The first day of the European Championship: Jokic wins 34 points with a quasi-triple double Serbian win, Germany and Turkey win

On August 28, the 2025 European Men's Basketball Championship officially started. After 6 games on the first day, Jokic led Serbia to beat Estonia with 34 points, Schroeder and Wagner Jr. scored 43 points, led Germany to defeat Montenegro by 30 points, Shen Jing beat Porzingis and led the team to defeat Latvia 20 points, and Markanen narrowly defeated Sweden with 28 points.

Serbia 98-64 Estonia Jokic is the number one favorite to win the championship in this year's European Championship. In the first quarter, Serbia won 20 points 32-12, Jokic joined forces with his teammates, and Jovic scored 12 points in the first quarter; Serbia's offensive remained unabated, winning another 7 points 24-17 in a single quarter; in the third quarter, Jokic continued to lead the team, Serbia won 15 points 30-15 in a single quarter, and led to 42 points after the third quarter. In the end, Jokic no longer made a appearance, and Serbia defeated Estonia 34 points.

In this game, Jokic made 3 of 4 shots and scored 11 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, Jovic made 6 of 8 shots and scored 18 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, Bogdan scored 11 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists; Estonian team Drell scored 11 points, and Connonsuk scored 10 points.

Germany defeated Montenegro 106-76 30 points

The entire first half, the German men's basketball team and Montenegro played a very stalemate. After the half, Germany only led by 3 points. However, in the second half, the German men's basketball team made efforts on both offense and defense. It was crazy to win 21 points in the third quarter. Schroeder no longer appeared in the final quarter. Wagner Jr. led the team to control the situation. Even if he replaced the substitute lineup, the German men's basketball team still suppressed Montenegro, and Germany finally had a good start with a 30-point victory.

Schroder made 7 of 13 shots, 2 of 7 three-pointers and scored 21 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, with a plus-negative value of +26 as the highest in the game. He was elected the best player in the game. Xiao Wa made 8 of 15 shots and scored 22 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals, Obst made 6 of 8 (5 of 6 three-pointers) scored 18 points; Montenegro Vucevic scored 23 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, and Allman scored 18 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Turkey defeated Latvia 93-73 and Turkey scored a 13-3 offensive at the beginning. Then Latvia approached the score 13-4, and after the first quarter, Turkey led 24-21 by 3 points; Shin Kyung scored and assisted to lead the team to expand the lead in the second quarter, and Latvia counterattacked again and firmly grasped the score; in the second half, Shin Kyung and Ottoman led the team to widen the score difference and firmly controlled the situation. The score difference in the last quarter once reached more than 20 points, Latvia was unable to make up the situation, and Türkiye finally won 20 points.

Shen Jing made 7 of 12 shots in the game and scored 16 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, and was elected the best player of the game; Ottoman scored 20 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists; Latvian team Porzingis made 3 of 12 shots, 0 of 5 three-pointers, and only scored 10 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, and made 6 mistakes, Bertans made 1 of 6 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Finland narrowly defeated Sweden 93-90, Markkanen made 28 points,

The match between Finland and Sweden was the most stalemate game on the opening day of this year's European Championship. Finland led by 26-21 in the first quarter, Sweden recovered 4 points 27-23 in the second quarter, and Finland only led by 1 point after the half-time; after the change of sides, Hakansson fought against Markkanen in the third quarter, and the game was still difficult to distinguish, and the final quarter continued to see the game. At the critical moment, Marksuni made both free throws and Markkanen's key defense did not allow his opponent to hit a tie. In the end, Finland narrowly won the game with 3 points.

Markkanen scored 28 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Markshul scored 15 points, and Zhantuning scored 12 points; Swedish team Hakansson scored 28 points, 5 assists, and Gardfors scored 15 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Lithuania defeated Britain 94-70 94-70, and Lithuania responded strongly after 5-0 in the opening game. Then Lithuania opened the score difference. The two teams started a tug-of-war around the score difference of about 10 points in the second quarter; in the second half, Lithuania beat the opponent on both ends of the offense and defense, and completely opened the score difference 17-5; Britain continued to counterattack and chased the score, and Lithuania launched another 11-0 offensive in the last quarter, and finally won a 24-point victory.

The Lithuanian team made 2 of 19 three-pointers and still won 24 points, Valanciunas scored 18 points and 9 rebounds, Normantas scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists; British team Yeboa scored 17 points, Hesen scored 10 points and 5 rebounds

Portugal defeated the Czech Republic 62-50 under the leadership of the Celtics center forward Ko, Portugal started 7-0. After that, the team's offense declined and the Czech counterattacked and chased the points, but the two teams only scored 10-13 in the first quarter; the two teams tied 19 in the second quarter, and the Czech offense completely cut off power in the third quarter, and Portugal seized the opportunity to widen the gap. Although the Czech Republic continued to counterattack, Portugal maintained the lead and finally Portugal won.

Kota made 11 of 15 shots and scored 23 points, 18 rebounds, 2 steals and 4 blocks, scoring a large double-double to shine in the European Championship, Williams scored 10 points; Czech Krech scored 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.