Serbia dismantles China during Sasa Djordjevic's birthday in World Cup / News - Basketnews.com

Serbia won all fourth quarters and all 12 players played and scored at least a point en route to a 42-point win against China.

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Chinese national team head coach Sasa Djordjevic's birthday celebration will not be a pleasant one as his countrymen from Serbia easily beat China 105-63 (25-14, 30-20, 22-13, 28-16).

Player of the Game EFF 20 Nikola Milutinov Points 11 Accuracy 3-4 Rebounds 6 Assists 2

Serbia controlled the game through and through, winning all four quarters. Every single player on the Serbian roster played at least 5 minutes, and all 12 players scored at least one point.

Bogdan Bogdanovic (4/10 FG, 2/6 3PT, 4/4 FT) and Vanja Marinkovic (5/9 FG) shared the lead for top scorer with 14 points each. Nikola Milutinov topped the boxscore in efficiency with 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 20 PIR.

Zhao Rui led China and the game in scoring with 17 points (7/13 FG).

With a 42-point win, Serbia takes first place in Group B.

Serbia: Vanja Marinkovic 14 (4/6 3PT), Bogdan Bogdanovic 14 (2/6 3PT), Dusan Ristic 13 (4/4 3PT, 6 REB, 4 TO), Nikola Milutinov 11 (5/5 FT, 6 REB, 3 STL), Aleksa Avramovic 10 (4/4 2PT, 4 AST, 3 STL).China: Zhao Rui 17 (5/7 2PT, 2/6 3PT), Zhou Qi 12 (6/6 2PT, 5 REB).

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