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Belinelli’s run in EuroBasket ends

Marco Belinelli scored 18 points for Italy in a loss to Serbia Wednesday in EuroBasket 2017. Photo courtesy of FIBA.
Marco Belinelli scored 18 points for Italy in a loss to Serbia Wednesday in EuroBasket 2017. Photo courtesy of FIBA.
By Chris Vivlamore
Sept 13, 2017

Now, Marco Belinelli’s run in the EuroBasket 2017 tournament is over.

The new Hawks guard scored a team-high 18 points, despite a poor shooting performance, in Italy’s 83-67 loss to Serbia in the quarterfinals on Wednesday in Istanbul. The loss came a day after Dennis Schroder and Germany were eliminated. No more Hawks players remain in the international tournament.

Belinelli was 5 of 17 from the floor, including 2 of 11 from 3-point range. Belinelli averaged 17.9 points in seven games.

Serbia moves on to face Russia in the semifinals. The other semifinal will be Spain versus Slovenia. The finals will be Sunday.

Belinelli is now free to join the Hawks for training camp, which begins Sept. 25 with media day.

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Chris Vivlamore is the sports editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as reporter and editor at the AJC since 2003.

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