Basketball EM: Germany trembles against Montenegro in the quarterfinals – DBB team collapses at the end

Created: 09/11/2022, 04:59 am

By: Christoph Klaucke

Germany and Montenegro are engaged in an intense duel in the round of 16 of the European Basketball Championship.

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Germany beat Montenegro in the round of 16 of the European Basketball Championship and is in the quarter-finals.

The nail-biter in the ticker to read.

• Basketball European Championship: Germany vs. Montenegro, Saturday, 6 p.m. in Berlin

• Germany

  trembles in the

  quarterfinals

  : victory against Montenegro

• DBB team collapses

  : lead melted after the break

FINAL WHISTLE: Schröder storms forward and loses the ball, but Montenegro fails to score.

Germany is after a nail-biter in the end in the quarter-finals.

The DBB team meets either Greece or the Czech Republic on Tuesday, who face each other on Sunday.

Germany – Montenegro 85:79

0:18:

Theis fouls Perry and is out for the remaining seconds - his fifth foul.

Perry converts both free throws.

Germany trembles in the quarterfinals: victory against Montenegro

0:23:

Next foul by the Montenegrins.

Schröder has to go to the line and makes all three free throws.

Montenegro takes another break.

0:24:

Montenegro concedes an unsportsmanlike foul by Perry on Maodo Lo.

Two free throws plus possession for Germany.

Breathe!

Lo converts both attempts.

0:26: NOEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIN!

Schröder loses the ball. Montenegro uses the error in the fast break.

Only three points difference.

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0:52:

Montenegro with the simple layup, Theis loses the basketball.

But Perry misplaces the threesome.

Lucky for Germany.

But there are free throws after the rebound.

They're both in.

2:10:

You can rely on Schröder.

The captain counters Montenegro again.

2:49:

Schröder converts two very important free throws.

Montenegro calls the time-out.

3:07:

Perry is illegally stopped on the drive to the basket and goes to the free-throw line - and misses a try.

3:58:

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Maodo Lo counters with a three.

4:40:

Mihajlovic moves to the basket and leaves three German defenders - less than five minutes to play.

That could still be really tight.

5:34:

Theiss stuffs the basketball in the basket.

Well played.

6:20:

Schröder is hit in the face by the opponent.

The German team needs its captain now.

The NBA star wants and needs to lead the way.

7:42:

Perry with the next two threes, the German lead melts to five points.

8:34:

Montenegro starts the last quarter with an 8-0 run.

And Herbert takes the time-out again, just like at the beginning of the third quarter.

Basketball EM: Germany against Montenegro in the live ticker – 3rd quarter

0:00:

Maodo Lo discards both free throws.

Montenegro misses the three as the clock runs out.

1:32:

Nice team basketball, Giffey scores the points at the end.

Montenegro countered again with a threesome.

But Schröder pulls inexorably to the basket.

2:34:

Franz Wagner hurts himself with a jump shot and stays in bed for a short time.

The NBA star lands on the defender's foot.

The referees look at the scene again and decide on a simple foul.

Luckily, Wagner doesn't appear to have been seriously injured.

3:20:

Montenegro succeeds in the dunk.

Schröder misses the three, but Wagner has paid attention and puts the ball in the basket.

Germany lacks the sovereignty of the first half, but the lead is still a comfortable 15 points.

4:11:

Schröder from the middle distance, but Montenegro hits the three against Schröder.

Theis conceded the offensive foul, his third offense.

5:34:

Theis hits.

Schröder also countered Montenegro's three from downtown.

6:14:

Voigtmann just missed the threesome.

Montenegro works successfully under the basket again and even takes the bonus free throw, which, however, fails.

DBB team collapses: lead melts

7:00:

Montenegro comes out of the break strong and runs 11:3.

Gordon Herbert is angry and calls the time-out.

8:46:

Both teams manage a successful threesome at the start after the break.

Basketball EM: Germany against Montenegro in the live ticker – 2nd quarter

HALF TIME: What a performance by the German national basketball team.

The DBB team dissects Montenegro with every trick in the book and has twice as many points as their opponents at the break.

Reaching the quarterfinals is within reach.

0:25:

Schröder turns the threesome this time.

The DBB captain is hot today.

0:58:

Dirk Nowitzki is also among the spectators.

Meanwhile, Maodo Lo converts two free throws.

Crazy Schröder dunk: DBB captain is overheating

2:02: Crazy!

What's going on here in Berlin?!

Germany in a frenzy and Schröder rises to the dunk.

You rarely see that from the playmaker.

2:20:

Schröder loses the ball on the drive to the basket. In the next attack, however, the captain puts Voigtmann in the limelight with a fantastic pass.

3:27:

Voigtmann with a light basket.

Schröder discards one of his two free throws.

4:22:

The next play works as planned.

Schröder finds Wagner, who even converts the bonus free throw.

Montenegro responds with a threesome.

4:58:

Germany conceded the fast break, national coach Herbert immediately called his boys to take a break.

He didn't like the organization.

