The Eurobasket 2022 started its kickoff yesterday with Luka Doncic dancing with Slovenia against Lithuania; Franz Wagner and the German National team had an epic night against the stacked team France led by Evan Fournier and Rudy Gobert. You can catch all Eurobasket basketball livescore here!
Memorable debut for Franz Wagner on Germany Men’s basketball team as they beat France
Germany started their Eurobasket campaign in a memorable fashion after defeating France with the scoreline of 76-63 on the same day Dirk Nowitzki was honored with his No. 14 jersey retirement ceremony hung in the rafters of the stadium of his native country.
Despite Franz Wagner’s underwhelming performance tallied just eight points, three rebounds, and three assists in just a 25 minutes action, Germany still clinched the victory over the tenacious and stacked French team – thanks to their double effort on the defensive end that led to contain France with just 13 points at the opening period. This below 20 points production per quarter of France created a huge advantage for the home team as Germany established an early double figure lead that they carried until the ending buzzer.
Both teams struggled beyond the arc, 3 points did not sink in well making the importance of shooting on the midrange and inside shots are far more important scoring production. Germany shots 59.4 % on the inside paint compared to France 43.3%.
French star player Evan Fournier struggled to find his rhythm in this game as he just finished with seven points with 2-10 shooting, contributing to France’s 17 turnovers of the game.
Germany’s victory was led by their Non-NBA talents in Johannes Thiemann (14), Niels Giffey (13), and Maodo Lo (13). While their nba standouts have a poor scoring night with Dennis Schroder just dishes 11 points and both Daniel Theis and Franz Wagner scored 8.
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Luka Doncic’s double-double helped Slovenia past Lithuania 92-85
Slovenia started their Eurobasket 2022 campaign and defense of the title, facing the formidable Lithuania headed by Domantas Sabonis and Jonas Valanciunas. Though an off-night scoring for the Wonder Boy of Slovenia, dishes just 14 points, it did not hinder the fingerprints of Luka Doncic to be effective and create influences for his national team, especially during the final five minute of the match where dishes series of assist and taking advantage of Lithuania’s slow-footed big men despite Domantas Sabonis is quick and agile to his position.
The matchup between Lithuania and Slovenia is an epic one, neither of this team made a convincing separation as they continue their back and forth shooting – it feels like a chess match with many strategies and tactics displayed in this game. Lithuania had the edge at the start of the fourth quarter but the shooting cooled off in the half of the final quarter – giving Slovenia a chance to regain the lead and pull the victory on their side. Mike Tobey led Slovenia with a game high of 24 points, followed by Goran Dragic’s 19 points. Lithuania struggled to take care of the ball and tallied a whopping 16 turnovers translating to Slovenia’s 25 points.
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