2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team explained

See main article: Serbia men's national basketball team.

The 2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team represented Serbia and won the silver medal[1] [2] at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They were qualified for the Summer Olympics by winning the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade. The team was coached by Aleksandar Đorđević, with assistant coaches Miroslav Nikolić, Milan Minić, and Jovica Antonić.

Timeline

Roster

The following were candidates to make the team:

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TeamAddedRemovedReason
Injured[8]
12-man roster cut
Crvena zvezda
Notes

Exhibition games

The Serbia roster has participated at the Super 4 in Córdoba, Argentina (July 29 – August 1), together with Argentina, Croatia and France.[9] [10] [11]

Super 4

Olympic play

Preliminary round

China

Knockout round

Quarterfinal – Croatia

There was little to separate the two teams in the first half, with Serbia up 20-19 at the end of the opening period and Croatia taking a 38-32 advantage at the break. Serbia took control thanks to a third quarter in which they outscored Croatia 34-14. They took their biggest lead of the night, 66-52, when Bogdan Bogdanović buried a three-pointer with 22 seconds left in the period. Croatia answered by going on a 22-7 run that got them within 74-73 on Darko Planinić's pair of free-throws with 3:26 remaining. Serbia stayed in front but Croatia were breathing down their neck. Sasha Đorđević's side got a bit of breathing room when Miroslav Raduljica made the second of two foul shots to make it 79-75 with 27 seconds and that forced Croatia in having to foul intentionally to stop the clock but ultimately running out of time.[12]

Semifinal – Australia

Serbia were in control of the game right from the start, scoring the opening eight points and forcing Australia into bad shots and costly turnovers. It didn't help that the Boomers were ice cold, going 2-of-15 from the field, as they trailed 16-5 by the end of the first quarter. It was more of the same in the second period as Australia continued to struggle to find the bottom of the net while Serbia tightened their grip on the game by closing out the first half on a 9-0 run for a commanding 35-14 lead. Australia broke out of their slump in the third quarter, scoring 24 points but Serbia had 31 of their own as they headed into the final frame up 66-38, with the win all but wrapped up. Miloš Teodosić was in attack mode right from the get go, scoring 6 of Serbia's first 12 points. It gave Serbia the start they needed and they never looked back. Teodosić finished with 22 points and 5 assists.[13]

Gold medal game – United States

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG% Field-goal percentage 3FG% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage
 RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game
 BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game EF PIR per game
Player
74 7.7.364.167.7501.0.3.1.01.41.7
84 26.1.458.366.8753.62.61.3.112.012.3
82 22.5.500.300.7626.02.41.5.614.59.1
81 15.3.440.286.6002.62.1.6.05.43.4
87 18.0.438.091.9003.31.41.1.17.44.8
84 14.4.476.375.8462.61.3.5.08.37.1
87 22.4.425.333.9092.53.3.9.08.86.3
81 13.0.425.438.8001.11.6.9.15.15.6
86 19.1.612.000.7353.31.3.4.614.014.8
70 12.8.556.400.6251.4.4.7.35.14.1
80 5.6.533.000.5003.3.3.1.14.42.6
84 25.5.370.326.8522.05.4.4.010.312.1
Total 8 8 200.0 .467 .331 .772 36.0 22.1 8.4 2.0 95.8 83.1

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: USA beat Serbia to take third gold medal in a row. 10 July 2018. fiba.com.
  2. Web site: Serbia have to settle for second best . fiba.basketball . 11 July 2018.
  3. Web site: Erceg out but Jokic in for Serbia at home OQT . fiba.basketball . 10 July 2018.
  4. Web site: Serbia squad at 15 following changes to frontcourt line-up . fiba.basketball . 11 July 2018.
  5. Web site: Seniori otputovali na Kopaonik . kss.rs . 11 July 2018. es.
  6. Web site: Djordjevic: Dangubic and Gudric players for future . kss.rs . 11 July 2018.
  7. Web site: Seniori otputovali u Argentinu, sledeća stanica Rio . kss.rs . 11 July 2018. es.
  8. Web site: Bez Nemanje Bjelice u Riju . kss.rs . 11 July 2018. sr.
  9. Web site: Así se jugará el Súper 4 La Caja en Córdoba . argentina.basketball . 11 July 2018. es.
  10. Web site: Hoy comienza el Súper 4, en el Orfeo de Córdoba . losandes.com.ar . 11 July 2018. es.
  11. Web site: Turnir u Kordobi poslednja provera pred Rio . kss.rs . 11 July 2018. sr.
  12. Web site: Serbia edge out Croatia to reach Semi-Finals on Olympic debut . fiba.basketball . 11 July 2018.
  13. Web site: Serbia crush Australia to set up showdown with USA . fiba.basketball . 11 July 2018.