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Germany shoots its way into the EM semi-finals - basketball players make Berlin tremble

Created: 09/14/2022, 04:47

By: Patrick Mayer

Germany is in the semi-finals of the 2022 European Basketball Championship in Berlin.

The DBB team shows the best performance in years and throws top favorite Greece out.

The game in the ticker to read.

• Basketball European Championship in Berlin:

   Germany - Greece 107:96 (31:27, 26:34, 26:10, 24:25)

• DBB team moves into the semifinals

  : Berlin Halle rises for captain Dennis Schröder.

• The

  quarter-finals of the German team at the home EM

  in the ticker to read.

Conclusion:

The best pitcher in the German team was Schröder with 26 points.

For the Greeks, NBA star Antetokounmpo towered over 14,073 spectators with 31 points, seven rebounds and eight assists.

The Milwaukee Bucks star flew off the field five minutes before the end of the game after two unsportsmanlike fouls.

In the fight for the final, the team of national coach Gordon Herbert meets Spain on Friday (5.15 p.m., here in the live ticker).

The three-time European champion had previously prevailed against Finland 100:90.

The final will take place on Sunday evening (8.30 p.m.).

Basketball European Championship in Berlin: Germany - Greece 107:96 (31:27, 26:34, 26:10, 24:25)

In the EM semifinals: DBB captain Dennis Schröder (right) and the German basketball players.

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40 minutes: The game is over!

After a very strong performance and a clear win against co-favourites Greece, Germany is in the European Championship semifinals in Berlin!

39 minutes: Another three points for Greece.

But the thing should be through.

Germany will defeat one of the top favorites to win the European Championship here and now and move into the semi-finals.

105:90 for Germany.

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38 minutes: Weiler-Babb from Munich hits twice from the line because Schröder had to leave and the Bayern player takes a free throw.

105:84 for Germany.

DBB team moves into the semifinals: Berlin Halle rises for captain Dennis Schröder

37 minutes: Second technical foul by Schröder - and he is also disqualified.

The DBB captain is not allowed to play to the end.

The hall rises and still celebrates Schröder.

It was one of the best games of his career.

Unbelievable good!

37 minutes Incredibly good!

Schröder with the three, the block from Theis in defense follows directly.

That has to be the semifinals - with a lead of at least 21 points.

37 minutes: Schröder refuels at the basket and makes the 100 full.

Is that strong!

The hall in Berlin is shaking!

36 minutes: The Munich fruit goes to the line and makes two free throws.

98:82 for Germany - is that the decision?

36 minutes: Greece now defends the entire field with a zone defense.

But the DBB team has a very valuable steal.

Giannis commits an unsportsmanlike foul and is disqualified.

The superstar from "Hellas" has to get off the record.

Bitter!

Is that the knockout for the German opponent?

Germany - Greece in the live ticker: 16 points ahead for the DBB team in the quarterfinals of the European Championship

35 minutes: Thiemann safely from the free-throw line - 16 points ahead for Germany!

And under the basket, the Germans take a number of balls away from the Greeks.

34 minutes: Giannis with two points to follow up.

Is there anything else for "Hellas"?

But Schröder answers directly with the lay-up.

94:80 for the German team.

34 minutes: Greece is worried!

Giannis again misses a free throw.

The NBA superstar shows nerves.

And Wagner?

He makes the threesome on the opposite side.

In Berlin!

In his hometown!

90:78 for Germany.

32 minutes: Greece defends itself again!

5:2 points in a row for "Hellas", which continues to be pushed by its many fans.

31 minutes: It continues with the final third in Berlin!

Germany reaches for the semifinals.

Fight on the ground too: Germany and Dennis Schröder (right) against Greece.

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Germany - Greece in the live ticker: DBB team reaches for the EM semifinals

30 minutes: Break after the 3rd quarter!

Was that the best ten minutes a German team has had in years?

They have been, for many, many years!

Incredible 26:10 points for Germany in this quarter.

And that in a European Championship quarter-final at home.

The host reaches for the semifinals.

29 minutes: Voigtmann scores from a turn after a great pass from Maodo Lo.

But: Giannis holds five points against it.

Then Schröder comes on the other side.

What a game.

Already 19 points for the DBB captain.

And it is 81:69 for Germany.

27 minutes: Greece screwed up two free throws.

Bitter!

The attacking game of "Hellas" has lost all order.

Germany - Greece in the live ticker: 20:1 series for the DBB team in the quarterfinals of the European Championship

26 minutes: Awesome!

The Greeks falter greatly.

You just don't meet anymore.

First Wagner with the three, and then Voigtmann sends another one behind.

Then Theis goes to the basket.

20:1 points for Germany in a row.

Unbelievable!

Is it good!

Everyone does their part.

25 minutes: Voigtmann with the monster block against Giannis.

NBA professional Wagner from Orlando turns the three-shot completely dry.

