European Championship: Defending champion Spanish men s basketball team loses Georgia in an upset loss, Spurs center 19+7+6

On August 28, in the group stage of the 2025 Men's Basketball European Championship, the defending champion Spanish Men's Basketball Team played against Georgia Men's Basketball Team. The Spanish men's basketball team fell behind 9-19 at the beginning, and then stubbornly counterattacked and chased points, but was widened at most at the end of the quarter. In the end, the Spanish men's basketball team lost 69-83 to the Georgian men's basketball team and suffered a bad goal.

Statistics

Spanish men's basketball team: Aldama scored 12 points, Brizula scored 11 points, Hernan Gomez Jr. scored 13 points and 8 rebounds.

Georgia Men's Basketball Team: Senglia scored 13 points, Sanasse scored 11 points, Bitaze scored 15 points and 5 rebounds, Mamukailashvili scored 19 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, and Baldwin scored 12 points.

Match Review

The defending champion Spanish men's basketball team has undergone major changes compared with the previous session. Many veterans withdrew, and are now led by the Grizzlies players Aldama and Hernan Gomez brothers. The Spanish men's basketball team performed poorly in 1 win and 5 losses in the previous warm-up match. Georgia men's basketball team owns Spurs player Mamukailashvili, and it was difficult to get 0 wins and 6 losses in the warm-up match. The two sides have had four previous confrontations, and the Spanish men's basketball team has the upper hand in 3 wins and 1 loss.

In the first quarter of this game, Mamukailashvili led the team to score consecutively. The Spanish men's basketball team fell behind 4-9 at the beginning, Eusta made a layup, and the Georgian men's basketball team scored 4 points in a row to stop the Spanish men's basketball team. Pala chased points with three points, Georgia men's basketball team expanded its 10-point advantage with a 6-0 offensive, and Spanish men's basketball team chased points with an 8-1 offensive. At the end of the first quarter, the Spanish men's basketball team chased them 17-20 behind Georgia men's basketball team. Mamukailashvili scored 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in the first quarter. In the second quarter, both sides did not score a single point in the first two minutes. Hernan Gomez and Bitaze each scored 2 points in the interior, and Larea scored 2 points in three-pointers to 22-22. Bitaze scored consecutively inside points to lead the 6-2 offensive to take the lead, Hernan Gomez scored in the interior, Sanasse and Aldama scored a three-pointer against each other, and Brizzula made a layup to chase 31-31. The two sides then rushed to the inside and took the lead alternately, Senglia made a buzzer-beating three-pointer, and Brizzula scored a buzzer-beating shot. At the end of the first half, the Spanish men's basketball team was 35-37 behind the Georgian men's basketball team. Only Sanasse scored 11 points on both sides in the first two quarters.

After returning from the break, the Georgian men's basketball team scored 5 points in a row, Aldama scored a three-pointer, and Shenglia scored another 4 points to expand the advantage of 8 points. The Spanish men's basketball team scored 2 points in a 6-0 offensive. The Georgian men's basketball team then opened the score again, and the Spanish men's basketball team scored less than 20 points in three consecutive quarters, and even scored less than 15 points in the third quarter. The Spanish men's basketball team lost 6 points 14-20 in the single quarter, and the Spanish men's basketball team fell behind the Georgian men's basketball team 49-57 at the end of the third quarter. In the first three quarters, three Georgian men's basketball team scored in double digits, Senglia scored 10 points, Sana's 11 points and Mamukelashvili scored 15 points, only one Spanish men's basketball team scored in double digits, and Aldama scored 12 points.

Entered the final quarter, and the Spanish men's basketball team continued to be suppressed by the Georgian men's basketball team, and Brizzula made a layup and chased it to 7 points. Georgia men's basketball team has a 11-2 offensive and suppressed inside and outside. The Spanish men's basketball team is already 62-78 behind the 16-point gap. Hernan Gomez Jr. chases the score with three points, and Senglia makes two free throws and one of them maintains a 14-point advantage. The Spanish men's basketball team was no longer able to reverse the situation. In the end, the Spanish men's basketball team lost to the Georgian men's basketball team, and the Spanish men's basketball team's title defense journey was in a dark way.

The starter of both sides

Spanish men's basketball team: Hernangomez, Eusta, Para, Aldama, Larea

Georgian men's basketball team: Senglia, Sanasse, Bitaze, Mamukelashvili, Baldwin