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Let´s trade AD, when Baby Jesus enters the draft. Markkanen, Valtonen and Baby Jesus just ended Jokic´s EuroBasket.

Huge surprise by Finland. Serbia suffered a tough blow with Bogdanovic injury, as he seemed to be the heart and soul of the team. Serbia still had a great team with arguably best player in the world and great supporting cast, which should be on paper much better than Markannens supporting cast. 

Tomorrow is Slovenia vs Italy. Slovenia had somewhat surprisingly second best offense in the first five games, just behind Germany. Italy had best defense in the tournament so far. Unlucky for Slovenia - even if we manage to win against Italy (far from given, it will likely be a very interesting match), we play Germany in the quarterfinals. Arguably best team in the tournament. As little hope as I had for Slovenia, they seem to be playing better and better, of course lead by monster Luka performances. Despite realistically low level of quality, I have to admit the confidence of our guys is sky high. They trully believe they can beat anyone.