Home Phoenix Phoenix Suns #4 Chasson Randle MenDario Watch: Suns combo big shines for Croatia in pre-Eurobasket competition
With the official start of the 2022 FIBA EuroBasket looming, Phoenix Suns big Dario Saric helped Croatia finish the exhibition period 2-2 in the first competitive action he’s seen since Game 1 of the 2021 NBA Finals when he tore his ACL against the Milwaukee Bucks:
98-68 win o white devin booker jerseyver Bulgaria83-95 loss to Czech Republic84-64 win over Hungary88-94 loss to Slovenia
The national squad also played in a couple pre-qualifiers for the 2025 EuroBasket, which they finished 2-0:
72-69 win over Poland84-53 win over Switzerland
...finishing August a combined 4-2 with their first real game of the EuroBasket coming on Fri. Sep. 2 against Giannis Antetokounmpo and Greece.
As for Saric’s team context, Croatia has one of the most vast collectio devin booker shirt jerseyns of NBA talent in the EuroBasket field:
Ivica Zubac — devin booker basketball jersey LA ClippersBojan Bogdanovic — Utah JazzKarlo Matkovic — draft-and-sNBA Lawn and Garden Suppliestash for New Orleans PelicansMario Hezonja — Portland Trailblazers as recently as 2020Jaleen Smith — Phoenix Suns Summer League in 2021
Saric played well in all six games, averaging 10.7 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 2.7 assists on shooting splits of 39.2/33.3/81.0 and looked healthy as ever, including a slimmed-down, quicker body that he used to attack closeoutsMarc Gasol Jerseys more frequently than I’ve ever seen while wearing a Suns uniform (to varied success).
Game 1: 98-68 win over Bulgaria — 10 points (1-3 2P, 1-2 3P, 5-5 FT), 4 rebounds, 2 assists in 11 minutes
Game 2: 83-95 loss to Czech Republic — 5 pts (1-7 2P, 1-3 3P, 0-0 FT),Karl-Anthony Towns Jerseys 7 rebs, 2 asts in 14 min
I think if Saric ever tried this pull-up three out of a between-the-legs dribble in an NBA game I’d freak out from excitement. The audacity of this man:
Game 3: 84-64 win over Hungary — 9 pts (3-6 2P, 0-2 3P, 3-4 FT), 1 reb, 3 asts in 18 min
is this..... a curveball by dario? pic.twitter.com/rO9vM9n6Iy
— damon allred (@iamdamonallred) August 28, 2022
Game 4: 88-94 loss to Slovenia — 18 pts (3-5 2P, 4-7 3P, 0-0 FT), 6 rebs, 1 ast in 25 min
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Offense pic.twitter.com/3zoIEumTgvNBA Draft Hats— damon allred (@iamdamonallred) August 29, 2022
Game 5: 72-69 win over Poland — 9 pts (3-5 2P, 0-4 3P, 3-6 FT), 6 rebs, 6 ast in 28 min
Game 6: 84-53 win over Switzerland — 13 pts (2-4 2P, 1-3 3P, 6-6 FT), 7 rebs, 2 ast in 19 min
All games during the group stage will be streamed from the Mediolanum Forum in Assago, Italy on ESPN+, and we’ll have coverage of each game here as soon as possible for our non-subscribed readers and non-early risers. Here’s the full schedule for the group stage:
Fri. 9/2 8:00 a.m. — Croatia vs GreeceSat. 9/3 5:15 a.m. — vs Great Britain Mon. 9/5 5:15 a.m. — vs EstoniaTue. 9/6 12:00 p.m. — @ Italy Thu. 9/8 5:15 a.m. — vs Ukraine
If Croatia finishes group play in the top 4 of Group C, then they move onto the knockout round:
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