{"id":407240,"date":"2025-09-08T07:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T07:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/407240\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T07:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T07:20:14","slug":"montenegro-83-89-great-britain-unexpected-british-favor-to-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/407240\/","title":{"rendered":"Montenegro 83-89 Great Britain | Unexpected British favor to Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"

The accounts of Montenegro<\/a> To guarantee their passage to the round of 83, the odds were very simple. A win over Great Britain, the Cinderella of Group B, who have lost all their matches, was enough. But this condition, which many assumed was a given, was not met. Bosko Radovic’s team fell against all odds, 89-XNUMX, to the British, giving Sweden a place in the next round, which, with their victory in the head-to-head match, they seemed to have guaranteed.<\/p>\n

The Balkan team faced the best performances of Myles Hesson and Akwasi Yeboah in the entire tournament, who, with 25 and 23 points respectively, made a team that had lost all its matches by an average of 34 points surprisingly competitive. And by the time the Montenegrins realized they were facing a more difficult match than expected, it was already too late.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

A 16-23 run in the second quarter gave Marc Steutel’s team the lead and almost complete control throughout the second quarter. This situation was only challenged when, with a three-pointer from Mihailovic, Montenegro took the lead with less than two minutes remaining. It seemed they had finally found a way to shake off the fear, that a solution, albeit a late one, had arrived. But a three-pointer from Hesson gave Great Britain the lead back 13 seconds later.<\/p>\n

And now there was no response.<\/p>\n

Both teams therefore finish the Eurobasket with a record of one win and four losses, the same record the Swedes would have if they lost to Lithuania, which would result in a three-way tie that benefits the Nordic countries. Thus, no result in this match can alter reality: Great Britain has dragged Montenegro into the abyss and cleared the way for Sweden to a Round of 16 they hadn’t counted on.<\/p>\n

Vucevic tried<\/p>\n

The setback came despite 31 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists from Nikola Vucevic, who, after his best performance of the tournament, has little to criticize. However, the lack of real help prevented him from turning around a situation that was becoming increasingly complicated without anyone offering a solution. And when they tried, it was too late.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udcca 31 PTS I 11 REB I 7 AST<\/p>\n

Vooch left it all on the floor in his final battle with \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddea! \u2764#EuroBasket<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/HFu9W8OHl8<\/a><\/p>\n

– FIBA \u200b\u200bEuroBasket (@EuroBasket) September 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Cover photo: FIBA)<\/p>\n

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