BELGRADE – Italy, Slovenia and Germany took three of the last four available spots in the men’s Olympic basketball tournament at the July 23-August 8 games in Tokyo after winning their respective qualifying events on Sunday.
The Italians stunned 2016 silver medallists Serbia 102-95, European champions Slovenia beat Lithuania 96-85, and Germany overpowered Brazil 75-64. Greece and the Czech Republic clash later on Sunday to decide the last available berth.
Serbia were without the NBA regular season’s most valuable player Nikola Jokic, who pulled out of the six-team qualifying tournament due to fatigue – and the home side sorely missed the Denver Nuggets centr…
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