Group USA head coach Steve Kerr seems to be fearful that Serbia would possibly catch his gamers sleeping when the 2 groups play for the third time in lower than a month.
Kerr issued a public warning Wednesday suggesting that the People can’t be “lulled to sleep” by Serbia. Group USA beat Serbia by 26 factors in a pre-Olympic exhibition in July, then opened the Olympics by beating Serbia by 26 once more in group play.
“We are able to’t get lulled to sleep as a result of we beat them twice,” Kerr mentioned, via Brian Windhorst of ESPN. “We now have to be ready for his or her finest effort. We’ve received to consider what are they going to do otherwise. (Nikola) Jokic, I suppose he might play 40 minutes. What else have they got up their sleeve?”
Jokic and Serbia truly tied the U.S. crew throughout its Olympic matchup within the 31 minutes he was on the court docket, however misplaced 29-3 within the non-Jokic minutes. Kerr definitely thinks Serbia might lean extra closely on Jokic in a must-win semifinal.
Jokic has been on a mission since arriving in Paris. The U.S. can have its fingers full with him in Thursday’s semifinal, although it has greater than sufficient expertise to rotate in and neutralize him.
