The European Cup starts in full swing, Serbia and Germany pass easily, the Possians fail, Türkiye shows its dark horse character

18:30 points, the highly anticipated men's basketball European Cup started, and the two teams that started this European Cup were Britain and Lithuania. In recent years, the UK has vigorously developed football, and the domestic basketball culture has gradually become thinner. Like the last European Cup, there is still no NBA player in the UK this time, all of which are local league players. This has also led to the weak overall strength of the British team, and it is very likely that it will be difficult to win again. On the contrary, Lithuania belongs to Europe's top team. Lithuania ranks sixth in the strength rankings of this European Cup, second only to Serbia, France, Germany, Greece, Latvia and other strong teams. You should know that Lithuania's ranking has declined in this Cup, mainly because Sabonis, who currently plays for the NBA Kings, did not go with the team due to injury. Although his strength has declined, as a team at the TI level of the European Cup, facing the British team, which can only be considered T3, is a complete test. It finally got a good start with 94:70, and also kicked off the 25th European Cup. Due to the weak British team's strength, Lithuania played its own characteristics, and the Nuggets' new aid Valan was asking for it in the interior and did not expose too many problems.

The second European Cup match was against Portugal. The two teams were in the T3 level in this Cup. Although both teams had NBA players, both Kota from Portugal and Kreić from the Czech Republic were role players in the NBA. Portugal returned to the European Cup after fourteen years, and the whole team has an unparalleled momentum. Compared with the Czech Republic's lack of Satoransky and Viselli, the overall strength of the team has declined a lot. The two teams showed their cold touch from the ground up. Their three-point shooting percentages were 20% and 23.08%, and their shooting percentages were 29% and 38% respectively, which became a completely iron battle. In the end, Portugal defeated the Czech team 62:50, and this set of scores is likely to be the lowest score in this European Cup.

The German team made their debut in the third game of the European Cup. As the champion of the 23rd World Cup, while retaining the complete core structure, the German team became a strong contender for the championship, and their opponents are also strong. Montenegro brought by the Bulls' starting center Vucevic, although the overall strength of Montenegro is not top-notch. However, the team cooperated with simulation and had stable shooting ability, which could be regarded as a team that should not be underestimated. However, when facing the German team, Montenegro was completely at a disadvantage. Although Vucevic's existence was just targeting the weak ring of the German team, due to the dual cores of Schroder and Wagner Jr., Germany has always maintained the lead against Montenegro. Even though the German team's three-pointer once made 1 of 11 shots, Germany, with a deep lineup, still maintained the lead in the scores with breakthroughs and mid-range distance. In the end, it was no surprise that it defeated Montenegro with 30 points and achieved a good start. You should know that this happened in the absence of the head coach. It is conceivable how strong the German team is.

The final match of the first match day took place in Group A, and it was also a focus battle. Latvia faced Turkey. Latvia shocked everyone in the last World Cup and defeated many powerful teams, including Spain, the last European Cup champion, and finally lost to Germany with two points and became the biggest dark horse in the 23rd World Cup. You should know that the Latvian men's basketball team was still defeating the strong opponents in a row with the championship's inside injury. On the other hand, the Turkish men's basketball team has not achieved much record compared to the Latvian men's basketball team. Although it has the current top inside player Shin Kyung, it is still not favored by everyone. But at the beginning of the game, Türkiye slapped Latvia with a loud slap. In the first 5 minutes, Türkiye hit Latvia 13:3 and stopped Latvia directly. The two teams then began to stage a fairy ball battle, with Zagas and Sipah fighting for three-pointers, but Turkey's defense was stronger and more targeted, which completely limited Latvia's large number of passes and cuts and large-scale running, resulting in the team's characteristics not being played out, and Türkiye kept hitting. In the end, the Turks defeated the other side in the way the Latvians were best at and got a good start. At 1:30 am on August 28, another host team of this European Cup debuted. Finland faced Sweden at home. Markanen, who was at home, helped the team win with 28 points, allowing Sweden's Hakansong to score 28 points. However, the two teams' matches were the first game of this European Cup. In the end, Finland won the game 93-90, got a good start, and won 2 points for the group qualifying.

And the other match in the early morning was the Serbian team, which ranked first in this European Cup. With Jokic and the European killer Bogdan, Estonia, he punched in early with three quarters and triple-double data. Due to the huge gap between the two teams, Serbia did not face too much tough resistance and easily completed a good start.