Young Eagles struggled, then knocked out Slovakia with a stunning run: Serbia opens EuroBasket with a win!

Following the U17 Serbian national team's silver medal at the World Championship and the U20 squad's identical achievement at the recently concluded European Championship, attention has now shifted to the U18 selection.

The U18 team kicked off their tournament in Italy with a victory, overcoming Slovakia, who proved to be a formidable opponent.

The Slovaks even held a lead with two minutes remaining in the third quarter (56:53), but then the young Eagles unleashed an incredible scoring run. Over four minutes, our basketball players scored 20 consecutive points, establishing an insurmountable 73:56 lead, and routinely closed out the game.

Đorđe Gnjato led the scoring with 15 points, Vuk Danilović added 13, Andrej Bjelić contributed 12, while Nikola Karalić scored 11 points. For Slovakia, Matúš Rybár was the top performer with 15 points, while Bruno Randuška and Matúš Gregor each had 11.

In the second round, Serbia is set to face Turkey on Sunday evening (8:30 PM).

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