Team Serbia played and won twice over the weekend in exhibition matches ahead of the EuroBasket 2025 Tournament, while Nikola Jokic did his MVP thing in one of the games.
Against Greece, who were without Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jokic recorded a dominant double-double. In the 76-66 win, which required some late-game heroics from Aleksa Avramovic, he scored 23 points and snagged 19 rebounds. It was Jokic’s first game since Game 7 of Round 2 in the NBA Playoffs this past spring. The Denver Nuggets star looked himself with Sombor Shuffles and dazzling passes.
Jokic’s highlights from the game are below
Without Jokic and some other key players, Serbia then met EuroBasket tournament debutants Cyprus on Sunday and crushed them 122-55.
Many NBA players are with their European squads for this event, which begins later this month. Serbia is 4-0 with home wins earlier against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Poland. They play Czechia in Munich and another foe on Aug. 15 and 16, before a matchup with Slovenia on August 21.
Then the tournament tips on August 27. Serbia is the second-best national team in the world right now, according to FIBA, behind Team USA. Jokic’s squad is grouped with Czechia, Türkiye, Latvia, Estonia and Portugal for EuroBasket.
