Pau, France, June 28 - In the third round of the group E of the 31st European Basketball Championship for Men, the Russian national basketball team defeated tonight in Pau, the Yugoslav national team 76-68 (36-31).
In the game which did not have any competition significance, the Yugoslav national team experienced the first defeat at the championship in France. Such an end could have been foreboded already in the first halftime when it was noticeable that in the Yugoslav team there was no desire and motive to win the great rival.
Predrag Stojakovic played
for the Yugoslav national team
for the first time against
Russians
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The Yugoslav players started very well and were leading in the 5th minute 8-0, whereas in the 9th it was 17-11, but the Russians made a series of 19-4 and acquired the advantage of 30-21.
The fact that the Yugoslav team was left without its first play-maker Sasa Obradovic worries more than the poor playing. He was very seriously injured at the tonight's game and according to the latest information, he already left for Berlin for the operation.
Aleksandar Djordjevic and Zeljko Rebraca did not even arrive at the Euro-Basket 99 because they were injured.
The only play-maker in the Yugoslav team left, Dragan Lukovski was also injured but he is expected to play in the first quarter-final game in Paris against Germany on July 1st.
Location: Hall in Pau. Attendance: 5,000.
YUGOSLAVIA: Player Statistics
|
Player
|
Min
|
2P FG M/A
|
%
|
3P FG M/A |
% |
FT M/A |
% |
REB(O/D) |
Totals |
Ast |
PF |
St |
Pts |
|
Bodiroga
|
33
|
6/9
|
67
|
0/0
|
|
2/2
|
100
|
0/4
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
14
|
|
Danilovic
|
20
|
2/5
|
40
|
0/2
|
0
|
4/4
|
100
|
2/2
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
8
|
|
Divac
|
19
|
4/7
|
57
|
0/3
|
0
|
5/6
|
83
|
0/4
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
13
|
|
Gurovic
|
27
|
5/6
|
83
|
0/0
|
|
2/3
|
67
|
0/5
|
5
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
12
|
|
Loncar
|
24
|
1/2
|
50
|
1/3
|
33
|
0/0
|
|
2/0
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
|
Lukovski
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Obradovic
|
13
|
0/1
|
0
|
2/3
|
67
|
0/0
|
|
0/1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
|
Scepanovic
|
12
|
0/0
|
|
0/1
|
0
|
0/0
|
|
0/1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
Stojakovic
|
5
|
0/2
|
0
|
0/1
|
0
|
0/0
|
|
0/0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Tarlac
|
23
|
2/3
|
67
|
0/0
|
|
2/2
|
100
|
1/3
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
0 |
6 |
| Tomasevic |
11 |
2/4 |
50 |
0/0 |
|
0/0 |
|
2/0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
| Topic |
13 |
0/1 |
0 |
0/0 |
|
0/0 |
|
1/1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Totals |
|
22/40 |
55 |
3/13 |
23 |
15/17 |
88 |
8/21 |
29 |
16 |
22 |
6 |
68 |
Legend
Min - Minutes Played
2P FG (M/A) - Two Point Field Goals (Made/Attempted)
3P FG (M/A) - Three Point Field Goals (Made/Attempted)
FT (M/A) - Free Throws (Made/Attempted)
REB (O/D) - Rebounds (Offensive/Defensive)
AST - Assists
PF - Personal Fouls
ST - Steals
PTS - Points
Group E - Results (3rd Round)
YUGOSLAVIA - Russia 68-76
Spain - Israel 88-74
France - Slovenia 74-69
Group E - Final Standings
- YUGOSLAVIA 5-1
- France 5-1
- Russia 4-2
- Spain 3-3
- Israel 2-4
- Slovenia 2-4
Quarter-Finals
- YUGOSLAVIA - Germany
- Italy - Russia
- France - Turkey
- Lithuania - Spain
Previous Yugoslavia's results at Championship
Group A
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June 21 - Yugoslavia - Israel 81-61
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June 22 - Yugoslavia - Macedonia 83-68
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June 23 - Yugoslavia - France 63-52
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Group E
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June 26 - Yugoslavia - Slovenia 71-66
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June 27 - Yugoslavia - Spain 77-63
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