Serbia vs Brazil Prediction, Tips & Odds – Aug. 21, 2023

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August 20, 2023

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Serbia vs Brazil Prediction 21.08.2023. The FIBA World Cup starts in a few days and the best national teams are playing their last preparatory matches. Serbia and Brazil are playing a friendly match, which will show both teams a lot about their current state.

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Serbia vs Brazil Odds

Serbia vs Brazil 1×2: 1.33/16.00 / 3.00

Total points over/under (167.5): 1.89 / 1.88

Handicap (-6.5/+6.5): 1.85/ 1.88

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Serbia Team News

Svetislav Pesic’s team has the last test before the World Championship, and the rival will be the unpleasant Brazil, who showed all his talent during the preparations. Serbia comes to the championship with a weakened team, but they are still one of the favorites for a medal and a high ranking. The absences of Jokic, Micic, Lucic, and Kalinic cannot be compensated, but Serbia still has a respectable team, led by Bogdan Bogdanovic. During the preliminary matches, Serbia had big problems in the organization, but with the addition of Stefan Jovic, that problem has also been reduced a lot. Jović has already had problems with injuries throughout his career, but even now he is best at opening easy points from the pick game with his centers. Bogdanovic and Guduric have a lot of the ball in their hands, are often on the floor together, and spend a lot of time on transmission and organization, so their shooting percentages are significantly worse than what we are used to from them.

The real refreshment for Serbia is Nikola Jovic, who is the real x-factor in Serbia’s game. Excellent defensively, but also able to catch the defensive rebound and go to the hoop in like a “Giannis” way and open the transition. The absolute ruler under the basket is Nikola Milutinov, who has dominated all the matches so far and schooled all his opponents.

In the last two matches, Serbia defeated China and Puerto Rico, while at the Acropolis Cup, they defeated Greece, and were defeated by Italy, which exposed all of Serbia’s shortcomings.

Srbija je odigrala jako dobar meč, vodila tokom svih 40 minuta, te je bez problema upisala trijumf.https://t.co/rNDXNDjDVm
— Basketball Sphere (@BSphere7) August 20, 2023

Brazil Team News

Along with the USA, Brazil is the only national team that has never missed the world’s strongest competition. Much will depend on the back tandem of Huertas and Yago Dos Santos, to whose beat the Brazilian national team plays. Although Huertas is in his late basketball years, he still has that “joke” in his game, which he showed this year in the Tenerife jersey. After a great season in Ulm, with which he won the German championship, Yago signed for Crvena zvezda and will play at the highest European club level. This is a guy who they say, if he were only a few centimeters taller, would be a legitimate NBA player. Penetrating and fast, and confident in shooting from a distance. That connection from Ulm from last season, Yago – Caboclo, will be very important in the Brazilian national team as well. In the back position, Brazil has a new reinforcement from Fenerbahce, Raul Neto, who will bring additional security. Brazil plays at a fast pace and with more baskets, and they showed their quality in the preparatory matches where they defeated favored Australia, as well as Venezuela and South Sudan. In the last match, they were defeated by Italy with a difference of 6 points.

Brazil rely on backcourt depth 💫#FIBAWC x #WinForBrazil 🇧🇷
— FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 🏆 (@FIBAWC) August 17, 2023

Serbia vs Brazil H2H

10.09.14 – Serbia : Brazil – 84:56

03.09.14 – Serbia : Brazil – 73:81

Injuries and suspensions

Serbia: Jokic, Lucic, Micic, Kalinic, Pokusevski.

Brazil: -.