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Interview with Zaza Pachulia (#EuroBasket2017, Georgia)

Interview with Zaza Pachulia (#EuroBasket2017, Georgia)

By in Entrevistas, FIBA (World), FIBA Europe, NBA
8 years ago
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Zaza Pachulia: “We have a good team and the goal is to pass the group first”. One of the participants at Acropolis International Basketball Tournament (Acropolis of Athens Basketball Tournament, Acropolis Basketball Cup) in Greece is the team of Georgia, and the guys won against Greece 72 – 71, and second day against Serbia 68 – 66. With the team was also Zaza Pachulia, who didn’t play those preparation games but he was kind enough to talk about his team after the game against Greece. “It was an interesting game because at the beginning we were missing the shoots and the good thing was that we didn’t panic, we turned it to our advantage, we stayed focused during the whole game. We played good defense and we started to play offensively. Also they started to miss the shoots so it kind of helped us. It was a good sign because

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Serbia Starts Acropolis Tournament with a Win against Italy (#EuroBasket2017)

By in FIBA (World), FIBA Europe, Liga Serbia
8 years ago
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Acropolis International Basketball Tournament started with a game between Serbia and Italy, where the Aleksandar Djordjevic’s team won 73 – 65. This was the best game for Boban Marjanovic so far, he was a leading player with 21 points and 8 rebounds, Vladimir Lucic scored 12 and Bogdan Bogdanovic, 10. In Italian team the best one was Marco Belinelli with 20 and the second best was Pietro Aradori with 11. The starting five for Serbian team were captain Vasilije Micic, Dragan Milosavljevic, Vladimir Lucic, Milan Macvan and Boban Marjanovic, and for the Italian team were Daniel Hackett, Marco Belinelli, Luigi Datome, Nicolo Melli and Ricardo Cervi. At the end of the first quarter Italy was leading 24 – 22 and the best scorer was Belinelli with 7 points. For Serbia, Marjanovic scored 12 points. Serbia started really bad. They didn’t have the control of the ball and made lots of

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New Problems for Serbia: Miloš Teodosić will Miss #EuroBasket2017 due to Injury

By in FIBA (World), FIBA Europe, Liga Serbia
8 years ago
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Serbian point guard and new member of Los Angeles Clippers Miloš Teodosić will miss upcoming EuroBasket due to calf injury. These couple of days Teodosić consulted with doctors of the national team and with his new team’s doctors and everyone agreed that it is the best for him to skip this championship. That information is also confirmed by the head coach Aleksandar Đorđević, who was in Hamburg, Germany, where Serbia won preparation tournament. At this moment, Sasha Đorđević won’t be counting on Miroslav Raduljica, Marko Simonović, Nemanja Bjelica, Nikola Jokić and Miloš Teodosić. But the good news are that Nemanja Nedović will be joining the team in Athens where Serbia will participate in Acropolis Cup, playing against host Greece, Italy and Georgia from August 23rd till August 25th. Serbian guard, Nemanja Nedović, suffered a shoulder injury on August 4th during basic preparations on mountain Kopaonik and from the beginning of

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Serbia won Belgrade Trophy, Bogdanović MVP (#EuroBasket2017)

By in FIBA (World), FIBA Europe, Liga Serbia
8 years ago
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Last day of preparation tournament Belgrade Trophy Serbia won against Montenegro 82 – 71 in hall “Aleksandar Nikolić” and became the winner of the tournament. The best was Serbian shooting guard Bogdan Bogdanović. Before this game, head coach of the national team Aleksandar Đorđević wanted tough game and against Montenegro he got it. Both team played good defence and all players showed how competitive they are, so people in the hall were able to enjoy in basketball. Serbian team played without Miloš Teodisić, Nemanja Nedović, Nikola Kalinić, Marko Simonović and Miroslav Raduljica and in the first quarter that was a problem for Đorđević’s team because they didn’t respond to good shooting start of Montenegrin. But, when the team started to play solid defence, Tanjević’s team couldn’t score that easy as they did in the beginning. The best player in winning team was Bogdanović with 25 points and 5 assists. Stefan

