Rio Olympics: Jokic, Serbia Face Their Biggest Challenge Yet

The Rio Olympics have been a blast so far. And, we have another great men’s basketball game today as Serbia will take on the United States.

The Rio Olympics have been a great commodity to a boring summer, and now in mens basketball, Serbia will get its shot to face and potentially upset the United States. Coming into the Rio Olympics as the heavy favorite was nothing new to the United States. And, after they almost let Australia upset them, they will look to reaffirm that they are the world’s most dominate basketball team.

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Serbia has struggled so far this Olympics. They failed to beat France and lost that game in a tightly contested match up, 76-75. While they were able to slam Venezuela by over 20 points, Serbia again dropped another winnable game to Australia. Serbia came in with high expectations, but seemingly have had their Rio Olympics crushed so far. This is their redemption. Could the 1-2 underdog shock the most dominate basketball team in the world?

The United States has had the opposite storyline. They seemed a bit startled by a rowdy Australian bunch led by Patty Mills and Matthew Delevadova in there third preliminary round game. But, with a team full of NBA superstars, the United States do not have much to worry about. They have been able to route both Venezuela and China significantly. With two interesting group games left against Serbia and France, the US still needs to compete at the highest level in these Rio Olympics.

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With Simone Biles and multiple others doing the seemingly impossible, the Rio Olympics is where dreams happen. And, could it be that the Serbians dream is to knock Team USA off of their high-horse?

Stay tuned in to Nugg Love for a post-game recap of this Olympic action. And, do not forget to cheer on your Nuggets this summer!