According to Serbian news outlet B92 Sport, Jokic characterized Serbia’s gut-wrenching, close defeat to Team USA in the Olympic semifinals as the “biggest defeat” of his career. Below is a rough translation of Jokic’s explanation in Serbian via B92 Sport:

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