Share this: The United States men’s basketball team was expected to make the Olympic gold medal game, but the same can’t be said for its opponent. Team USA will face Serbia with the gold medal in men’s basketball on the line Sunday at 2:45 p.m. ET. Serbia made the final after upsetting Australia 87-61 on Friday in the second semifinal game. USA won the first one 82-76 over Spain. The U.S. has played in some close contests in Rio de Janeiro so far, but one of its toughest tests surprisingly came in pool play against Serbia. Team USA managed to escape with a 94-91 win, but Serbia certainly proved a lot along the way. Still, Serbia lost three games in pool play, and it’s
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USA Vs. Serbia Live: Updates, Highlights From Olympic Men’s Basketball Game
Share this: Good evening and welcome into NESN.com’s coverage of Team USA basketball’s preliminary round Group A matchup versus Serbia. We’ll have you covered with live scoring updates, plus stats, highlights and analysis throughout the game, so be sure to stay tuned. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET. FOURTH QUARTER 3:13 — Jokic hits a trey and it remains a five-point deficit. USA 90, Serbia 85. The crowd at this game is rooting hard for Serbia, and why not? Underdogs are fun, and this game is very entertaining. 4:30 — Cousins just blocked a layup that somehow found its way into the hoop anyway. That’s how this game is going. Serbia playing with house money and getting a bit of luck, too. USA 87, Serbia 82. 5:19
Djoković inspires Serbia as Spain feel injury pain
Hosts Serbia kick off UEFA Futsal EURO 2016 in Belgrade against neighbours Slovenia on Tuesday hoping to take inspiraition from Novak Djoković before injury-hit Spain begin their bid to win back a trophy they lost after a nine-year reign in 2014.TUESDAY'S GAMESIt has been a good start to 2016 for Serbian sport: not only did Novak Djoković claim yet another Australian Open tennis title on Sunday, but last month Belgrade Arena was transformed into a swimming pool for the European Water Polo Championship, won by the hosts.Serbia have never been beyond the UEFA Futsal EURO quarter-finals but coach Aca...
Serbia win as Gibraltar earn Estonia draw
Serbia 2-1 JamaicaSerbia extended their unbeaten run to seven matches as they held off a resurgent Jamaica team in New Jersey, United States. Goals from Dušan Tadić and Aleksandar Kolarov gave Ljubinko Drulović's side a 2-0 lead inside 22 minutes, and only fine goalkeeping from Andre Phillips before half-time denied them a third. Jamaica improved after the restart, with Michael Seaton halving the deficit, but Serbia played out the victory.FYROM 0-2 CameroonPlaying without seven regular starters, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia were outplayed by FIFA World Cup hopefuls Cameroon in Kufstein, Austria. Volker Finke's side missed a host of excellent chances before Pierre Webó finally broke the deadlock with a superb bicycle kick after the interval. Eric Choupo-Moting, who