🏀🏀 EUROBASKET 2025 🏀🏀 discussion thread

[TopTort777]

Man, you're confusing Eurobasket and Euroleague. If we speak about Eurobasket records, this doesn't even goes into top 10 of biggest wins. But most of these wins were achieved 60 or 80 years ago when basketball was so much different than what we have now.

But Germany win was was biggest in 21st Century and biggest since 1967
https://basketnews.com/news-230527-nba-duo-leads-germany-to-historic-63-point-win-in-eurobasket.html

I was talking about basketball in Europe in last 20-40 years in general, not about Euroleague or Eurobasket in particular. I did not want to go so in past in history, as basketball was way too much different than it is now.

Anyway, lets get back to current tournament. Its already clear who would advance to knockout stage, even though there are still games today. I am only surprised, that Georgia, who have beaten current champions Spain, did not go to next stage.

[ajanwalker]

I have chosen the Turkey and Serbia match and obviously, I went for the Serbia and that's a good odds that they have for game winner. I don't want to go into props and with my standing for betting on the eurobasket, hopefully they'll get my first win.

I think 1.45 is a good odds. Both teams have won four, but Serbia is the big favorite. Serbia has Jokic, Türkiye has Alperen. It'll be a duel between the two. The important thing is which players will support them in scoring.
Serbia has plenty of options, but Turkey is a bit weaker in this regard.
I'd love to see Türkiye win, but that would be wishful thinking. I'll be watching the match. It's poised to be an entertaining and exciting match.

[emrecemsan]

Türkiye have odds like 2.95 for the win today. I'd rather take the risk and enjoy our players' game against Serbia tonight.    But of course I'm aware we are going to face one of the biggest championship favourites...

I've looked into many gambling platforms and most of them were showing us as the 3rd biggest contenders for the title. Nice to leave this impression on them. But we haven't faced such big teams yet. We'll find out if we are really worthy being shown that way.

[yenerbatmaz]

I'm probably the only one who can't think of it. Do you think the score of the Montenegro-Great Britain match was normal?
How could Great Britain possibly beat Montenegro? They say anything is possible in basketball, but I don't think it's normal for Portugal to beat Estonia and Great Britain to beat Montenegro. When I see the betting odds, other things come to mind.

[Out of mind]

I have chosen the Turkey and Serbia match and obviously, I went for the Serbia and that's a good odds that they have for game winner. I don't want to go into props and with my standing for betting on the eurobasket, hopefully they'll get my first win.

If you are betting on Serbia for this match, then I think you will definitely win. Because Serbia is much stronger than Turkey and they have quite good players in their team. Moreover, I can see that in the last few matches that Turkey has faced Serbia, Serbia has won every match with a good point margin. In that case, Serbia is the most likely to win this match against Turkey, according to the odds, Serbia is the winner.

[ajanwalker]

Turkey fought hard in the first half. We went into halftime trailing by three points, but Turkey was playing well.
Winning or losing this game isn't the most important thing. What matters is winning the final, if we can make it to the final.
It was a duel between Alperen and Jokic. Alperen hit a few good three-pointers early in the game, but missed many late in the game. Ergin Ataman received a technical foul. If the referees decide otherwise late in the game, he could get a second technical foul and get himself ejected. He can do this to ignite the team. He's done this many times with the teams he's coached.
We'll see if the same thing happens. It was a very exciting game. The teams are shooting at high percentages.

[mandown]

I have chosen the Turkey and Serbia match and obviously, I went for the Serbia and that's a good odds that they have for game winner. I don't want to go into props and with my standing for betting on the eurobasket, hopefully they'll get my first win.

I think 1.45 is a good odds. Both teams have won four, but Serbia is the big favorite. Serbia has Jokic, Türkiye has Alperen. It'll be a duel between the two. The important thing is which players will support them in scoring.
Serbia has plenty of options, but Turkey is a bit weaker in this regard.
I'd love to see Türkiye win, but that would be wishful thinking. I'll be watching the match. It's poised to be an entertaining and exciting match.

I watched the first half and was so excited I couldn't sit still. If this were the final, my heart would have been pounding.
Turkey didn't produce enough points off the bench. Serbia scored well off the bench in the first half, and Pesic gave Jokic plenty of time to rest.
I don't understand why Avramović went straight to the locker room during the match. Was he bleeding? It's still unclear which team will win the match, but Serbia is playing more calmly.

