The team of the team led by Markkanen, which eliminates the favorite of the tournament. Azzurri on the pitch tomorrow (5.30 pm) with Slovenia
The first verdicts from the round of 16 of the European Championships arrive. And the news is that the battleship Serbian, the great favorite on the eve of the tournament, falls against the Finland of an amazing Markkanen.Passano Germany and Türkiye, beating Portugal and Sweden respectively. The Latvia of benches against Lithuania falls. Tomorrow we will know the complete scoreboard of the quarterfinals, with Italy that will take the field at 5.30 pm against Doncic’s Slovenia.
Türkiye-Sweden 85-79
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Each game is a story in its own right. Turkey knows well: after beating Serbia in the previous phase of these Europeans, the Ataman team suffers Sweden throughout the first half, before being able to direct the race on favorable tracks in the third part. It is a non -shooting day for the Turks, who make just 39% of their conclusions from the field: to save them is the excellent work done to guard their iron and the constant presence in rebound. The man of Providence is the usual Sengun with 24 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists.
Türkiye: Sengun 24, Osman 17, Osmani 14
Sweden: Hakanson 16, Larsson e Gaddefors 15
German-Portugal 85-58
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Despite the large gap, for Germany it is a less obvious victory than the scoreboard would suggest: Portugal remains forward for a large part of the first half of the race, but it frustrates everything undergoing a merciless partial of 33-7 in the last quarter. What Lusitani is missing is the transition phase: not even a single basket produced on the counterattack. The double double of 18 points and 11 rebounds of NeemiaS Queta is therefore not enough to overcome the Wagner-Schroder-Bonga trio.
Germania: Wagner at Schroder 16, Branes 15 Portugal: Queta 18, Williams 8, Gameiro 7
Lithuania-Lattonia 88-79
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Luca Banchi’s experience is bitterly ends on the Latvia bench, which loses row, at home, against an impeccable Lithuania, in command from the first to the last minute. The match is immediately addressed by the Triples of Velicka (MVP with 21 points and 12 assists), while for large sections Latvia finds no security outside Porzingis. In the final he climbs late in the chair Lomazs, but the furrow excavated by the Kurtinaititis team is now too wide.
Lithuania: Velicka 21, Tubel E Sirvydis 18
Latvia: Porzingis 34, Lomazs 21, Smits 8
Serbia-Finlandia 86-92
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What thud for Serbia! Jokic and his companions terribly suffer from Markkanen’s Finland (best player with 29 points and 8 rebounds), which brings his own to the double -digit command already in the first minutes of the race. For Pesic’s team, the major difficulties are seen under the basket: in the end the star of the Nuggets tries to put a piece there, but at the most unsuspected moment, just when Serbia seemed to be able to take the game in hand, it gets inflamed from the Arco Elias Valtonen, which produces the decisive tear.
Serbia: Jokic 33, Jovic 20, Dobric 9
Finlandia: Markkanen 29, Jantunen 15, Valtonen 13
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