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The Montenegrins fooled me two days ago, but, of course, there's no confirmation that they calculated to set up Sweden in the semi-final in order to avoid Hungary, but I can't stop feeling like that's exactly what happened. Jovovic was furious at his players because of the way they played, maybe that was a show for the public, maybe the players did it behind his back. Irrelevant, these two teams now have ahead of them the game of the Championship. The winning team goes into the finale, which is less important, they also secure a spot in the Division A. This is a clash of two best defenses, Sweden limited their opponents at 55.2 points on average, and they never conceded more than 65 points, which is what Belarus scored against them. With 87 points conceded against Finland, Montenegro still have the second best defense at the Championship and they concede on 61 points on average. During the preparation period, they had five out of seven unders on this margin, three out of six at this tournament, and they went over it in the blowouts against Kosovo, Georgia and in the last game against Finland. Sweden went under in all three preparation games (Austria 75-51, 72-44, Denmark 63-57), and in two out of six at the Championship, and they went over against fast Slovakia with 85 points scored, Moldova at 137 with 96 scored points, Albania with 97 and Belarus with 82 points scored. There won't be a blowout today, and I don't expect some crazy offensive numbers either. This is an important game and this should be a match dominated by these teams' strong suit - defense.