Croatia does it again!
Croatia’s national basketball team defeated Montenegro 76:72 (25:17, 18:14, 19:21, 14:20) in the third round of Group C at EuroBasket. This is Croatia’s third consecutive win of the tournament, reports Gol.hr on September 4, 2017.
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— FIBA (@FIBA) September 4, 2017
Bojan Bogdanović with 23 points and Dario Šarić with 14 points were the most successful on the Croatian side, while Tyrese Rice scored 22 points for Montenegro.
With three wins in their first three games, Croatia has achieved one of the first three places in the group and will advance to the round of 16 in Istanbul on Sunday.
?3/4 #MNE vs #CRO (52-62) #EuroBasket2017 #CROteam
Live stat: https://t.co/DOOkbxSBLu
Photo: FIBA pic.twitter.com/MCOkgV8Ita— hks_cbf (@CbfHks) September 4, 2017
In other third round news for Group C, Hungary defeated the Czech Republic 85:73 (23:16, 21:17, 22:25, 19:15) giving both teams a 1-2 ratio. At 19:30, Romania (0-2) and Spain (2-0) will play.
?? hold on! Montenegro made it back from 15 down, but @DarioSaric delivered when it mattered most
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— FIBA (@FIBA) September 4, 2017
Croatia will play against Spain on Tuesday, September 5th at 4:45 pm.
