The Germans struggled and outclassed the Portuguese in 10 minutes, the Lithuanians silenced Riga and eliminated the hosts

The Germans are among the top eight at EuroBasket, but the final result (85:58) against Portugal definitely does not reflect the problems the current world champion had in the round of XNUMX.

Alex Mumbru's team only broke the underdogs in the last 10 minutes, which they won in their favor with a plus 26 - 33:7.

For three quarters, the favorite was looking for a shot outside the 6,75 line and missed everything he could miss, but he worked it out in time and reached the quarterfinals.

Denis Schrüder and Franz Wagner led Germany with 16 points each, Isak Bonga had one less, and Maodo Lo... had 12...

For the Portuguese, Nimias Keta had a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds.

Germany awaits the winner of tomorrow's match between Italy and Slovenia in the quarterfinals.

And the Baltic derby went to the giants - Lithuania defeated host Latvia in Riga in a match they controlled for the entire 40 minutes.

They won 88:79 on the wings of Arnas Velička and Deividas Sirvidis and now await the winner of the match between Greece and Israel in the quarterfinals.

Velička finished the match with 21 points and 12 assists, Sirvidis had 18 points, as did Azulas Tubelis, who also added 12 rebounds.

The most efficient player in the losing team was Kristaps Porzingis with 34 goals and 19 steals.