After a hard struggle, basketball world champion Germany also won the second European Championship test game against Slovenia-but despite the 80:70 still revealed a lot of room for improvement.
Two days after the 103: 89 in Ljubljana, the DBB team had captain Dennis Schröder again in Mannheim on Sunday (10.08.2025), who was missing on Friday for personal reasons. The European Championship will take place for the German team from August 27 to September 14th in Tampere (Finland) and Riga (Latvia). Other venues of the tournament are Limassol (Cyprus) and Katowice (Poland).
Collective blackout in the third quarter
The Germans played a decent first half against the Slovenes, who started without their superstar Luka Dončić Scoring was limited, but that Defense stand.
After two quarters there was an apparently calming 42:30 lead before nothing worked in the third quarter. Two converted free throws from Schröder remained the only points for an eternity, Slovenia used the collective blackout Ice cold and was suddenly at 45:44 at the front six minutes before the quarter.
Super blocks by Voigtmann, fruit and hollatz
However, the DBB team was slowly working back into the game via hard defense with three spectacular blocks by Johannes Voigtmann, Andi Obst and Justus Hollatz. At least the course of the Slovenes was braked a bit, but the NBA stars Schröder and Franz Wagner pale – there was also no one – it just didn’t come Flow Care.
The Slovenes took a 60: 57 lead to the final quarter, remained stubborn and uncomfortable – at the front and back. The Germans right now, but a Airball By Nelson Weidemann six minutes in front of the siren fit into the image of collective final weakness.
Schröder and fruit with important points
Again, a monster block, this time from Wagner, helped to pull the fans away and find it better into the game. Schröder finally met a threesome, fruit added – and suddenly the team of national coach Álex Mumbrú was just ahead again.
Back with: Dennis Schröder
After that, the Slovenian power and concentration went out. Germany remained hard in the defense, left no free throws in the final phase – and in the end Wagner could only be broken through fouls.
“In the end it doesn’t matter how dirty a game is sometimes”, Captain Schröder said in magenta, “If you still get victory in the end, that speaks for us.”
Theis returns in time
On the sidelines of the game, the injured world champion Daniel Theis gave the all -clear that he is calculating with his participation in the European Championship. “The physical condition is good. There should be no problems”said the 33-year-old from AS Monaco during the break of the Slovenia game: “I’m trying to play the first game at the Supercup.”
At the Supercup, the German team will meet Turkey on Friday (August 15, 2025, 6 p.m.) in the semifinals, on Saturday the final (8:45 p.m.) or in the game for 3rd place against Vice World Champion Serbia around Nikola Jokic (Denver nuggets) or Czech Republic.