Serbia won Portugal with 80:69 (23:19, 20:14, 21:16, 16:20).
The Serbs scored 23 points and ten rebounds by Nikola Jokich, and 18 points and six rebounds – Nikola Jovich.
The Portuguese team scored 22 points and nine rebounds in Djoga British, 15 points and five catches – Travante Williams, and 11 points for Djogu Ventura.
It has already been reported that in other Group A games in Riga on Friday, Turkey beat the Czech Republic with 92:78, while Latvia defeated the Estonian national team with 72:70.
Serbia and Turkey have two wins in two games, with Portugal and Latvia one win, and two losses to the Czech Republic and Estonia.
In the Finnish city of Tampere in Group B on Friday, Germany beat Sweden by 105: 83, Lithuania with 94:67 – Montenegro, and Finland with 109: 79 – UK.
Germany, Lithuania and Finland have two wins in the group, but two losses are for Sweden, Montenegro and Britain.
In the European Championship Finals, 24 teams in four groups play in Riga, Tampere, Katowice and Limassol at the end of August and early September. The top four teams will qualify for the playoffs in Riga, finding out the medal winners in the first half of September.
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