Serbia crush defending champs to move into semis

Serbia knocked out defending champions Russia last night to move into the semi-finals of the European Basketball Championships in Poland last night. In the team’s best performance at a major championships for six years, Serbia crushed the Russians 79-68 and now await the winners of tonight’s match between Slovenia and Croatia in the semi-final. Serbia crush defending champs to move into semis After a closely-contested first quarter, the Serbs stamped their authority in the second quarter, when they restricted their opponents to only four points to take a 41-28 lead going into half-time. With no mercy being shown to the Russians, Serbia, world champions in 2003, at one point stretched their lead to 20 points, before the Russians rallied to close the gap to just nine points going into the final quarter. However, there was no panic in the Serbian ranks and Duda Ivkovic’s men were able to see the game out without any due problems.

Serbia crush defending champs to move into semis

After a closely-contested first quarter, the Serbs stamped their authority in the second quarter, when they restricted their opponents to only four points to take a 41-28 lead going into half-time.

With no mercy being shown to the Russians, Serbia, world champions in 2003, at one point stretched their lead to 20 points, before the Russians rallied to close the gap to just nine points going into the final quarter.

However, there was no panic in the Serbian ranks and Duda Ivković’s men were able to see the game out without any due problems.