With the German basketball players, the previously so strong offensive is really stalling in the European Championship round of round against Portugal. The heavily developed victory against the outsider should be a warning at the right time.
The German basketball players won 85:58 against Portugal at the start of the Ko round in Riga, but was very difficult for three quarters.
Franz Wagner and Dennis Schröder were the best scorers with 16 points. Captain Schröder was celebrated by the German fans in the arena in Riga, which was officially just 2,300 spectators, with “MVP” calls.
In the quarter-finals next Wednesday, the DBB team will either meet Italy or Slovenia, who will fight their round of 16 against each other on Sunday.
National coach Mumbru for the first time on the sidelines
In Germany’s basketball players, national coach Alex Mumbru was on the sidelines for the first time at this tournament after his hospital stay. According to the association, Mumbru should once again share responsibility with assistance coach Alan Ibrahimagic, who had confidently led the team through the preliminary round.
The DBB team, which had rushed through the preliminary round with the best offensive of all teams, had emphasized before the game that they wanted to tackle the task against number 56 in the world rankings.
Türkiye wobbles, like the DBB team
What can happen in basketball, if you do not go into a round of 16 as a favorite, had previously experienced Turkey in the first game of the day: the Turks, who had completed their preliminary round as the first time in front of Topfavorit Serbia, almost could be surprised by Sweden, the fourth of the German group. The game was balanced two and a half minutes before the end, in the end Turkey tortured itself into the quarter -finals with a narrow success.
DBB team for the first time with massive problems
Germany’s basketball players should have been warned – but the DBB team also had massive problems against the stark outsider Portugal to get into the usual rhythm. The game schedule of the defensively strong Portuguese was particularly open in the first half: the Iberer successfully made the game slowly, and the German team repeatedly forced the German team into the unloved, so far less practiced half-field offense.
DBB team with an underground quota from the distance
Even the distant twice, one of the great strengths so far, did not want to fall: by the halftime, the German team only hit a threesome, with a total of 18 attempts. The DBB team always left simple degrees. It was aggressively the two worst quarter at this European Championship, for the first time the German team went into the break with a deficit (31:32).
The German team continued to stranger strongly with the previously unusual, scarce game. Assistant coach Ibrahimagic had at least visually adopted the chief role, tried to shake off from outside. Maodo Lo and Isaac Bonga finally sank two threes, the German team won the highest leadership (52:43).
Tremor until the final quarter
But the team remained defensive, Portugal’s NBA player Neemias Queta (18 points, 11 rebounds) did not get away from the basket. The Portuguese actually came back before the final quarter, there was a tremor.
The DBB team showed fighting spirit, finally grabbed in the final quarter when it was crowded under the baskets. The Portuguese hardly got any other chances of throwing.
In the attack, Maodo Lo took over: The Berliner sensed that he still had the best touch from outside that afternoon, sank two more threes. In the end, Lo hit four out of seven from “Downtown”. Andreas Obst put a further successful distance from the corner to the 63: 51 lead afterwards – the bank celebrated this like redemption.
The German team made a 14-0 run. When Isaac Bonga screwed the lead to 20 points three and a half minutes before the end, the game was finally decided.