Serbia came close to an exploit this Thursday… But after leading throughout this anthology semi-final, Nikola Jokic and his teammates were narrowly caught by Team USA.

Afterwards, Bogdan Bogdanovic was back on track.

The Blues have been warned: if they want to win the gold medal against Team USA this Saturday, they will have to play a perfect game for 40 minutes, and not one less.

Because the latter proved during the anthology semi-final against Serbia that they don’t need much to turn around a situation that has started badly.

Led by 15 points by Nikola Jokic and his team on a mission, Steve Kerr’s men capitalized on the smallest mistakes of their opponents.

For example, we can point to the 6-point action by Kevin Durant and Devin Booker as a decisive turning point at the end of the game.

On this same play, the triple MVP inherited a 4th foul that inevitably conditioned the rest of his match.

Bogdanovic denounces the treatment of the referees
While they will certainly be very proud of themselves in a few days, and especially if they win the bronze medal, the Serbs are frustrated for the moment.

The proof is in this scathing statement from Bogdan Bogdanovic after the match.

For the Hawks guard, the referees would not be innocent in Team USA’s comeback.

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We tried to talk to the referees, but they didn’t want to talk to us. But it doesn’t matter.

Against us, the United States don’t need the help of the referees.

We didn’t have the same help when the Americans pushed us with both hands for example.

We played the best possible match.

One can understand the Serbian frustration after this almost perfect game on their part… Bogdan Bogdanovic felt like he was disadvantaged by the referees, especially on some forgotten whistles.

But it is clear that the difference was not made at this level during the semi-final.

The Americans only shot two free throws more than Serbia, proof of fair treatment.

The best thing about victory is always the tears of the opponents

Serbia was a few minutes away from a colossal feat that would have marked the history of basketball.

Unfortunately for Bogdan Bogdanovic and his team, Team USA stepped on the accelerator at the best of times.