12:1 points for the German team in a row.

Brutal start to the second half!

69:62 for the hosts in Berlin.

24 minutes: Schröder certainly with two free throws.

The free agent is currently still without an NBA club after being under contract with the Houston Rockets last season.

66:62 for Germany.

24 minutes: Giannis messes up a free throw.

Uhhhhhhh....now it gets tricky for the Greeks.

Germany - Greece in the live ticker: 7-0 points in a row for the DBB team in the quarter-finals of the European Championship

24 minutes: Super start phase of the DBB team!

7:0 points in a row for the EM hosts.

It's Theis again.

The hall in Berlin is enthusiastic.

22 minutes: The next three for Germany, which takes the lead 62:61.

21 minutes: NBA professional Theis scores two points straight away.

Good start to the second half.

21st minute: The third quarter continues!

In the quarter-finals of the European Championship against Greece: Dennis Schröder (left) and the German national basketball team.

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Behind at the break: Germany is just behind in the quarter-finals of the European Championship against Greece

20 minutes: Break!

The first half ends with a narrow deficit for Germany.

20 minutes: AMAZING!

Sloukas makes the three from the center line when there are only three seconds left on the clock.

Brutal, that's good.

And bitter for the German team.

In terms of level, this game could also be the final.

20 minutes: Fast break for Greece, which is interrupted by a foul.

Kostas Sloukas makes two free throws fantastically safe.

19 minutes: Another two free throws by Schröder.

Is the boy good

The Greek fans whistle, but he's not impressed.

57:54 for Germany against a brutally strong opponent.

19 minutes: Schröder pulls the foul on Calathes, who has to be in the penalty box for two minutes.

And what does Schroeder do?

The NBA star makes two free throws.

55:51!

18 minutes: What a basketball game!

The lead changes almost every second.

Dreier by the Munich guard Obst.

53:51 from the point of view of the DBB team.

Germany - Greece in the live ticker: Artistic throw by Dennis Schröder

18 minutes: Schröder with an artistic throw.

And then the native of Braunschweig also throws the free throw.

The German captain answers - and is already at eleven points.

18 minutes: The Greek fans celebrate Giannis, who gives his team the lead for the first time in the game with two free throws.

"MVP, MVP, MVP," they yell incessantly.

44:46 from the point of view of the DBB team.

17 minutes: Eighth offensive rebound by the Greeks.

It goes back and forth.

What an intensity.

The block against Schroeder.

Compensation for Greece in a fast counterattack.

16 minutes: Wagner!

The hotshot, and that in his hometown.

Schröder takes the 21-year-old NBA colleague, who dunks from the turn.

The basket wobbles, the stands tremble.

15 minutes: Two safe free throws for the German team by Alba professional Thiemann.

But Larentzakis countered with a threesome.

He's really good at this stage of the game and relieves Giannis.

Germany – Greece in the live ticker: Thiemann pulls the foul against Giannis

14 minutes: Unsportsmanlike foul by Giannis, who pulls on Thiemann's body.

The Greek superstar pumps.

After his outstanding first six minutes with 13 points, he no longer seems quite so sure.

14 minutes: Germany takes a throw from the three-zone.

Very good attention.

Again and again the offensive NBA professional Wagner from Orlando is wanted.

The native of Berlin should make the decisive points.

13 minutes: Important!

Maodo Lo makes the three in his home game.

Five points for the DBB team to start the second quarter.

Not much is coming from Greece in these minutes.

In Berlin against Greece: Maodo Lo (left) and Germany in the quarter-finals of the European Championship.

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11 minutes: It starts with the 2nd quarter in the capital!

Germany - Greece in the live ticker: DBB team leads after the first quarter

10 minutes: Break in Berlin!

Germany goes off the plate with a 31:27 lead.

9 minutes: Again a German attack is defended.

Maodo Lô gets bogged down in discussions with his opponent.

The local hero from Alba Berlin is visibly hot today.

8 minutes: Two offensive rebounds by the Germans.

Very, very well done.

But Germany is swimming - and the Greeks come close to a point.

Germany – Greece in the live ticker: NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is unstoppable

8 minutes: Giannis again.

He takes short, quick steps and then finishes.

Six points in a row for the Greeks.

Giannis already has 13 points.

This is madness from the NBA star from Milwaukee.

7 minutes: The Greeks defend themselves with Giannis.

So the German opponent shortened to five points.

The power forward is sometimes simply not defendable.

This time he meets from the middle distance.

Very safe basket.

6 minutes: Schroeder!!!

Sensational threesome from the German captain.

He looks so confident at the start of the game, the NBA professional who comes from Braunschweig and partly lives there.

6th minute: 25:17 - too bad!

At 25:14, Germany had a chance to pull away.

Instead, the Greeks throw a threesome through superstar Giannis.

Germany - Greece in the live ticker: DBB team caught express start

6 minutes: And the lively basket throwing of the German team continues.

