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Even though their ambitions got smaller after Mazalin and Žižić injuries and Bender not playing, the Croatians are still hoping to get to the semifinal and one of the medals, but that doesn't seem likely without these three. They did score 111 to Egypt, 86 to Iran, but those are weak teams. They scored 81 to USA, but that was a blowout anyway, and the Americans weren't that into that match. The round of 16 against China showed some weaknesses, but Canada can be much better defensively, and we'll probably be seeing a lot of zone they were using in the last two matches, because the Croats don't have a good back shot. Croatia depend on Božić - Zubac a lot because Arapović isn't playing as well as expected, Slavica can't score anything, the point guard Filipović is only looking towards the hoop when he has to... And that's not enough to outplay Canada. Besides, Božić said that the Canadians aren't that good creatively, on the set defense. Their forte is fastbacks and transition, the open court, and the Croats know they can't try and outrun them because they're just not good enough in that segment. Just taking a look at the Canadian results shows what their strength is - they didn't concede over 71 in four matches, and they left the powerful Italy at only 54. Only the match against Korea went over, but that can't be compared anyway. Today's match is the one for the semifinal, and to face the winner of the match between Turkey and Australia.