12 points lost! The big dark horse fell down with a bang: Markanen returned to his original form, and the Gemini scored 48 points

On September 13, the men's basketball European Cup semi-finals, Finland played against Germany. This is a match between a big dark horse and a favorite to win the championship. Finland took the lead first, but then Germany showed strong strength, quickly overtaking the score and taking the initiative on the field, taking the lead in 14 points in the first half, and Finland launched a counterattack in the second half, which narrowed the score gap at one time, but unfortunately it still failed to withstand the final quarter. In the end, Finland lost to Germany 86-98 and missed the final.

Finland is definitely the super dark horse of this European Cup. In the group stage, it first won three consecutive victories to get a qualifying spot. In the 1/8 final, facing Serbia led by Jokic, he unexpectedly advanced in an upset. In the quarter-finals, facing Georgia, which also advanced to the surprise, the team easily won, and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup for the first time in the team's history, creating a new history. Just when everyone was looking forward to it, facing Germany, they failed to continue their dark horse character and were completely suppressed by their opponents, and eventually lost the game by 12 points.

In this way, the dark horse Finland failed to further create magic, but their performance was also recognized. It is already very good to enter the semi-finals without being optimistic. They still played very positively on the court, and led Germany 37-34 in rebounds; the reasons for the loss were also lacking in experience. Germany won up to 31 free throws in the whole game, while they only had 18.

Finnish star Markkanen was also beaten back to his original shape this time. He played for 27 minutes, made 6 of 17 shots, made 2 of 9 three-pointers, scored 16 points and 8 rebounds, and had 2 turnovers, with a positive and negative value of -24, the worst team. It can be seen that Markkanen did not take on the heavy responsibility in this game, and did not find a way to tear it down against Germany's defense. It is indeed impossible for the team to win the game with his performance. This time, Kamhoya, who came from the bench, performed well, scored 21 points and 8 rebounds; Mulinin scored 3 of 4 three-pointers and scored 12 points.

In contrast, German twin stars Schroder and Wagner Jr. performed well, scoring 48 points together, which was the key to the team's winning. Among them, Schroeder made 6 of 15 shots, 4 of 9 three-pointers, 10 of 10 free throws, scoring the highest 26 points in the game, and 12 assists and 5 rebounds, plus or negative values ​​+ 22 team's highest; Wagner Jr. made 6 of 19 shots and scored 22 points and 5 rebounds. In addition, there are three players in Germany who scored double-digit points, Theis scored 10 points and 11 rebounds, Banga scored 10 points and 5 rebounds, and Silva scored 13 points, and each player made a contribution.