{"id":137384,"date":"2025-09-06T15:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/137384\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T15:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:42:08","slug":"eurobasket-roundup-turkey-germany-advance-to-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/137384\/","title":{"rendered":"EuroBasket roundup: Turkey, Germany advance to quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

RIGA, Latvia (AP) \u2014 NBA All-Star<\/a> Alperen Sengun scored 24 points as Turkey held off Sweden to win 85-79 and reach the EuroBasket quarterfinals<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

World Cup winner Germany<\/a> struggled early against Portugal before pulling away for an 85-58 victory.<\/p>\n

Sengun, a forward with the Houston Rockets, added 16 rebounds and six assists in a stellar performance against Sweden, which drew level at 76-76 thanks to Ludvig Hakanson\u2019s 3-pointer with just under three minutes left.<\/p>\n

Hakanson led the Swedes with 16 points, while Panathinaikos forward Cedi Osman chipped in with 17 points for Turkey.<\/p>\n

Germany overcomes shooting struggles<\/p>\n

Portugal led 32-31 at halftime and only trailed by one point after three quarters before Germany limited them to just 7 points the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

The Germans struggled to deal with Boston Celtics center Neemias Queta, who had 18 points and 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Germany captain Dennis Schr\u00f6der, who faced racial abuse<\/a> during a game against Lithuania a week ago, and Franz Wagner both scored 16 points despite shooting a combined 0 for 11 from 3-point range. In the first half, Germany made only 1 of 18 attempts from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

A moment\u2019s silence was held before tipoff in memory of the victims of the Lisbon streetcar accident<\/a> in Portugal.<\/p>\n

Coming up: Nikola Jokic leads Serbia vs. Finland<\/p>\n

In Saturday\u2019s other round-of-16 matchups, it was Lithuania vs. Latvia, and Serbia vs. Finland.<\/p>\n

Turkey will play either Poland or Bosnia and Herzegovina for a spot in the semifinals, while Germany will take on either Italy or Slovenia, which boasts the in-form Luka Don\u010di\u0107<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Defending champion Spain was eliminated<\/a> Thursday in the group stage by Giannis Antetokounmpo\u2019s Greece.<\/p>\n

Olympic silver medalist France and its super-deep bench faces Georgia on Sunday, with the winner of that game playing either Serbia or Finland in the semis.<\/p>\n

In Sunday\u2019s other matches, it is Poland vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina; Italy vs. Slovenia, and Greece vs. Israel.<\/p>\n

The quarterfinals begin next Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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AP sports: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RIGA, Latvia (AP) \u2014 NBA All-Star Alperen Sengun scored 24 points as Turkey held off Sweden to win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-137384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}