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Riga, Latvia (AP) – NBA ALL-STAR Alperen Sengun scored 24 points while Turkey maintained Sweden to win 85-79 and reach the EUROBASKET quarters SATURDAY.
Winner of the German World Cup Fleted early against Portugal before moving away for an 85-58 victory while Lithuania resisted a late return attempt to beat the co-host of the Latvia 88-79 tournament in Riga. Arnas Velicka led the triple champion of Lithuania with 21 points and 12 assists.
Serbia faced Finland later on Saturday, also in Riga.
Sengun, an attacker with Houston’s Rockets, added 16 rebounds and six assists in a stellar performance against Sweden, which attracted the level of 76-76 thanks to 3 points by Ludvig Hakanson with a little less than three minutes.
Hakanson led the Swedes with 16 points, while the Panathinaikos striker, Cedi Osman, collected 17 points for Turkey.
Alperen Sengun leads Türkiye in the quarterfinals!
🔥 24 pts
🔥 16 Reb
🔥 6 AST
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Germany overcomes shooting difficulties
Portugal led 32-31 at halftime and followed only by a point after three quarters before Germany limits them to only seven points the rest of the path.
The Germans struggled to deal with the Center of Celtics of Boston Neemias Queta, which had 18 points and 11 rebounds.
German captain Dennis Schröder, who Faced with racial abuse During a match against Lithuania a week ago, and Franz Wagner both scored 16 points despite a 0 combined shot for 11 on a range of 3 points. In the first half, Germany only made 1 of the 18 attempts beyond the arc.
A moment of silence was held before the TIP in memory of the victims of Lisbon tram accident in Portugal.
What’s going on?
Turkey will play either Poland or Bosnia and Herzegovina for a place in the semi-finals, while Germany will face Italy or Slovenia, which has the form in shape Luka DončićAnd Lithuania faces Greece or Israel.
Last 16 -year -old matches are on Sunday.
Reigning champion Spain has been eliminated Thursday in the group phase by Giannis antetokounmpo Giannis.
The Olympic silver medalist France and its super deep bench face Georgia on Sunday, with the winner of this match with regard to Serbia or Finland.
The quarter -finals start next Tuesday.
