Dennis Schroder And Germany Faced with Boston Celtics Center Neemis Queta and Portugal in their second confrontation at Eurobasque 2025. Germany had reached this stage of the tournament after having published a perfect record in the group phase, winning matches against Montenegro, Sweden, Lithuania, Great Britain and Finland.
Meanwhile, Portugal had barely scratched to qualify for the 16 final after losing three of its first five games. Queta and the company shot down on Estonia by three points on Wednesday to reserve their ticket for these last stages.
Saturday’s match started with Neemias Queta paving the way in Portugal. The 7 -foot center recorded five fast points and a flight to help its team take a five -point lead. But Germany did well to adjust and worked the ball inside with Daniel Theis and Isaac Bonga, equaling the match at 7-7, three minutes after the start.
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The strong departure of the two teams turns into a dead end until Franz Wagner and Dennis Schroder marked for Germany, giving them a four-point cushion (11-7). The back and forth between the teams continued while Germany finished the first quarter, leading in five points (17-12).
The second quarter opened with Portugal converting free throws and draining a pointer to 3 to obtain less than two points from its opponents (19-17). The team continued its solid scope of the perimeter, grabbing the head with five minutes to play in the second.
Germany has done a bad job to generate a good look for the next few minutes, while Portugal lead has increased to five points (26-21). The Germans finally responded while Franz Wagner, Schroder and Isaac Bonga combined to make a match on a possession (26-25).
A rapidly pause explosion of Wagner saw Germany regain the lead, before work Williams hit a 3 -point pointer to return his team to his team. Neemias Queta threw a stellar alley to bring his team back to a three-point lead while Schroder scored at the other end to make a match from one point before half (32-31).
Franz Wagner, Dennis Schroder and Isaac Bonga paved the way for Germany with 10, eight and seven points respectively. Meanwhile, Neemias Queta was effective for his team at both ends, recording nine points, five rebounds, two interceptions and a block in the first half.
The second half of the match started with Germany performing a full -fledged press on its opponents, leading to many chaos for Portugal. Before a long time, their pressure borne fruit while the Germans added four fast points, establishing a three-point lead (37-34).
Wagner led the Germans for the Germans while Queta continued to attack painting, keeping Portugal in the game. Germany’s cold sequence, the range of 3 points, continued, the team pulling 1 for 23 Deep, halfway through the third quarter.
While the Germans have made a team effort to keep their lead, Queta relentlessly attacked the painting, winning free throws and throwing lobs to keep his team.
Maodo Lo struck the second 3 point pointer from the German match while Schroder converted free throws to put the six-point team with three minutes to play in the third quarter (49-43). The last 90 seconds have seen Portugal achieve a five-point swing to make a match on a possession before the fourth quarter (52-51).
Germany vs Portugal Player Statistics and box score for September 6
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Edited by Sameer Khan