They extend the lead to 22:11 in the Berlin hall.

That's a really good start.

5 minutes: Uhhhhhh... that's good!

The German team promptly follows suit.

19:9 after less than six minutes.

This looks good after the DBB team had lost the last 13 duels with the Greeks.

4th Minute: Germany takes an early and clear 14:5 lead.

What a start for the DBB team.

1st Minute: Brutal mood in Berlin!

It starts with the quarterfinals.

Many Greek fans are there, as are many German sports fans.

There's a lot going on in the stands.

Germany – Greece in the live ticker: Franz Wagner can play for the DBB team

Update from September 13, 8:20 p.m .:

NBA professional Franz Wagner can play against Greece in the quarterfinals of the basketball championship.

The German Basketball Federation (DBB) announced this immediately before the tip-off in the evening.

The 21-year-old has been plagued by ankle problems since the round of 16 against Montenegro on Saturday (85:79).

The DBB had previously announced that "shortly before the start of the game" it would be decided whether the Berliner from Orlando Magic could play against the co-favorite of superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Nick Weiler-Babb (after shoulder problems) and Johannes Voigtmann, who was recently ill, are also fit to play.

Update from September 13, 8:15 p.m .:

Beware of Giannis!

Greece's superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) is already averaging 29 points per game in this tournament.

At 2.11 meters and an estimated 110 kilos, the 27-year-old power forward is almost unstoppable in attacking play.

If Germany still gets a grip on the Athens-born basketball professional, things will look good for the men around Dennis Schröder (Houston Rockets).

Germany - Greece in the live ticker: DBB team plays in the circle of medal contenders

Update from September 13, 7:55 p.m .:

Can NBA professional Franz Wagner (Orlando) appear in his hometown of Berlin after suffering an ankle injury.

Still no final decision has been made as the teams warm up indoors.

Update from September 13, 7:20 p.m .:

After the DBB team had advanced to the quarterfinals at the 2017 European Basketball Championship (72:84 against Spain), things didn’t go well in the last two tournaments.

At the 2019 Basketball World Cup, the German national team only finished a disappointing 18th place after losing in the preliminary round.

At the 2021 Olympics, the quarter-finals were clearly against the reigning European champions Slovenia (70:94), after Germany had only finished third behind Australia and Italy in the preliminary round.

Germany - Greece in the live ticker: DBB team plays in the circle of medal contenders

Update from September 13, 6:30 p.m .:

Germany has so far played its way into the narrowest circle of medal contenders at the 2022 Basketball European Championship.

Among other things, through a 76:63 against France, who came second in the Olympics.

In the end there was second place in the group in Cologne behind the Slovenians, who were European champions in the last edition in 2017 and are therefore the reigning title holders.

With Serbia (round of 16 knockout against Italy), the top favorite is surprisingly out.

The reigning world champions Spain (tournament without the USA), France and Slovenia have a good chance.

What's in it for the DBB team?

First of all, this has to take the hurdle of Greece today.

Basketball EM 2022: The quarterfinals between Germany and Greece in the live ticker

First report from September 13th:

Munich/Berlin – Tuesday evening, prime time, Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin: Germany will meet co-favorites Greece (from 8.30 p.m.) tonight in the fourth final of the 2022 basketball championships with superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks ).

“Our goal is to win a medal.

None of us are getting any younger, said national player Daniel Theis from the Indiana Pacers before the game: "On paper it has been said for the last few years that we have a great team, great players.

Then it's time to put it on the field."

With a win, the first international medal since 2005 would be within reach.

Theis sees the development of the DBB team in the three years since the failed World Cup in China in 2019 as positive.

At that time, the German team was eliminated after a disappointing preliminary round.

At the 2021 Olympics, Germany lost 70:94 to Slovenia in the quarterfinals.

DBB team challenged in the quarterfinals against Greece with superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo

“China was a failure.

But we have all matured and learned from it.

Now we've made it, thanks to the coaching staff and how we're together, that we're having fun and being successful.

And we want to achieve something with the national team," said the 30-year-old NBA professional Theis in an interview with the

.

A few hours before the quarter-finals at the home European Championship against Greece, the use of 21-year-old Franz Wagner was still open.

This was announced by the German Basketball Federation (DBB) via Twitter.

In the video: NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo - "One of the best players in the world"

"Shortly before the start of the game" it will be decided whether Wagner from the NBA club Orlando Magic can play against the Greeks in his native city of Berlin.

Wagner twisted his ankle in the round of 16 of the DBB team against Montenegro on Saturday (85:79) and injured his ankle.

Nick Weiler-Babb (after shoulder problems) from FC Bayern Munich and the recently ailing center Johannes Voigtmann (CSKA Moscow), on the other hand, are able to play, according to the DBB.

Follow Germany's European Championship quarter-finals from Berlin today from 8.30 p.m. here in the live ticker.

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