European Cup sad and happy night: Four teams qualify for three consecutive victories, and Doncic still finds a victory for 39+9

On August 31, the group stage of the men's basketball European Cup continued to kick off. The schedule was still a bit intensive, and there were even back-to-back appearances. Among them, Antetokounmpo chose to take a rest. Some teams have played 3 games, among which Germany, Sevilla, Finland and Turkey have all won three consecutive victories in advance; Doncic continues to perform with a hot performance, scoring 39 points and 9 assists, but it still cannot help the team win the game.

The German men's basketball team became the first opportunity to qualify early. In the third game, facing Lithuania with good strength, the opponent still couldn't resist Germany's offensive firepower, and finally lost the game 88-107. In this way, Germany won three consecutive victories and advanced to the top 16 early, showing a hot momentum. Schroeder and Wagner Jr. in the team also performed very stably, with scores of 20+ in three consecutive games. Compared with some other strong teams, Germany has shown its ability to compete for the championship.

Serbia played against Latvia in the third game. I thought it would be a bit relaxed. After all, the former won easily in the first two games, but I didn't expect that I was in trouble this time. Fortunately, Jokic stood up and faced Porzingis, 15 of 26 shots, scored 39 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, helping the team win 84-80. Serbia also won three consecutive victories and achieved early qualifying. In the next schedule, the last showdown with Turkey will be a competition to compete for the first place in the group. Türkiye followed, defeated Portugal 95-54, and also advanced to the three consecutive wins. Shin Kyung played very easily in this game. He scored 14 points in the first quarter, scored 9 of 13 shots in the game, scored 20 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, and only played in three quarters.

Then Finland continued its dark horse character, defeated Montenegro 85-65, and advanced early with three consecutive wins. Markkanen, who played for the Jazz, continued to be in a hot state, scoring 26 points and 13 rebounds in 8 of 16 shots, and he scored 97 points in the first three games, which was the key to the team's advance to the top 16 ahead of schedule.

Some people are happy and some are sad. Doncic, the core of Slovenia, has a sad role. He has played nearly perfectly for 35 minutes, played 8 of 20 shots, made 4 of 10 three-pointers, made 19 of 20 free throws, scored 39 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals. But it still failed to lead Slovenia to a victory. The group has now 0 wins and 2 losses, which has arrived in a very unfavorable situation. I originally thought Slovenia would cause some trouble this time, but I didn't expect that my overall strength was still a bit weak, and I could not go further with Doncic alone.