Germany vs Slovenia: Dončić Eliminated – EuroBasket 2022

The German world champions eliminated the Slovenes (99-91) this Wednesday, in Riga. They will face Finland in the semi-finals, falling from Georgia.

Led for three quarters, the German world champions overthrew the Slovenia of Star NBA Luka Donnteic (99-91) to reach the semi-finals of the Euro Basketball on Wednesday in Riga. The Germans will face on Friday for a place in the final in Finland, falling from Georgia (93-79) a little earlier and which reaches the last square for the first time in its history. The other semi-final will put Turkey and Greece in the grip.

Wednesday evening in the Latvian capital, the German world champions, undefeated in this euro and bronze medalists in the previous edition in 2022, were led since the 4th minute, accusing a delay of eleven points at the end of the first quarter. Despite a Luka Doncic faithful to its usual standards (39 points, 34 on average since the start of the euro), the Germans and their master to play Dennis Schröder managed to pick up the score from the start of the last quarter, completely relaunched by a basket from the midfielder of Tristan Da Silva in the buzzer of the third quarter.

Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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