[LTU_btc]

Turkey - Serbia, best game in tournament so far. Unbeleavable Sengun and Larkin duo scores more than half of Turkey points and delivers win and 1st place for their team.
Germany destroys Finland 61:91 and takes 1st place in group. It's their lowest scoring game and first time when they didn't scored 100 points.
Lithuania survived against Sweden. Without Jokubaitis we look so poor. Like it's not enough, Normantas got ankle injury in first minutes of game. I'm afraid that in 1/8with Latvia our tournament will end...

I'm probably the only one who can't think of it. Do you think the score of the Montenegro-Great Britain match was normal?
How could Great Britain possibly beat Montenegro? They say anything is possible in basketball, but I don't think it's normal for Portugal to beat Estonia and Great Britain to beat Montenegro. When I see the betting odds, other things come to mind.

I saw both games and these outcomes is so unexpected. Before tournament I was sure that Portugald and Greeat Britain will be last in their own groups, but now they're in the next round. So, you can lose against powerhouses by 30-60 points, but it's enough to have 2 decent games against direct competitors and you have historic achievement
Maybe I'm not surprised that much about Montenegro loss. They looked poor in all games and their only win against Sweden was achieved in last seconds

I was talking about basketball in Europe in last 20-40 years in general, not about Euroleague or Eurobasket in particular. I did not want to go so in past in history, as basketball was way too much different than it is now.

Ok, I got it

[emrecemsan]

Turkey - Serbia, best game in tournament so far. Unbeleavable Sengun and Larkin duo scores more than half of Turkey points and delivers win and 1st place for their team.

It was an incredible game indeed!    I knew we wouldn't give up that easy even if we make stupid mistakes. I just loved the Sengun - Jokic rivalry and Sengun was definitely one step ahead. Maybe not on one-on-ones all the time but still found a solution to that.

Larkin was also amazing, yes. We didn't get much from our bench while Serbia were getting a lot. Our three-pointer effort was our biggest helper in this win. Now I'll just enjoy our group lead until the Sweden game. 

[Woodie]

From Group A managed to watch a few games and impressed with what I saw from Serbia and Turkey..

Group B was rooting for a crazy win from Germany like 120pts plus but they seem to have been reserving their energy with the start of the competition...

Group C didn't catch any action

Group D must have France as favourites, and they took didn't register a crazy win but they are going far for sure.

[W Jr.]

We played a great game, and I'm proud of the team. We played our best against Serbia and won the game. Alperen Şengün almost had a triple-double, but missed it with two assists. It makes us proud that this kid is so successful at this age. I believe he will be very successful in the NBA in the future. Türkiye is reaching new heights thanks to him.

[xzone]

We watched the best match yet. There was incredible competition on the court, top-quality basketball. Both Serbia and Türkiye played very well, and in the end, the team that deserved it won. Turkey is one of the best teams this year, defeating one of the tournament favorites and finishing undefeated in the group stage.

Alperen Şengün and Shane Larkin are playing fantastically. It's a joy to watch them. Despite the referee's poor decisions, Türkiye ultimately played very well and won

[passwordnow]

I have chosen the Turkey and Serbia match and obviously, I went for the Serbia and that's a good odds that they have for game winner. I don't want to go into props and with my standing for betting on the eurobasket, hopefully they'll get my first win.

I think 1.45 is a good odds. Both teams have won four, but Serbia is the big favorite. Serbia has Jokic, Türkiye has Alperen. It'll be a duel between the two. The important thing is which players will support them in scoring.
Serbia has plenty of options, but Turkey is a bit weaker in this regard.
I'd love to see Türkiye win, but that would be wishful thinking. I'll be watching the match. It's poised to be an entertaining and exciting match.

What you've loved to see has won, yes, it's Turkiye that has won the match. Sengun carried the game, what a guy.

I have chosen the Turkey and Serbia match and obviously, I went for the Serbia and that's a good odds that they have for game winner. I don't want to go into props and with my standing for betting on the eurobasket, hopefully they'll get my first win.

If you are betting on Serbia for this match, then I think you will definitely win. Because Serbia is much stronger than Turkey and they have quite good players in their team. Moreover, I can see that in the last few matches that Turkey has faced Serbia, Serbia has won every match with a good point margin. In that case, Serbia is the most likely to win this match against Turkey, according to the odds, Serbia is the winner.

I wish that I did won the match but I did not. Turkiye has won the game and they did better. It's Jokic against Baby Jokic but the baby has won the match. It's a good match up and it seems that I am having no luck with the eurobasket. But I like this, the crowed favorites doesn't mean that there's a guarantee win with them.

