The men's basketball bronze medal match at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be played by the Germany men's basketball team against the Serbia men's basketball team. In the previous semifinals, the Germany men's basketball team lost to the host France men's basketball team and missed the final, while the Serbia men's basketball team was reversed by the United States men's basketball team after leading by 17 points, and finally lost by 4 points. Curry was superb, hitting nine 3-pointers and scoring 36 points. In this game, the Germany men's basketball team and the Serbia men's basketball team won the bronze medal head-on, and the big battle was about to start.
In the first quarter of the game, the Serbia team took Jokic as the offensive axis, and after the ball hit the front court, it was mainly handed over to Jokic to instigate, and Jokic also sent 6 assists in the first quarter to lead the team to establish a lead; Germany handed the ball to Schröder, but was attacked by Serbia's strong defence. Germany made 5 of 11 shots from the outside in the first quarter, while Serbia scored mostly inside, hitting just 3 2-pointers. At the end of the first quarter, Serbia led by nine points at 30-21;
In the second quarter, Germany was still obsessed with outside shooting, repeatedly forcing shots against defenders outside the 3-point line, and the shooting percentage was certainly not high. Jokic was not on the court, and the rest of the Serbia team frequently attacked the basket to create opportunities, and the point difference was stretched to double digits; After that, Jokic re-entered the game, and Germany also sent Schröder on their side. Jokic made 2 fouls and 2 free throws, and Germany's outside line finally opened up. Timan scored on a layup and the margin returned to single digits; After that, the two teams went back and forth, the point difference could not be opened, and at halftime, Serbia led by 8 points at 46-38;
In the rematch, Serbia continued to use Jokic's containment on the inside to impact the box to create opportunities, and Bogda burst into the inside to shoot, and the margin stretched to 14 points; At the critical moment, Obst responded with a 3-point step back from a 45-degree angle on the right side, and Wagner Jr. held the ball and burst into the inside to throw the board and score, and Germany returned a wave of 5-0; At the critical moment, Avramovich also hit a 3-point shot, and then counterattacked a dragon to score an inside layup, and one person returned a wave of 5-0 to directly stop the Germany team!
After the timeout, Avramovic countered for a layup, Dobrich then chased down a 3-pointer and hit again, and Germany called a timeout again! After the timeout, Banga hit two 3-pointers in a row with Big Wagner, and it was Serbia's turn to call a timeout; After the timeout, Germany continued to chase points, and Serbia led by 9 points 72-63 in the third quarter, which was equivalent to a basic tie in the quarter;
In the final quarter, Jokic turned around and scored a layup under the basket, turned around and responded with a layup, Bogda scored a 3-pointer outside the line, and Wagner Jr. also scored a layup with a defensive basket, and the two sides started the scoring mode! AT THE CRITICAL MOMENT, JOKIC HIT THE BULLSEYE WITH A 3-POINT SHOT ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND TURNED BACK TO BIG WAGNER FOR A 3-POINT ANSWER BALL! The attack on both sides was fast-paced, but the Serbia team had more firepower! After that, Serbia continued to widen the gap to 15 points, and finally Germany was unable to reverse the defeat, and the score was fixed at 93-83, and the Serbia men's basketball team won the bronze medal at this Paris Olympics.
Serbia blossomed in this game, with a total of six players scoring in double figures, including Jokic who performed well, cutting down a triple double of 19 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists. Misic had 19 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Bogda 16 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Marinkovic 10 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, Petrushev 11 points and 2 boards, and Avramovic 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. On the Germany side, Wagner Jr. had 18 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, and Schroeder had 13 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.