Montenegro vs. United Kingdom

Montenegro has a record of 1 win and 3, narrowly defeating Sweden 87-81 in the September 1 game, ending its previous three-game losing streak, and the team's morale has been improved. Core player Vucevic is in excellent form, contributing 23 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks against Sweden, and defender Slavkovic and forward Drogniak also played well, with the two hitting a combined 6 three-pointers against Sweden. All of the first four games lost and a net loss of 34.6 points per game. In the September 1 match, a 57-120 defeat to Germany, with a 63-point difference setting the biggest difference record for this European Championship. The team's core Herson scored 11 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals, making it difficult to change the game trend, and the team's overall condition was sluggish.

Team strength comparison: Offensively: Montenegro has more diverse offensive methods, with averaging higher scores than the British team. Montenegro has top inside players like Vucevic. Their strong play and downs are suppressing in this group, and the outside players also have certain three-point shooting abilities, such as Slavkovic and Drogniak. The British team has weak offensive performance, with low scores per game, low shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage. The team's offense relies heavily on outside shooting, but the three-point shooting percentage is only about 25%. The inside lacks dominant players and cannot establish a stable scoring point at the basket. Montenegro loses fewer points per game than the British team. The team focuses on team defense and limits opponents' offense through active rotation and assisted defense. The British team's defensive system is chaotic, and the players have weak awareness of assisting defense. They often miss people and fail to make up for defense in time, and they lose points per game as high as 95 points.

Historical Confrontation: In the last three confrontations between the two teams, Montenegro has the advantage with 2 wins and 1 losses. The most recent encounter was in the 2020 European qualifiers, where Montenegro won 81-74 away. However, Britain defeated Montenegro 74-59 in the November 2020 showdown, when Miles Hesson and Akvasie Yeboa contributed a combined 35 points.

Tactical style: Montenegro's tactics are "sharpening positions in halftime + relying on the inside to restrain the outside line", with high quality of strong play and downs at low posts. After defeating Sweden, the team will continue the tactics of "inside support + outside line conduction", reduce Vucevic's singles proportion, and improve offensive diversity. The British team's ball-holding propulsion and organizational stability are relatively weak. Once they encounter delays in the replacement and elbow-zone attack, the quality of the shots and round efficiency have significantly declined, and the overall tactical execution ability is poor.

Match prediction: Judging from pre-match data and analysis of all parties, Montenegro crushed the British team in terms of offense and defense efficiency. Montenegro's winning and losing probability is 92.3%, and the probability of handicap winning and losing (-14.5) is 68.5%. However, the basketball game is full of uncertainty. If British veteran Hesson breaks out or young players perform well, the score gap may be narrowed, but overall, Montenegro is more likely to win.