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How to Watch Serbia vs Latvia at EuroBasket 2025: Nikola Jokic vs. Kristaps Porzingis

Two of the top big men in the NBA will go head-to-head Saturday — in Riga, Latvia.

Nikola Jokic and the tournament favorite Serbian squad will face host Latvia and Kristaps Porzingis in a Group A game on Saturday. Here is everything you need to know about how to watch that game.

EuroBasket 2025: Serbia vs. Latvia: How To Watch

Serbia vs. Latvia tips off Saturday, Aug. 31 at 11 AM ET (6 PM local time in Latvia).

In the United States, games can be streamed on Courtside 1891, FIBA's official streaming platform. All EuroBasket games also can be viewed through DAZN on the Courtside app.

Jokic vs. Porzingis

Both big men come in off strong games.

Porzingis had a rough opening outing in a loss to Turkiye, but on Friday he had 22 points and seven rebounds against Estonia.

Jokic has looked like himself — the best player in the world — and dropped a casual 23 and 10 on Portugal.

Whatever happens with the big men, what makes Serbia the favorite in this matchup is its depth on the rest of the roster. Serbia features NBA players Bogdan Bogdanovic (Clippers), Nikola Jovic (Heat), Nikola Topic (Thunder) and Tristan Vukcevic (Wizards). They also have former NBA players Vasilije Micic, Filip Petrusev, and Alen Smailagic. Latvia does have former NBA player Davis Bertans.

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SEE IT: Mets' Jonah Tong tosses six-pitch first inning in MLB debut

Making his highly anticipated MLB debut on Friday night at Citi Field, Mets prospect Jonah Tong made quick work of the Marlins for a 1-2-3 first inning.

The 22-year-old needed just six pitches to get through his first big league inning, getting a lineout, flyout, and pop out.

Check out his impressive first inning here:

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Mavericks waive-and-stretch Olivier-Maxence Prosper, clearing way for Dante Exum signing

Kyrie Irving will miss most, if not all, of the coming season due to a torn ACL, which has Dallas wanting to bring in some point guard depth behind D'Angelo Russell. Specifically, the Mavericks plan to re-sign Dante Exum, who has been with the team for a couple of seasons but is now a free agent.

To make that happen, the Mavericks are waiving and stretching 2023 first-round pick Olivier-Maxence Prosper, a story broken by ESPN’s Shams Charania.

This was not a surprise. Dallas is hard-capped at the second apron and was within $1.5 million of that line, it needed to clear cap space to sign Exum, even to a veteran minimum contract. The team had tried to trade Prosper, but other teams wanted a second-round pick attached to take on his $3 million contract. Dallas could create enough space to sign Exum by waiving and stretching Prosper, spreading his $3 million over three seasons on the books.

Once Prosper clears waivers, expect the Mavericks to announce the deal with Exum.

Prosper becomes a free agent and has shown enough flashes in Dallas to garner interest from other NBA teams.

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Leicester 2-0 Birmingham: Championship – as it happened

Abdul Fatawu’s opener and a Ricardo goal created by 16-year-old Jeremy Monga took the midlands spoils

1 min: Off we go. Some empty seats? And a stray cone left on the field delayed the kick-off. A guilty coach had to run on and remove it. It’s high press and high energy already.

Some loud Kasbabian – thankfully not their awful Sky Premier League anthem – is ringing out. Here we go in the greatest league in the whole bloody world. The teams come out to applause for the last game of August.

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Abdul Fatawu screamer sets up Leicester’s impressive win over Birmingham

Abdul Fatawu’s stunning early goal and Ricardo Pereira’s late effort gave Leicester record a hard-fought but deserved victory over Birmingham in the Championship. Fatawu’s brilliant finish lit up a game of precious few chances, as these two Midlands rivals slugged it out under the lights at the KP Stadium.

Chris Davies’s side, who came into the contest unbeaten in the second tier, improved as the contest between two of the league’s most fancied clubs wore on. But with Jay Stansfield ruled out they struggled to create enough to trouble Martí Cifuentes’s side, before the Leicester substitute pounced following 16-year-old Jeremy Monga’s memorable assist.

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Penguins New Defenseman Is Intriguing Addition

The Pittsburgh Penguins have had themselves a busy 2025 NHL off-season. They have brought in several new players to their roster this summer as they continue their retool. 

One of the players they added through free agency is defenseman Parker Wotherspoon. They signed the left-shot defenseman to a two-year, $2 million contract, and he is now expected to compete for a spot on the Penguins' blueline.

While Wotherspoon is not considered one of the big signings of this summer, the potential for him to be a nice part of the Penguins' roster is there. The 28-year-old demonstrated during his time with the Boston Bruins that he can be a solid bottom-pairing defenseman, and the Penguins will be hoping for him to be the same for them from here. 

In 55 games this past season with the Bruins, Wotherspoon recorded one goal, seven points, 66 blocks, and 75 hits. This was after he had eight assists, 84 hits, and a plus-6 rating in 41 games with Boston in 2023-24. Overall, while Wotherspoon does not make the most impact offensively, he is solid defensively and provides plenty of bite on the backend. 

It will be interesting to see how much of an impact Wotherspoon can make for the Penguins defensively in 2025-26, but this has the potential to be a solid low-risk move for Pittsburgh. 

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Watch Lauri Markkanen drop 43 for Finland in EuroBasket win

We didn't see a lot of Lauri Markkanen in Utah last season, with injuries cutting his season in half.

Friday at EuroBasket, he reminded Great Britain, and everyone else, just how good he can be — and showed he still has plenty of hops.

It wasn't just that dunk, Markkanen dropped 43 to lead Finland to a group stage win.

Finland is now 2-0 in group play, having beaten Sweden and Great Britain, with Markkanen is averaging 35.5 points a game. Jazz fans — and you can be sure some other front office personnel around the NBA — have taken notice. Next up for Finland is winless Montenegro.

There were some other NBA big men who had good days at EuroBasket.

Alperen Sengun had 23 points on 8-of-9 shooting with 12 rebounds and nine assists as his Türkiye team continues to look strong in a win over the Czech Republic.

Kristaps Porzingis had 26 points and seven rebounds to lift Latvia past Estonia for its first EuroBasket 2025 win.

Nikola Jokic had 23 points and 10 rebounds in another win for Serbia, a team that has looked dominant so far.