Serbia's dominant 119-100 victory over Japan in a Paris 2024 Olympics exhibition game in Belgrade featured a stellar performance from Nikola Jokic, who scored 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Rui Hachimura led Japan with a game-high 29 points.
Japan finished its preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics against Serbia.
In their recent exhibition games, Japan lost two close matches to Australia (89-90) and South Korea (84-85), managed a draw against Australia (95-95), secured a win over South Korea (88-80), and suffered a heavy loss to Germany (83-104).
Serbia, on the other hand, won against France (79-67), but then lost against Australia (73-84) and Team USA (79-105).
At the Paris Olympics, Japan will compete in Group B with Germany, France, and Brazil. Serbia will be in Group C alongside Team USA, South Sudan, and Puerto Rico.
Serbia enters the Paris Olympics as the World Cup runner-up. However, the team did not have NBA MVP Nikola Jokic last year, who is now putting up strong numbers on the FIBA court.
Japan is led by Los Angeles Lakers star Rui Hachimura, who also missed last year's FIBA World Cup but delivered an impressive performance in the Tokyo Olympics, averaging 22.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 2.0 assists.
Serbia 119-100 Japan
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