LIMASSOL, Cyprus (AP) — Utah Jazz center Jusuf Nurkić scored 15 points as Bosnia and Herzegovina beat Group C rival Georgia 84-76 to reach the knockout stage at EuroBasket on Thursday.

Georgia trailed by 12 points at halftime but fought back for a 71-71 tie with just over seven minutes left in the fourth quarter in the Cypriot city of Limassol.

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