Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic, playing for Bosnia and Herzegovina this summer, dropped a heartbreaker in the championship game of the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament today.
Poland defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 76-72, knocking the nation out of next summer’s FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament and by extension, the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Nurkic had a Bosnian Beast-like stat line in terms of stuffing the box score — 11 points, 12 rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block — but he shot 5/15 from the field for his lowest point total of the tournament.