Nika and Olivia are teammates

[From Canada]

Do you know if Popovic will be playing for Serbia tomorrow at 1:00 pm against Iceland?

I still don't have any information on whether Jovana will be in uniform tomorrow. However, I think there's a good chance she will be, given the absence of their star PG Yvonne Anderson. The game is hanging in the balance for Jovana.

 

[Scud49]

All the players in the video had nice smiles. Except this one:

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Ah, our much beloved Nika will always keep us off-balanced. 😀😀

 

[ochoopsfan]

I want to see those games SO BAD!!!!

I wonder if Nika had anything to do with Big O coming to UCONN.

Team USA games are on Tru TV, except the last game vs Spain is on TNT. First game is tomorrow, Wednesday at 4.45 pm EDT

I dont think Croatia is on anything but a pay stream service

 

[HuskylnSC]

Here I was thinking Nelson-Ododa had somehow finagled an invite to the Croatian team. 😱

Me too! I was thinking we need to use only nicknames ONO or Big O only. After 40 years of following players the names begin to overlap. I remember when Caroline first came and someone referred to her as CD2. That started a whole debate where she ended up as Caroline Ducharme Chris Daily, Caroline Doty, Chrystal Dangerfield,.

 

[From Canada]

The rosters are out for today's game, and Olivia is on it. There were 14 players training for Croatia, but since only 12 are on the roster, I assume she will be in uniform. FIBA regulations do not allow more than 12 players to be in uniform. The game starts at 2:00 PM Eastern Time and is supposed to be broadcast by FIBA via its YouTube channel.

Croatia vs Greece - First Round - FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2027 Qualifiers | FIBA Basketball

Croatia vs Greece - Browse boxscore, game information & live stats, team rosters, photos and video highlights

www.fiba.basketball

 

[Horsebrnhil]

The original Big O and the Logo.

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Co-captains of 1960 U.S. Olympic team. The FIRST "Dream Team"!

 

[From Canada]

The rosters are out for today's game, and Olivia is on it. There were 14 players training for Croatia, but since only 12 are on the roster, I assume she will be in uniform. FIBA regulations do not allow more than 12 players to be in uniform. The game starts at 2:00 PM Eastern Time and is supposed to be broadcast by FIBA via its YouTube channel.

Croatia vs Greece - First Round - FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2027 Qualifiers | FIBA Basketball

Croatia vs Greece - Browse boxscore, game information & live stats, team rosters, photos and video highlights

www.fiba.basketball

 

[oldude]

I don’t know if anyone’s watching Croatia take it to Greece today. But what a pleasure to watch Nika doing “Nika things” again, including a few steals, dropping dimes with one no-look pass on the break and grabbing rebounds among the trees.

My favorite play so far, Nika grabs an offensive rebound between 2 Greek forwards, goes right back up to score, while cracking one of the Greek forwards across the jaw with her forearm…..no foul. 😊

Unfortunately, Nika got hurt driving to the basket on a hard foul by one of the Greek players. It looks like a hamstring. But I can’t be certain.

 

[Stronga12]

Blanca-Sarah-Olivia is going to be an insane frontcourt.

 

[ochoopsfan]

from a WNBA writer on twitter.

 

[ochoopsfan]

Update tweet

 

[mlpavela]

Game highlights, including Nika going down, are here. not clear to me to what extent Nika may have been up and about, or participated in high five line or whatever, after rejoining the team (per the Twitter guy).

 

[From Canada]

Tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Croatia vs. Denmark. During the first qualifying window for the 2027 European Championship, Croatia was caught off guard by Denmark. Nika Mülh, who was also injured during that first qualifying window, was absent, and it appears she will be out again for this second match.

However, Croatia can now count on the support of the Big O. Tomorrow, Olivia, who was outstanding in her first game with the senior team, could very well make the difference in this match. If Croatia wins the game, they will qualify for the second qualifying round; if not, they will have to wait for the result of their next match on Wednesday, March 17, against North Macedonia.

Serbia’s game tomorrow against Portugal is at the same time and will be covered on Jovana’s recruitment feed. Serbia has already qualified for the second round.

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Denmark vs Croatia - First Round - FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2027 Qualifiers | FIBA Basketball

Denmark vs Croatia - Browse boxscore, game information & live stats, team rosters, photos and video highlights

www.fiba.basketball

 

[DEFCONN1]

Any updates on Nika’s injury

 

[Bigboote]

Any updates on Nika’s injury

I don't have an update but have verified that it's not the same knee she hurt a year and a half ago.

 

[Ozimoto]

That's a relief, I guess.