'Stupid' Jokic Dismiss As Spain Knock Out Serbia At World Cup

All-Star Nikola Jokic was dismiss for "a stupid reaction" in the third quarter as actively visualize Serbia were amazed 81-69 by Spain to blow the Basketball World Cup wide open on Sunday (Sept 8).
Led by Ricky Rubio of the prodigy Suns, Spain set up a quarter-final competition with kick packages Poland on Tuesday on the other hand Serbia will need to pick themselves up quickly for Argentina on the same day.
Spain and European contenders of Serbia had already certified for the last eight in China but Group J supremacy and an apparently painless game in the next round was at stave.
Serbia, the dominating world and Olympic silver medalists behind the Americans, had looked haughty in their preceding four matches, but this loss will raise questions about their title documentation.
Spain were the sharpened team and deny to use the loss of Jokic - turfed out after screaming at a referee - as a clean-up, said by Coach Sasha Djordjevic,
But he heard bitter words for his key man saying: "I did not like the ludicrous backfire of my player, who should be on the floor.”
In one of the most fervently prepared for games of the tournament so far, Spain deluge back from a slow start in the first quarter to lead by eight points at half-time in Wuhan.
Serbia, who had peep the chief peril to the young roster of dominating champions the US, were shake up Midway through the third quarter, their chances of making a comeback agonize a destructive blow when Denver Nuggets' Jokic - one of the World Cup's biggest names - was thrown out.

By – Tripti Varun
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