the fourth game of the Round of 16, the upset is complete! In a thrilling showdown at Arena Riga, Finland stunned Serbia and secured a spot in the quarter-finals, where they will face the winner of the match between France and Georgia.<\/p>\n
The Scandinavian team came out firing, but Pesic\u2019s men didn\u2019t back down, turning the game into a high-intensity battle with an incredible finish that rewarded Markkanen and his teammates.<\/p>\n
The Jazz forward was brilliant, but not the only architect of the victory: four Finnish players scored in double figures, with Valtonen stepping up as the unexpected hero\u2014scoring 8 points in the final possessions (a three-pointer, a tip-in, and another three-pointer) to knock out Pesic\u2019s team, despite Jokic\u2019s 33-point performance.<\/p>\n
Finland returns to the quarterfinals, just like in 2022. For Serbia\u2014once again among the favorites\u2014it\u2019s another nightmare, eliminated in the first round of the knockout stage, just like in Berlin against Italy three years ago.<\/p>\n
Serbia<\/strong>: Petrusev 3, N.Jovic 20 & 4 assista, Marinkovic, Dobric 9+5, Jokic 33+8, Micic 8 & 4 assists, Guduric 5, S.Jovic 5 rebounds e 4 assists, Avramovic 6, Milutinov 2 It’s not just Markkanen, with a great team effort Finland eliminates Serbia in the last ‘Round of 16’ game of the day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":458810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[377,233,297],"tags":[12754,16735,9519],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-458809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurobasket","category-finland","category-serbia","tag-eurobasket-en","tag-finland","tag-serbia"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nFinland<\/strong>: Little 13+8+6, Salin 6, Nkamhoua 3, Jantunen 15, Valtonen 13, Maxhuni, Markkanen 29+8 with 3 steals, Muurinen 9, Gustavson, Grandison 4+5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"