The teacher scored 33 points in vain, highlighting the importance of Bogdan. Where did Serbia lose?

The 2025 Men's Basketball Team European Cup has entered the quarterfinals of 16. As the favorite to win the championship, the Serbian Men's Basketball Team faces the Finnish Men's Basketball Team, the third in Group B. Judging from the book strength, the former ranks second in the world and ranks first in the last period of this event, while the Finnish team led by Markkanin ranked only 20th in the world, which is still quite a gap. But the result of the game was shocking. Even Jokic scored 33 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, but he still had no choice but to lose. In the final two minutes, Serbia was beaten 8-13 and finally lost by 6 points. This is also the two consecutive European Cups, leading the team to the top 16, and has not realized its dream of winning the championship so far in its national team's career.

This game also highlights the role of Bogdanovic. On the NBA stage, the "conductor tower" No. 5 position that can score and organize like Mr. Yo is a unicorn. On the contrary, the No. 2 position like Bogdan is not that outstanding due to his athletic ability. After all, he is more likely to score than the American defender who can run, jump and fight one-on-one. But in FIBA ​​games, it is particularly important that there is a backcourt master in the team who can handle the ball like Bogdan. Players such as Bogdanovic, Schroeder of the German team, Mills of the Australian team, and Satoransky of the Czech team all have the "FIBA Jordan" certification title.

Around this point, we can analyze in detail where the Serbian team lost. According to statistics, the Serbian men's basketball team's shooting percentage is 44.3%, which is much higher than the 40.5% of the Finnish men's basketball team. In fact, because of the existence of teachers, the Serbian team's two-point shooting percentage reached a terrifying 64%, which is almost 20 percentage points higher than the opponent. They scored 28 points in the paint area, 6 more points than the Finnish team.

When both sides have similar assists, turnovers and other data, Serbia has the advantage of the inside, how did he lose? The main loss was in two aspects. The first is a three-pointer. The Serbian men's basketball team made 11 of 36 shots from the outside, while the Finnish men's basketball team made 15 of 42 shots. Even if the teacher asked the teacher to consciously increase the outside shot and chase points in the second half, he made a long shot with 4 of 9 shots, which was much higher than Markkanen's 1 of 9 shots, but he still felt powerless as if he could not defeat four hands with two fists. As a center forward, I asked the teacher to do my best, but this was originally Bogdan's responsibility and he could not completely replace it.

The second is offensive rebound. The rebound ratio of the two teams is 36 to 45. Although it is a lot worse, the defensive rebound is only 1, but in the competition for offensive rebounds, Serbia lost a full 8. Some fans may have such questions. Isn’t it that the Serbian men’s basketball team has the advantage in the interior and how can they lose rebounds? This is a typical misunderstanding of modern basketball. It is believed that grabbing rebounds is a matter of the inside. In fact, it is not the case. The rebound protection requires the whole team to stop and work hard together. Especially when Finland makes a lot of long shots, there will be many long rebounds. At this time, forward players with both height and mobility will be more compete for the advantage. Obviously, Finland has the advantage in the competition for these long rebounds. These offensive rebounds also helped the Finnish men's basketball team score 23 points through a second offense, 6 more points than Serbia, and smoothed the gap in the inside.

So, the Serbian men's basketball team lost unjustly. The teacher is indeed very strong, but in the European basketball world, which emphasizes more teamwork and tactical qualities, it is indeed difficult to lead the team to the top with your own strength. Of course, Bogdanovic's accidental injury was not Jokic's fault. It can only be said that it is fate. The championship ring and the FMVP trophy have been obtained. When will the national team gold medal of Yoo Teacher come?