On July 31, 2024, Beijing time, the men's basketball group stage of the Paris Olympics ushered in the match between Serbia and Puerto Rico, which was the second round of the group stage, Serbia lost the first game to the United States team, and Puerto Rico was reversed by South Sudan in the first game, which was also a losing team. Whoever loses in this game will basically face elimination.
In the first quarter of the game, both sides were the first to complete the basket score on the inside, Serbia started the game with a cold outside hand, missed three consecutive points, and then relied on 5 counterattacks to score in a row, Jokic did not hit the first single, but his teammates completed the basket to help Serbia lead, during this time Serbia's Petroshev performed very well, 4 minutes have scored 10 points, Jokic has grabbed 5 rebounds and handed out 4 assists despite only one shot.
Puerto Rico did not perform well in this game, Alwanado, who performed well against South Sudan in the last game, I don't know if it was because of injuries, this game has not yet been achieved, but fortunately, after the teammate opened up the three-point, Reid and Ortiz scored two consecutive shots.
The next few minutes began to tie the tie, with Jokic breaking the deadlock with a layup, Guduric breaking through for a foul free throw and Milutinov completing a dunk to give Serbia a 10-point lead over Puerto Rico 24-12 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, South Sudan's Ortiz hit two consecutive three-pointers to stop Serbia on a 6-2 run. After the timeout, Dobrich hit a three-pointer, Micic scored four points on consecutive breakaway layups, and Serbia went on a 7-0 run to stop Puerto Rico. After the timeout, Serbia increased their defensive intensity, making it difficult for Puerto Rico to score, and only Ford hit a three-pointer to give Serbia a 52-35 lead over Puerto Rico at halftime.
In the second half, Romero took the lead in a dunk under the basket, Avramovic hit a three-pointer, Waters returned a shot, but Avramovic returned it again, Bogdanovic scored on a breakaway layup, Pineiro scored a three-pointer, but did not allow Puerto Rico's offense to continue.
Instead, Serbia's offense opened, and the score was directly stretched to 28 points, and Serbia led Puerto Rico 79-51 at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the game, Serbia began to perform, scored 4 points in a row, and the point difference was directly stretched to more than 30 points, fortunately, Ortiz three points came again, but it was only a drop in the bucket, the offensive end still could not match with Serbia, the point difference widened more and more, and finally Serbia defeated Puerto Rico 107-66, and Serbia set the largest winning point difference in this Olympic Games.
Serbia player stats: Jokic had 14 points, 15 rebounds and 9 assists on 5-of-7 shooting, Petroshev 15 points and 9 rebounds, Bogdanovic 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Avramovic 12 points, Milutinov 11 points and 9 rebounds, Jovic 10 points and Micic 10 points.
Puerto Rico player stats: Alvanado 2 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, Waters 5 points and 3 assists, Ortiz 19 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Romero 10 points and 4 rebounds, Thompson 7 points, Clavill 6 points.
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