Impressive Serbia advance to Semi-Finals with big win over Lithuania

MANILA (Philippines) – For the third time in last four FIBA Basketball World Cup events, Serbia are a final four team. They beat Lithuania 87-68 in the Mall of Asia Arena, riding on another hot shooting game by Bogdan Bogdanovic. Serbia reached the Semi-Finals in 2010, the Final in 2014, then finished fifth in China in 2019. Lithuania will now move to Classification Games 5-8.

Name a better love story than Bogdan Bogdanovic and the jersey with “SRBIJA” emblazoned on the front. The superstar put up 18 points before the break, finishing with 21 points on 9-of-13 shooting, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.This was his ninth game with 20+ points since the start of the last World Cup in 2019, no other player has more than seven in that same span. Bogdanovic also climbed over the 400 mark in points scored in his World Cup career, becoming the sixth man to reach that milestone in this century.

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Serbia reached the Semi-Finals once again, and if Canada and the United States win their Quarter-Finals, that would also mean Serbia have a guaranteed place at the Paris 2024 Olympics. They will face the winner of Canada v Slovenia in the Semi-Finals.

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