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The European Cup 1/8 finals are against each other! Rockets star is welcomed, and the four powerful men create super dead half-zone

11:24pm, 5 September 2025Basketball

On September 5, the group stage of the men's basketball European Cup had come to an end. The defending champion Spain failed to make a counterattack and was eliminated after losing to Greece. Slovenia defeated Israel in the last round and successfully won the third place in the group. In the final quarter-final match, Rockets star Shin-jing ushered in goodwill. The only major competitors in the half-zone are Greece, while the other half-zone includes Germany, Serbia, France and Slovenia, which has fierce competition.

In the group stage, Turkey showed a good state, winning five consecutive victories and advanced to the top 16 with the first place in the group. In the last round of the showdown with Serbia, Shin Kyung also beat Jokic and helped the team win. This victory is still very important to them. On the one hand, it gained great confidence, and on the other hand, it also avoided the death half area. This is still very good for them, at least the challenge will not be that great. The core of this Turkish team is Rockets star Shin Kyung, who also performed very well, averaging 21.6 points, 9.6 rebounds and 6.8 assists in five group games, with a shooting percentage of 65.6%, and a 32% gained the most in the MVP voting. In the quarter-finals, Türkiye will play against Sweden, and there is basically no suspense. Then it will face the winners of Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Once it can advance to the semi-finals, the opponent will most likely be Greece. Judging from these opponents, Türkiye does not encounter many challenges, which is still very beneficial for Shen Jing to attack the medal.

Compared to the half-district where Türkiye is located, the other half-district is very crazy, completely a super-death half-district, where Germany, Serbia, France and Slovenia are all here. You know, in the pre-match strength list, the top three were Serbia, Germany and France, but they didn’t expect to gather in the same district in the end. Of course, don’t forget that there are traditional strong teams Italy and Finland led by Markkanen in this half of the area, which may lead to some unpopularity.

Among them, Germany faces Portugal, Slovenia faces Italy, Serbia faces Finland, and France faces Georgia. It can be expected that the competition will be very fierce, and there is no room for reversal after entering the knockout round, and only by winning can we stay. Doncic, Jokic, Schroeder, Wagner Jr., Markanen, Yabuselle, and Rissache, who play for the NBA, will fight on the court and strive to stay until the end.

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