Both nations have already earned a ticket to Berlin for the Round of 16, but there’s still a lot on the line with positioning and setting up matchups for the knockouts.
Starting the day as the 4th-best team in Group C, Croatia would play Group D’s 1st seed Serbia — with back-to-back NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and former Euroleague MVP Vasilije Micic among others — if all positions held.
However, if all factors break right for Croatia, they could finish as high as 2nd in Group C. They have a tall task ahead of them in facing Ukraine, currently 2nd in the group with their only loss coming at the hands of Greece.