Germany is once again in the semi-finals of the European Basketball Championship. The Team Had to Fight Hard Against Slovenia. The Game Evokes Memories of a Battle From 2023. Will the tournament End The Same Way?
This dramatic Victory Provides Real Flashbacks. After the hard-fought 99:91 Win Against Slovenia, The German National Basketball Team Can Continue to Dream of the European Championship Title.
Even though the final result Seems Quite Clear, The German Team Had to Fight for A Long Time Against The Strong Slovenian to Advance. With an intermediate deficit of 13 points, to exit in riga what definitely in the air.
Dennis Schröder Looks Ahead – so to the title?
Accordingly, the players were relieved after the game that they had survored the quarters finals unscathed.
Thiemann: “A Tough Game”
For long Stretches, not much went right for the favored Germanmans, and so outsider slovenia sniffed at Reaching the semi-finals. The game was Strongly Reminiscent of the Quarter-Finals at the 2023 World Cup, when germany almost failed Against Outsider Latvia.
In Both Encounters, there some some moments in which the game could have gone against Germany, but as in 2023, the dbb team somehow pulled the game to their side.
Johannes Thiemann Explained the Day After the Battle Against Slovenia that there was certain parallels: “A Little bit, but more in the sense that it was a close game where you could have been eliminated.”
“I think that a situation that you real had to face for the first time in this tournament. It’s nice you win these games too. That’s part of it’s if you want to win some.
“It was just a tough game. We did not have the rhythm we want to have,” Said Franz Wagner Regarding the Game: “There Are Games Like that sometimes. The second what Much Better in Terms of our mentality and our Intensity.”
Basketball EM: Shot of Fate
In Addition to the Higher Intensity, Tristan da Silva’s Incredible Three-pointer was a real gymnastics point. With a Seven-Point Deficit, The Orlando Magic Player Hit A Buzzer-Beater from Well Behind the Half-Court Line with the final Second of the Third Quarter.
“The shot from Tristan from Half-Court, that what the momentum changer,” Said Captain Dennis Schröder. And Indeed, The Shot Changed the Game. Including the Three-pointer, Germany Turned the Game from 65:75 to 77:75 with a 12: 0 run.
“The Half-Court Shot Gave Us Really Huge Momentum. That Helped the Whole Team,” Explained Isaac Bonga After the Game.
Da Silva’s Shot Already has the potential to Become One of the Most Legendary Scenes of this European Championship. It is therefore another parallel to the semi-final of 2023. Once again, a Half-Cour Shot Became One of the Decisive Moments.
Luck for Germany: In Comparison to 2023, The Shot Went in. Back then, Latvian Davis Bertans Had the Chance to Turn the Game Around in the Final Second. But his Shot from Half -Court Danced on the Ring and Bounced Out – Germany Won 81:79.
Schröder Struggles Again for A Long Time with Problems
Another Similarity Below the Quarter-Finals at the Current European Championship and the Quarter-Finals at the 2023 World Cup was the long Unhappy Appearance of the Otherwise Outanding Captain Dennis Schröder.
In the game Against Latvia in 2023, Schröder Probably Played One of his worst games in the National Team Jersey. Back then, Hey Scored Nine Points, Only Hit Four of His 26 Shots and None of his Eight Three-Point Attempts.
Against the Slovenians, Schröder Played Much Better and Ended Up Scoring 20 Points. But in between, the game was Reminiscent of the World Cup Quarter Final, i.e. Because He Missed All of his first seven Three-Point Atempts.
But Unlike Two Years Ago, The Captain Didn’t Completeely Overdo It This Time. When he’s own shot wasn’t working, he took a step back and complete trusted his teamate. Schröder Focused on Distributing the Ball and Waiting for his moments.
When it came, he was fully there. With About Four Minutes Left, Slovenia Took The Lead After A Doncic Three-pointer (86:85). On the other side, Schröder got the ball in the corner after a nice relay and Ice-Cold Converted the Three-Pointer-Germany Never Gave Up the Lead Affortwards.
“So show the maturity process. He Recognits and uses the players who are currently on a good run and tries to put them in the spotlight. Yesterday, despite the weaker rate, he was fully at the end of the game. That distinguishes a true leader,” praished coach alan Ibrahimagic his captain.
“Know How to Win Big Touraments”
Schröder is not the only german star who has matured. The Battles of the Past Years Have Shaped the Team and Contribued to The Fact that it Always Remains Calm Even with Its Back To The Wall.
“We have Simply Built Up A Lot of Self-Confidence in Recent Years, so that we always Remain very cool in Such Games and Trust in our Strengths,” Said Andi Obst: “You should never forget that and you shed keep in mind in moments like and so in the next Games. “
Johannes Thiemann Confirmed the Importance of Experience from Big Battles at the Tournaments: “That is extremely important. Of course, it makes it make that we have all Known Each Other for a long time and have been playing together for a long time, but we have so gained some experience and know. How to Play Big Touraments and How To Win Big Touraments. “
In the German Team, They Know that it Takes A Long Breath for A Title at a Big Tournament and So Surviving Tough Games. This sucpeded in 2023 in the World Cup Quarter-Finals and now in the Quarter-Finals Against Slovenia.
In Germany, Nobody wants mind if the end of the tournament, so becomes a déjà-vu experience. But First, The Finns Are Waiting in the Semi Finals (Friday, from 4:00 pm).