It always seemed like somewhat of a long shot that Croatia would not secure placement into the knockout stage of EuroBasket 2022, and Thursday’s game against Ukraine would go a long way to ensuring that they would at least play one more game at the prestigious tournament.
Croatia controlled the early stages of the contest, even holding an 11-point lead at one point in the second quarter before Ukraine found their way back into this one and seized control at various moments.
After finding themselves down in the fourth quarter with five minutes to play, Croatia brought the thunder, rallying to notch a 90-85 triumph over Ukraine on Thursday in Milan.