6:18:

Schröder finds Franz Wagner for three.

Germany succeeds in almost everything here.

6:50:

Montenegro responds with a three, but Maodo Lo finds Voigtmann completely free under the basket.

8:13:

Fruit with the next three.

Montenegro has no choice but to take the time-out.

The DBB team leads with more than twice as many points.

9:29:

Thiemann provides the first points in the second quarter.

The Alba professional pulls resolutely to the basket.

Basketball EM: Germany against Montenegro in the live ticker – 1st quarter

0:00:

Obst also misses the threesome, but Lo finally scores.

On the other side, Montenegro doesn't even hit the basket in a three-goal attempt.

0:37:

Franz Wagner misplaces the threesome, but Germany remains in possession of the ball.

1:50:

Thiemann counters with the three and Lo pulls to the basket.

Six points ahead again.

3:02:

Suddenly it's Montenegro's turn again.

Mihailovic shortened from the middle distance to just one point.

3:25:

Bitter!

Daniel Theiss conceded his second foul.

The Montenegrins fight hard under the basket.

Giffey also misses his second threesome.

4:55:

Daniel Theis is hit in the duel by the opponent's elbow on the chin.

The referees look at the whole thing again and decide on a foul against Theis, but before the throwing movement.

5:35:

Obst steals the ball, but misses the layup.

Then Schröder meets from downtown.

Keep it up!

Montenegro also countered with a three-pointer.

Basketball EM: Germany against Montenegro in the live ticker: dream start for the DBB team

7:26:

Andi Obst hits the threesome.

Theis dunk!

Good start of the German team.

Montenegro calls the time-out for help.

8.17:

Schröder is blocked hard and the Montenegrins score the first two points.

But Daniel Theis can equalize and gets the bonus free throw.

TIP-OFF: Daniel Theiss steers the ball to defender Dennis Schröder.

However, the DBB team cannot score a basket in the first ball possession.

Update from September 10, 5:58 p.m .:

The players are still warming up on the court and throwing themselves in.

Germany are going into the game as favorites against Montenegro, anything but a place in the quarter-finals would be a disappointment.

Dennis Schröder, Daniel Theis, Franz Wagner, Johannes Voigtmann and Andreas Obst start for the DBB team.

Maodo Lo comes back from the bench.

Update from September 10, 5:50 p.m .:

The basketball players from Germany and Montenegro enter the hall.

The DBB team is enthusiastically received by the audience in Berlin.

The hymns sound.

It's about to start here with the EM round of 16.

Update from September 10, 5:15 p.m .:

The German basketball players have to do without Nick Weiler-Babb in the round of 16 against Montenegro.

The FC Bayern Munich professional, who was only naturalized shortly before the European Championship, will miss the game on Saturday evening due to a shoulder injury.

Justus Hollatz should get more playing time for defensive specialist Weiler-Babb against Montenegro.

Basketball EM: Germany against Montenegro in the live ticker: start of the “death knockout phase”

Preliminary report:

Berlin – Germany starts the knockout phase at the European Basketball Championship.

The DBB team will face Montenegro in the round of 16.

The German basketball players thrilled the Cologne crowd in the preliminary round with four wins from five games against France, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lithuania and Hungary.

Only against defending champion Slovenia there was a narrow defeat.

In the "death knockout phase" we continue to Berlin, where Montenegro is waiting on Saturday at 6 p.m.

Then there could be a duel with Greece and the "Greek Freak" Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Basketball EM: Germany against Montenegro in the live ticker: Next EM party in Berlin?

First the next exuberant EM party in front of 14,500 fans in Berlin's Mercedes-Benz Arena against Montenegro, then the mega showdown with NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo?

No, Gordon Herbert didn't even get involved in such mind games.

When captain Dennis Schröder and the German basketball players threw their first baskets in the Berlin Arena, the national coach issued an urgent warning.

“We were just in the death group, now comes the death knockout phase.

Any team can beat any other team,” said Herbert ahead of Saturday's round of 16 of the European Championship against the Montenegrins.

After the great preliminary round in Cologne, the final round in the capital is now getting really serious.

A bankruptcy - and the dream of the third European Championship medal after gold in 1993 and silver in 2005 would have burst.

Trembling for defense star: Nick Weiler-Babb injured in the shoulder

Therefore, the full focus is initially on Montenegro.

"This is a very good basketball team with an incredible basketball culture," said Herbert, who drew the comparison to Bosnia-Herzegovina, which made life difficult for Germany in the group stage.

"They are very physical, big and play hard," said the coach.

However, it is also true that Montenegro lost the top games in its Group A against Spain and Turkey.

It would be important, especially with regard to defense, that Herbert can fall back on Nick Weiler-Babb on Saturday.

The defense specialist injured his shoulder in the only preliminary round loss against Slovenia on Tuesday.

The naturalized American from Bayern Munich was rested against Hungary, as were Schröder and Daniel Theis.

In the meantime he traveled to the Isar for treatment.

"With him," says Herbert, "you have to look from day to day."