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Germany is the first finalist at EuroBasket 2025<\/strong>, thanks to a convincing 98\u201386 win over Finland, earning their third appearance in a gold medal game after 1993 (won) and 2005 (lost).<\/p>\n

The reigning world champions delivered yet another offensively flawless performance (their 7th game scoring over 90), putting up 61 points by halftime and building a lead as large as +19 during the game. They finished with 14 three-pointers, 23 assists, and five players in double figures.<\/p>\n

Wagner and Schroder led the charge, while Finland\u2019s run ends in the semifinals despite a strong tournament. Markkanen struggled with 6-of-17 shooting, but the team can still dream of a possible bronze medal.<\/p>\n

Germany<\/strong>: Bonga 10+5, O.Da Silva 2, Lo 2, T.Da Silva 13, Wagner 22+5, Theis 10+11, Schroder 26+5+12, Thiemann 6, Obst 7
\nFinland<\/strong>: Little 5 & 5 assists, Salin, Nkamhoua 21+9, Jantunen 12+6, Valtonen 6, Maxhuni 9, Markkanen 16+8, Muurinen 12, Gustavson, Grandison 5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wagner, Schroder, Theis… just as expected, the world champions shatter Finland’s dreams and will play for gold in Riga<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":459683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[377,233,243],"tags":[12754,16735,10740],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-459684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurobasket","category-finland","category-germany","tag-eurobasket-en","tag-finland","tag-germany"],"yoast_head":"\nGermany lives up to expectations, stellar offense downs Finland 98\u201386 to 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