Kokoskov and Scariolo start their Eurobasket qualifiers with big wins

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

With NBA and EuroLeague players missing, but also Sacramento Kings assistant Igor Kokoskov making his debut in the Serbian national team bench and Toronto Raptors‘ Sergio Scariolo returning for a few days in the old continent in order to coach Spain once again, the Eurobasket 2021 qualifiers started with the favorites prevailing.

Spain got the road win in Romania (84-71) and Serbia did the same in Finland (80-58) behind 19 points by Miroslav Raduljica. Italy also beat Russia with ease (83-64) with the hosts presenting a totally different roster compared to the recent FIBA World Cup.

However, it was Swiss guard Jonathan Kazadi who stole the show with a triple-double (22 p. 10 r. 10 as.), however, he was defeated by Georgia.

Group A

Romania – Spain 71-84 (Cate 19 p. 13 r. – Saiz 17 p. 10 r.)
Poland – Israel 71-75 (Slaughter 29 p. – Mekel 11 p. 10 as.)

GAMES				STREAK	GAME POINTS					POINTS
#	Team	P	W	L	%	Last 5	For	Agt	+/-	FA	AA
1	Spain	1	1	0	100		84	71	13	84	71	2
2	Israel	1	1	0	100		75	71	4	75	71	2
3	Poland	1	0	1	0		71	75	-4	71	75	1
4	Romania	1	0	1	0		71	84	-13	71	84	1

Group B

North Macedonia – Estonia 72-81 (Stojanovski 26 p. – Kullamae 31 p.)
Italy – Russia 83-64 (Ricci 19 p. – Antipov 14 p.)

GAMES				STREAK	GAME POINTS					POINTS
#	Team	P	W	L	%	Last 5	For	Agt	+/-	FA	AA
1	Italy	1	1	0	100		83	64	19	83	64	2
2	Estonia	1	1	0	100		81	72	9	81	72	2
3	North Macedonia	1	0	1	0		72	81	-9	72	81	1
4	Russia	1	0	1	0		64	83	-19	64	83	1

Group E

Georgia – Switzerland 96-88 (Shermandid 16 p. 13 r. – Kazadi 22 p. 10 r. 10 as.)
Finland – Serbia 58-80 (Palmi 16 p. – Raduljica 19 p.)

GAMES				STREAK	GAME POINTS					POINTS
#	Team	P	W	L	%	Last 5	For	Agt	+/-	FA	AA
1	Serbia	1	1	0	100		80	58	22	80	58	2
2	Georgia	1	1	0	100		96	88	8	96	88	2
3	Switzerland	1	0	1	0		88	96	-8	88	96	1
4	Finland	1	0	1	0		58	80	-22	58	80	1

Group F

Hungary – Slovenia 77-75 (Allen 16 p. – Morgan 16 p.)
Austria – Ukraine 73-88 (Trmal 13 p. – Herun 13 p.)

GAMES				STREAK	GAME POINTS					POINTS
#	Team	P	W	L	%	Last 5	For	Agt	+/-	FA	AA
1	Ukraine	1	1	0	100		88	73	15	88	73	2
2	Hungary	1	1	0	100		77	75	2	77	75	2
3	Slovenia	1	0	1	0		75	77	-2	75	77	1
4	Austria	1	0	1	0		73	88	-15	73	88	1

Photo credit: FIBA.Basketball