First start at the EuroBasket, Bojan Bogdanovic hitting his head
The day opening of the EuroBasket, Bojan Bogdanovic suffered a bit of a blow on Saturday as starter Bojan Bogdanovic suffered a concussion in the first game of Croatia’s EuroBasket slate. He left the game after hitting his head and did not return.
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Without Bogdanovic, Croatia lost a close one to their toughest competition in Group play, as Greece squeezed out a 72-70 victory. Bojan badly wanted to play against Greece, but after his injury hit the head badly, Doctors recommended him to rest and not longer to play.
As for Bargnani and Team Italy, they picked up a victory over Iceland, 71-64, after losing to Turkey in their opening game. Bargnani played just nine minutes and shot 1-of-5 from the floor. As Sportnando notes, he now seems to be the third center on his own team.
Macedonian National Team will go on without captain Pero Antic ex Hawks this season, as he reportedly was announced on the press-conference in July, Antic will not play at EuroBasket 2015, mentioned “The players who qualified to EuroBasket last summer deserve to play the competition in September.”
Italy will play Spain on Tuesday, while Croatia will play Macedonia on Tuesday. Not word as of yet as to whether or not Bogdanovic will play. As we noted, the concussion rules in FIBA are not the same as they are in the NBA, so he may very well be cleared to play by Tuesday.