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Belgrade Trophy: Greece won 83 – 81 Montenegro, uncertain game (#EuroBasket2017)

By in FEB, FIBA (World), FIBA Europe, Liga Serbia
8 years ago
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National team of Greece won 83 – 81 (+2) against Montenegro in Belgrade Trophy game opener. Hellenic team scored three of three in preparation period and for Montenegrin team this was the first check before Eurobasket, that starts on August, 31st. Milwaukee Bucks small forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (20 points and 9 rebounds) was the best player in winning team, showing some amazing moves that proved how talented and incredible player he is. Nikos Pappas scored 17 points. In the Montenegrin team, the best ones were Nikola Ivanović (with 22) and Orlando Magic’s center Nikola Vučević (18 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists). Both team played well and in the last seconds, Bogdan Tanjević’s team had opportunity to equalize the game, but they best scorer Ivanović missed lay-up and Dubljević (Valencia) couldn’t score before buzzer beater after rebound. After the match, Montenegrin head coach Tanjević told that his team played with

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Partizan starts preparation, season opener against Fenerbahçe

By in EuroLeague, Liga Serbia
8 years ago
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Belgrade’s basketball club Partizan NIS started preparation for season 2017-2018 on Monday, August 7th with new coach Miroslav Muta Nikolić, assistant coach of senior Serbian national team. First training was in Dinamik basketball hall and started at 8 p.m. sharp. This season, Nikolić’s team will play in Eurocup, regional ABA j.t.d. league, Basketball League of Serbia and in Radivoj Korać Cup (Cup was named after the late legendary Yugoslav player Radivoj Korać, who is well known for holding the Euroleague’s all-time single-game scoring record, at 99 points scored, in a game versus Alvik Basket, during the 1964-1965 season). Black and white players on first practice in Dinamik Sports Center were Mihajlo Andrić, Slobodan Jovanović, Nikola Tanasković, Đorđe Majstorović and also guys who will try to get contract with BC Partizan: Đorđe Tresač, Vuk Obradinović and Aleksa Novaković. Also, basketball player Vanja Marinković was with the team but he didn’t practice

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Simonović is skipping EuroBasket? (Sad News)

By in FIBA (World), FIBA Europe, Liga Serbia
8 years ago
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Serbian national basketball team is on Kopaonik, mountain in Serbia, where all players are preparing for upcoming FIBA 2017 European Championship (EuroBasket) that take place in four countries: Turkey, Romania, Israel and Finland. Like all years before, problems with injuries are part of the preparation period, so player Marko Simonović had to get back to Belgrade due to one. “Simonović complained about the pain in his right hand and his thumb, so he had to leave training camp on Kopaonik and had to come back to Belgrade with medical team for further examinations. The first step was immobilization of the thumb, so now doctors are doing some more examination in order to figure out if he will be able to join the team again or not. When all examinations are completed and when doctors make diagnosis, further treatment will be decided”, it is written on the official site of Serbian

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Interview with Bogdan Bogdanović (English and Serbian)

By in FIBA (World), FIBA Europe, Liga Serbia, NBA
8 years ago
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Bogdanović: «It’s important that we stay healthy for the Eurobasket» Serbian national basketball team gathered on July 20th at Crown Plaza hotel to start with preparations for European championship. Bogdan Bogdanović, the new member of Sacramento Kings, is among the best that Serbia has. Bogdan signed a three-year contract with the NBA club a few days ago. “The deal is officially worth $27 million. I really didn’t keep the score if I am the highest payed in NBA history, but people in the club know that I am not real “rookie”, 18-19 years old boy without experience. I think I have a huge experience that can help me there, said ex-member of Turkish league club Fenerbahce. The Serbian shooting guard came on national team gathering as the winner of the most elite European basketball club competition, but he still believes that it will mean nothing in the NBA league. He

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