Basketball players in the European Championship semi-final German basketball players struggle down
10.09.2025, 10:10 p.m.In the game for the German basketball players in the European Championship quarter-finals, little runs together for three quarters. Slovenia makes life difficult for Dennis Schröder & Co., and the DBB team also struggles with the referee performance. In the final phase, the Germans turn the game - despite the monster performance by Luka Doncic.
Luka Doncic was also unable to stop the German basketball players on their triumphal march, the world champion is in the European Championship semi-final as three years ago and reaches for the next medal. The team around Captain Dennis Schröder beat Slovenia with the NBA superstar in his ranks in the gripping quarter-finals of Riga/Latvia thanks to strong nerves 99:91 (45:51), on Friday there is the first chance for jumping on the podium on Friday with surprise team Finland. "Ich bin extrem stolz"said Schröder at RTL: "Es war eine komplette Teamleistung. Spieler des Tages ist das Team."
Schröder bothered himself from the partly theatrical behavior of the Slovenes, the discussions with the referees, in the end it didn't matter. "Das Wichtigste ist, dass wir den Sieg geholt haben und in die nächste Runde gehen"said the NBA professional in Magentasport and praised the attitude of the team: "Jeder ist ready, jeder ist confident. Das zeichnet uns aus." Doncic in particular kept scolding the referee.
The best German thrower was Franz Wagner with 23 points, the outstanding Doncic came up to 39 points - that was not enough for the surprise. "Es war ein sehr toughes Spiel, sehr emotional. Wir haben uns langsam rangekämpft. Wir haben die längere Bank genutzt und am Ende die wichtigen Plays gemacht"said interim national coach Ibrahimagic. Franz 'brother Moritz said as a TV expert in Magentasport: "Das war ein richtig ekliger Arbeitssieg. Die gehören bei solchen Meisterschaften auch dazu."
Doncic is hard to stop
It is the fifth semi -finals of a selection of the German Basketball Federation (DBB) after 1993 (gold), 2001 (4th), 2005 (silver) and 2022 (bronze). The medal set has been complete since the home European Championships three years ago, after the small disappointment of Berlin the declared goal is the second gold. The German team is also the favorite in the third K.-O. game, in the previous week there was a clear victory against preliminary round host Finland in the last group game in Tampere (91:61). Greece and Turkey meet in the other semi -finals.
As in a long time ardent, but at the end clearly won round of 16 with Portugal (85:58) it was all or nothing against Slovenia, and the main focus was on Doncic. "Einer alleine kann ihn nicht stoppen"said Franz Wagner, "er ist offensiv extrem variabel, kann extrem gut werfen." This was reflected in numbers, the best scorer of the group phase had led the Slovenia to victory over Italy with his next gala (42 points) at the beginning of the final round (84:77).
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The DBB team also quickly had problems with the Point Guard, especially when in Isaac Bonga the best defender went on the bench after his second foul. Exactly two years after Manila's World Cup triumph in the first quarter, the threesome fell like against Portugal, Slovenia settled in double digits (32: 21/10. Minute). The nervousness was tangible in the favorite, only in the middle of the second section the DBB team found a rhythm and Doncic got its third foul early on (18th). The Germans also struggled a lot with the referees and kept shook their heads when Doncic in particular received whistles in his favor.
Alan Ibrahimagic, who, like in the preliminary round on the sidelines, was in charge, since national coach àlex Mumbrú moved into the second row due to illness, was dissatisfied at the break: "Wir müssen etwas härter spielen"said the regular assistant coach in magenta. "Wir müssen schneller spielen"Tristan da Silva. There were two clear victories against Slovenia in preparation, but in the most important encounter it hooked. Schröder did not find his threesome at all, the defense was rarely accessed for a long time to be able to shorten decisively. Then the turn: Since Silva met the siren from his own half at the end of the third quarter to 70:74, sniper Andreas Obst put a little later in the middle of a 12-0 run to 77:74 (32nd).
Everything was now open, Schröder scored his first three for 88:86 (37th), 60 seconds before the end it was 94:89 - and Bonga scored twice from the line. Slovenia could no longer answer.
