Riga, Latvia – In the biggest Eurobasket upset so far, the Olympic silver medalist Serbia is out of the tournament after losing to Finland , and coach Svetislav Pesic explained why a key point, which was among the biggest concerns of the scouting, decided the outcome.

As he said in the press conference: “Congratulations to Finland. We knew before the game how the Finnish team is playing: energy, transition, shooting, and offensive rebounds”.

The last two words are the most important, as Pesic elaborated: “They are the best team in offensive rebounds per tournament, 16 per game, and tonight they got 20. So it’s an opponent that we could not underestimate. We didn’t find a solution for the offensive rebounds, so we lost the game despite Finland shooting 41% and they ended up having 92

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