[katanic97]

Congratulations to Turkey on the win. But i have one question
Will they be able to repeat those three pointers? What they were hitting was insane, really impressive. Maybe even the best game of the championship so far. Serbia kept up nicely, but unfortunately the injury to Aleksa Avramovic at halftime might have cost them the game. That celebration by Ataman after the win carries a lot of meaning. Now every opponent will look at the Turkish national team differently with more respect and maybe even a bit of fear because they managed to beat the top favorite.

[CLS63]

Today I believed in us to put up a good fight against Serbia. Even though we were shown as the underdog seriously we still managed to get a win. That was a great spirit there.

Defeating one of the top favourites of the tournament made me very happy. I can't imagine how a potential final game would be especially against Serbia or Germany. I hope we make it there.

Congratulations to Turkey on the win. But i have one question
Will they be able to repeat those three pointers?

Our general performance with 3-pointers has already been good so far. In some games it wasn't that great maybe. This one against Serbia was really amazing which needs a hard work to be repeated.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Congratulations to Turkey on the win. But i have one question
Will they be able to repeat those three pointers? What they were hitting was insane, really impressive. Maybe even the best game of the championship so far. Serbia kept up nicely, but unfortunately the injury to Aleksa Avramovic at halftime might have cost them the game. That celebration by Ataman after the win carries a lot of meaning. Now every opponent will look at the Turkish national team differently with more respect and maybe even a bit of fear because they managed to beat the top favorite.

To be fair, I didn't think Turkey would have a chance here. Even thought about putting a small wager on Serbia, good decision I put it on Germany -15 instead of Serbia. Before the tournament, despite having a strong performance against Germany is a test, I didn't really have Turkey on the radar but it seems like I was very wrong!
One factor that is important of course is Bogdan Bogdanovic missing, guess this might be the deciding thing for the future of Serbia in this tournament. If they find someone to step up and fill the gap his injury made they will still have a chance. If they don't well then they can't be considered the no 1 team to beat anymore, this will go to Germany and Turkey.

[LGD2Business]

Türkiye continue to make history. They won all their group matches. We hadn't beaten Serbia in recent times, but now the tide has turned. Alperen Şengün is currently the best player in the tournament. He led his team to victory with near triple-double stats. Larkin's scoring contribution was also very important. I said the guards would be decisive.

Everything is just getting started. There are four more games to play and there's no room for error. Türkiye aim to defeat Sweden first and then the other upcoming opponents to advance to the final. And they've demonstrated their ability to achieve this through the quality of play they displayed in the group stage.

[boltz]

Türkiye continue to make history. They won all their group matches. We hadn't beaten Serbia in recent times, but now the tide has turned. Alperen Şengün is currently the best player in the tournament. He led his team to victory with near triple-double stats. Larkin's scoring contribution was also very important. I said the guards would be decisive.

Everything is just getting started. There are four more games to play and there's no room for error. Türkiye aim to defeat Sweden first and then the other upcoming opponents to advance to the final. And they've demonstrated their ability to achieve this through the quality of play they displayed in the group stage.

Yes they do and today I took advantage of this and had 5$ on them at 2.3x odds and I'm glad I picked them because they are playing NBA basketball at this point and I'm ready to bet on them again when they will face Sweden even if this will be a really tight game in my opinion so under might also be a great choice.

Correct , there is no room for error for both teams but mentally Turkey has a big advantage because they are undefeated and I'm sure this will put extra confidence in their game.

[ajanwalker]

Congratulations to Turkey on the win. But i have one question
Will they be able to repeat those three pointers? What they were hitting was insane, really impressive. Maybe even the best game of the championship so far. Serbia kept up nicely, but unfortunately the injury to Aleksa Avramovic at halftime might have cost them the game. That celebration by Ataman after the win carries a lot of meaning. Now every opponent will look at the Turkish national team differently with more respect and maybe even a bit of fear because they managed to beat the top favorite.

This question is on my mind, too. If we face Serbia in the final, will they have the same three-way performance? I hope so.
Serbia fought back effortlessly yesterday. They weren't even upset about losing.

This was just a group stage match. There was no real problem for the loser.

Turkey had lost all five of its previous matches against Serbia, and now they've earned their revenge.

Now, Sweden and Turkey are drawn together. I hope Turkey doesn't get complacent, thinking they'll easily defeat Sweden. Otherwise, the match against Sweden will be a tough one. They might even be eliminated from the tournament. There's no making up for any losses from now on.

[yslyv]

Serbia Turkiye game was probably the best match in the tournament so far. It really felt like a final. 

Turkey had a really good day with three points, but they also fought extremely hard on both defense and offense side.

I hope their next match will be the tournament final .