22
14:11
The third quarter starts evenly. The first three lands by Dennis Schröder after he has a lot of time and space halfway to the left directly on the line. The defense had previously collapsed after a fruit drive.
21
14:07
Beginning of 3rd quarter
20
13:59
Mid-term conclusion:
Germany leads to the break! And that despite the fact that almost nothing went together in the first quarter: stress between Theis and Schröder, Schröder ignoring the head coach and only eleven points of his own. Exactly this bad mood then passed to the opponent in the second quarter, who was only able to score nine points himself in the second quarter. Superstar Dončić is clearly the best scorer with 14 points, but he needs a lot of tries for that: He is only successful in 6 of 14 attempts from the field, from a distance it is only 1/7. The German team uses this to play itself into an offensive run. The DBB team leads with 38:34.
20
13:52
End of 2nd quarter
20
13:51
Schröder hits one of two free throws, but Voigtmann immediately puts the miss in the second. This is the lead for the Herbert team.
19
1:49 p.m
Dončić doesn’t look fit at all on the other side. As he runs, he grimaces in pain, and the steps don’t look round either.
18
1:49 p.m
This man is so sure! Obst hits the three centrally one meter behind the line. He immediately takes to the air and hardly needs any time to adjust. It’s Germany’s turn!
17
13:46
Bonga also hits from outside after Schröder had attracted three opponents. Slovenia is forced into the next time-out, their lead has melted to four points. Herbert says meaningfully: “We found together, now we stay together!”
16
13:44
Luke is not in yet! He misses two free throws in a row. Even from outside he has not yet found the touch.
15
13:42
Germany has hardly met its throws so far. 8/23 is the field throw stat, but then a deep throw right behind the line by Obste is good relief.
14
13:39
Now Slovenia is taking a break and hugging Schröder Theis on the bench. That’s a nice picture after the two really clashed personally in the first quarter. After the long period of reflection, the two come back into play.
13.
13:38
Away from the ball, Dončić Mo simply checks Wagner under the basket because he had previously gone in hard against a Slovenian. The second personal foul for the superstar.
12.
13:34
But Prepelič immediately kills the momentum with another deep three. At least Giffey makes up for it with a quick shot from downtown.
11.
13:32
With two steals by Lô and Thiemann, the DBB selection catches up four points in 20 seconds. That could give courage for the section. Once Thiemann puts in the lay-up, the second time he is twice as successful from the line.
11.
13:32
Beginning of 2nd quarter
10
13:31
Interim conclusion 1st quarter:
Slovenia overruns Germany in the first quarter. Germany doesn’t hit a shot early on and also messes up the atmosphere in the time-out by attacking each other. Slovenia, on the other hand, with a good attacking performance.
10
13:29
End of 1st quarter
10
13:29
In the final seconds, Prepelič converts a deep three from the right three meters behind the line.
10
13:28
Wagner misses the moment for the play and commits a step error in the drive. This is already the fourth turnover in Germany. Slovenia hasn’t lost the ball yet.
9.
13:27
Dončić is forced outside by the refs because he has two bloody scratches on his shoulder.
8th.
13:25
Luka shows for the first time why his nickname is “Magic”. He approaches the basket head-on and then lays sideways to the outside left without looking over his head. But Prepelič doesn’t hit the open corner three-pointer.
7.
13:24
Schröder will be substituted immediately, but the atmosphere during this break looked very explosive. That’s a really bad sign.
6.
13:23
That’s not a good sign at all! Only in the German timeout Schröder and Theis clash. Then coach Herbert Schröder has to move away. Schröder whispers to his coach “Chill Out” and refuses to sit down. The coach doesn’t like that at all, who has to admonish him several times. So there is no more time to paint a play.
6.
13:22
Dragić and Schröder each convert a central three in quick succession. Then Dončić pushes Bonga away from under the basket again and simply converts for two.
6.
13:20
Halfway through the quarter, Germany has already committed its fourth foul. From now on, every foul in the quarter gives Slovenia a free throw.
5.
13:18
Schröder shows his good dribbling. In a feint, he surprisingly puts the ball forward and accelerates rapidly. He walks under the basket from the right and puts the board backwards into the basket.
4.
13:17
But it is also spectacular on the other side: Schröder throws a steep ball under the basket from outside. Somehow Theis comes flying in from behind and stuffs in with one hand out of balance to dunk. A murmur goes through the arena, a great alley-oop.
3.
13:15
The German game is still faltering a bit, under the basket Dončić just pushes Bonga away of his own free will. So he makes a simple layup twice in a row, this time there is even a free throw for the throwing foul on top.
1.
13:13
Theis fails in the first attempt from the field on the right just before the free-throw line. But Bonga gets the offensive rebound and then makes the basket. On the other hand, Dončić responds with the lay-up.
1.
13:11
game start
13:04
The Germans come from a clear 100:73 against Georgia. The best shooter was Maodo Lô, closely followed by Dennis Schröder, who, as mentioned, was taken off the floor prematurely with back problems.
13:03
However, his supporting cast, i.e. the players around him, is not really outstanding with the Slovenians. The team had to do without Dončić early on against the Australians because he had to take a long break with foul problems with three fouls in the second quarter. It was precisely during these phases that things became difficult for Slovenia. Center Mike Tobey was able to contribute a large part to the important victory with 18 points. But that also shows the weakness of the Slovenian shooters.
12:59 p.m
Luka has managed an average of 30 minutes on the field in the tournament so far. In these minutes, the Slovenes scored an average of 13.3 points more than their opponents. This is also a top 10 value of the tournament.
12:53
The fact that the Slovenians are so successful is mainly due to one man: Luka Dončić. After the cancellations of Nikola Jokić and Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Dallas Mavericks superstar is by far the best individual player of the tournament. The Dallas Mavericks Slovenia guard is the most dangerous man in the World Cup with over 27 points per game.
12:50 p.m
Accordingly, there is little to tactic: The team of head coach Gordon Herbert wants to continue the winning streak. Up to this point there have only been four teams that have won all four games and they are all going head-to-head today. One of the two duels is Germany against Slovenia, in the other game the USA will meet Lithuania at 2:40 p.m.
12:43 p.m
But now to the importance of the game: Germany and Slovenia have been confirmed as quarter-finalists. In today’s clash, it’s all about who wins the group. This has the advantage of playing against the second-placed team in Group L in the quarter-finals. However, this group will not be decided until this afternoon when Spain and Canada meet.
12:40 p.m
Before we take care of the constellation, there is the important injury update. The message from the DBB can be quoted here in a nutshell: “Dennis is playing. Franz isn’t.” Point Guard Dennis Schröder can play again after his injury from the Georgian game. Franz Wagner is still missing with his injury from the first game of the World Cup against Japan.
12:36
Hello and welcome to the live ticker of the encounter between Germany and Slovenia. At the Basketball World Cup, the German national team is about winning the group in the intermediate round.