Riga, Latvia – Serbia defeated Latvia and improved to 3-0 at the 2025 EuroBasket, officially securing a place in the next phase of the competition.

After the win over the hosts in Riga, Petrusev spoke about the incident from the previous game — his ejection five minutes into the match against Portugal.

Coach Svetislav Pešić didn’t like it and said that such incidents can’t happen again under his watch. Petrusev apologized after scoring 12 points with four rebounds in the win over Latvia.

“ It looked bad, and I would like to apologize to my teammates and coach. I can’t allow myself to do that — the national team comes before everyone and everything. I reacted instinctively, but that’s no excuse. I tried to regain the trust of my teammates and coach with energy and play, and that’s how

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