Proceed early! Germany beat Lithuania to win the first place in the harvest group but exposed its fatal weaknesses, and it is difficult to compete for the championship

On August 30, Group B of the European Championship ushered in a focus battle. The German men's basketball team, which ranked the top two in the group, met in a narrow way. The two teams had two consecutive victories and both had big wins. The team that won this game will also win the first place in the group. Without further ado, they will enter the game directly.

Tess and Schroeder made three-pointers in the first quarter, and the German team quickly took the lead. Lithuanian team was not to be outdone and shot continuously to seize the score. In the second half of the first quarter, Lithuanian team's substitute lineup was broken by Wagner Jr., and the German team also widened the gap. With the German team hitting a buzzer-bench three-pointer, Germany led 32-20 at the end of the first quarter. Germany made 6 of 8 three-pointers in the first quarter, Schroeder scored 11 points, Theis also scored 8 points, and Valanciunas scored only 2 points.

Valanciunas began to play in the inside in the second quarter, while the German team continued to play Schroeder and Theis's pick-and-roll. Wagner Jr. turned around with his left and right hands and tried many times. Valan was troubled by fouls and could only leave the court. Obst made two consecutive three-pointers and directly stopped Lithuania. Then Jokubatis shot and helped Lithuania narrow the gap to only 5 points behind. At the end of the half, the German team led 55-47.

Valant was on the court and made Theis foul and made both free throws. The German team seized Valan's weakness of being trapped and fouled and did not dare to take action. Valant continued to hit the inside and scored. Valan was forced to get out of the field after receiving his fourth foul. Lithuania played more reasonably, and the score difference was narrowed to within 10 points. At the end of the third quarter, the German team led 83-72. In the final quarter, the German team continued to widen the gap. Seeing this, Valan was back on the stage. Although he beat Theis one in the interior, the German team became more and more brave, and the gap was quickly widened to more than 20 points. The Lithuanian team was unable to make up for the situation and could only accept the fate of losing. In the end, the whole game ended, and the German team defeated Lithuania 107-88. In terms of data, German team Schroeder scored 26 points and 6 assists, Wagner Jr. had 24 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Theis had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and Obst had 15 points and 5 assists; Lithuania's Valanciunas scored 14 points and 4 rebounds, and Jokubatis scored 20 points and 7 assists.

After the victory of this game, the German team qualified in advance and became the first team to go to the European Championship. Although the German team won mainly rely on their accurate performance on the outside and the strong performance of the Big Three, it can be seen that their inside defense is indeed a big weak ring. Only Theis is available in the German team's interior. Theis is impeccable on the offensive end, but the defensive end is indeed unsatisfactory. Valanciunas was troubled by a trapped foul in this game, but it still caused quite a lot of trouble to the German team's inside in the limited playing time. You must know that the German team's goal is definitely the champion. Facing Serbia's Yoshi and Turkey's Teacher Shen are easy to be targeted, which is also the biggest obstacle for the German team to win the championship. By the way, if Thunder center Haltenstein can play the national team, then this German team will definitely have the strength to compete with Serbia.