Men s Basketball Team s European Championships one night of sadness: Finland is upset, Serbia is out of regret, four first in the quarterfinals

On the first day of the 2025 Men's Basketball European Championship, Turkey relied on the outbreak of Shin Kyung in the second half to reverse the situation. Germany took away the game with a 33-7 wave of flow in the last quarter. The Possess hit 34+19 Latvia and was still eliminated, and Serbia was eliminated in an upset! Below is a review of each game.

Turkey - Sweden

On one side is the Turkey team that won all five games in the group stage, and on the other side is the Swedish team that did not catch the last bus of the round of 16 until the last moment. From the books, although the strength gap between the two teams is obvious, the Swedish team did not sit back and wait for death when they really arrived at the court. In the first quarter, they not only had a accurate shooting shooting with a shooting percentage of more than 60%, but also made the Turkish team's best-in-class Ottoman, who was in the best start, and he could not play. At the end of the first half, Sweden led by 5 points 42-37. After the second half of the game, the Turkish team gradually regained its form, especially Shin Kyung, who was unstoppable, scoring, rebounding and assisting. He scored 17 points alone in the second half, leading the team to beat the opponent by 13 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, instantly turning the situation around. In the end, the Turkish team defeated Sweden 85-79 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. (Shen Jing 24 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks, Ottoman 17 points)

Germany-Portugal

Facing the Portuguese team with the bottom-end strength in the top 16, the German team, which averaged 105 points per game and had a three-point shooting percentage of more than 43%, was unable to find the feel at the beginning. The whole team only scored a pitiful 31 points in the first half. What's worse is that the team only hit 1 goal outside the three-point line in the first 24 attempts, which also allowed the Portuguese team to keep a close eye on the score. At the end of the third quarter, the score difference between the two teams was only 1 point. In the fourth quarter, the German team finally restored his due combat effectiveness and scored 33-7 in a single quarter. In the end, the German team defeated Portugal 85-58 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. (Schroeder 16 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, Wagner Jr. 16 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists)

Lithuania-Latvia

The two teams are basically the same in terms of book strength. They have NBA-level big centers in the interior, and there are a group of pitchers who can shoot well on the outside, but if you look at the completeness of the lineup, Latvia even has an advantage. After all, Lithuanian team's core guard Jokubatis was seriously injured early and was reimbursed. However, in the first quarter, Lithuania still achieved a double-digit lead with higher combat qualities and internal and external shooting. The defender Welitzka perfectly replaced Jokubatis's role in the first quarter with 5 shots and 5 shots in half, with 14 points and 6 assists. In the second half, Lithuanian team continued to play steadily, once widening the gap to 15 points in the fourth quarter, but Latvia did not give up. Under the leadership of Posses, the team played an excellent offensive and defensive performance, and the gap instantly narrowed to 5 points. However, the Latvian players then made a violation foul while defending, and the gap was widened again, completely losing the opportunity to turn the tables. In the end, Lithuania defeated Latvia 88-79. (Varanciunas scored 9 points in 4 of 5 shots, Porzingis scored 34 points and 19 rebounds)

Serbia-Finland

Although Serbia lacks the core outside player Bogdanovic, the outside world is still optimistic that Serbia will be the winner before the game, just because Jokic is too strong! Indeed, from the performance on the court, Jokic's destructive power on the offensive end is really terrifying. He made 9 of 13 shots in the whole game and made 14 of 19 free throws. However, without Bogdanovic to share the pressure on the offensive end, Jokic could not do everything on the defensive end and rebounding. The team lost in this game because of the protection of backcourt rebounding. Finland scored a total of 20 offensive rebounds in the whole game, and 13 more sports games than Serbia. In the last 104 seconds before the final game, Serbia fell behind only 1 point 81-82, but then lost the backcourt rebounds continuously, resulting in a 7-0 offensive climax by the opponent, completely losing hope of winning. In the end, Serbia lost to Finland 86-92, and the European Championship stopped here. (Jokic scored 33 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, Jovic scored 20 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Markanen scored 29 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals)

The following is the latest promotion situation of 16-to-8 in the knockout stage: