In the Olympic men’s basketball 1/4 finals, the Serbia men’s basketball team defeated the Australia men’s basketball team 95-90 in overtime and successfully advanced to the semifinals.
The process of this game was very interesting, in the first half of the first quarter, the two teams played inseparable, from the end of the first quarter to the second quarter, the Serbia men’s basketball team fell into a scoring drought, Mills took over the game, one person scored 16 points in a row, leading the Australia men’s basketball team to a 44-20 lead over Serbia;
At halftime, Mills was 8-of-11 from the field and 2-of-4 from three-point range, scoring 20 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal, and the Australia men’s basketball team also led Serbia 54-42, and it seemed that the Australia men’s basketball team had taken the absolute initiative.
However, the game did not end so quickly, and in the third quarter, the Serbia men’s basketball team beat Australia on a wave of 25-11 to overtake the score in one fell swoop; At the end of the third quarter, Jokic scored 17 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, and the Serbia men’s basketball team led the Australia men’s basketball team by two points at 67-65.
In the crucial fourth quarter, the difference between the two teams was very close until less than 10 seconds left in the game, when the Serbia men’s basketball team also led the Australia men’s basketball team by 2 points at 82-80.
After going into extra time, Australia led 90-87 at one point, but in the final close to three minutes, Australia did not score a point, and the Serbia men’s basketball team played a wave of 8-0 to successfully close this difficult victory.
There is no doubt that Jokic is the biggest contributor to the Serbia men’s basketball team.
In the whole game, Jokic played a total of 37 minutes, shooting 9 of 18 from the field, 3 of 4 from the free throw line, and scored 21 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals, just one assist, and he could complete the fourth triple-double in Olympic history.
In overtime, Jokic scored 4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block, and it was his 4 points that helped the Serbia men’s basketball team achieve a rebound.
In addition to playing well on the offensive end, on the defensive end, Jokic was also full of surprises on the court, and several defensive changes were quite good, even if he was shot by Mills in the face at the end of the fourth quarter, this ball was definitely defended.
Note one statistic, Serbia won by only 5 points in this game, but Jokic’s plus/minus was as high as +25, in other words, in the 8 minutes he was not on the court, the Serbia men’s basketball team lost 20 points.
This is Jokic, who averaged 18.7 points, 11.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game in the previous group stage, ranking 8th among all players in scoring, 1st in rebounds and 7th in assists, shooting 64.5% from the field.
