Russia lost to Serbia in the EuroBasket semifinals on Friday, 87-79.
Sergei Bazarevich’s squad now faces Spain in the 3rd-place game on September 17. The team has a chance to become only the second Russian squad to medal at the European championships (Russia won bronze in 2011).
Russia 79, Serbia 87 (20-25, 14-23, 23-18, 22-21)
Russia
Shved (33), Vorontsevich (14), Mozgov (11+9 reb), Khvostov (10), D. Kulagin (0) – starters; Zubkov (6), Fridzon (3), Kurbanov (2), Antonov (0), Ivlev (0).
Serbia
Bogdanovic (17), Lucic (11), Jovic (8+6 ast), Kuzmic (3), Bircevic (2) – starters; Marjanovic (16), Milosavljevic (5), Micic (2), Macvan (2), Guduric (0), Stimac (0)
