Germany fends off Luka's 39, eliminates Slovenia

RIGA, Latvia -- Luka Doncic's 39 points were not capable for Slovenia arsenic it mislaid 99-91 to Germany successful a thrilling EuroBasket quarterfinal connected Wednesday.

Orlando Magic defender Franz Wagner scored 23 points and skipper Dennis Schroder added 20 points and 7 assists for Germany, which volition look Finland successful the semifinals connected Friday.

Andreas Obst's 3-pointer capped a 12-0 tally to enactment the World Cup champions up 77-74 aboriginal successful the 4th quarter.

Slovenia took the pb 86-85 connected a Dončić 3-pointer with 4:12 to spell earlier Schröder sank his lone 3-pointer -- helium missed 8 different attempts -- to marque it 88-86, and Germany closed it retired from there.

Dončić was assessed a method foul aboriginal connected and had 22 points arsenic Slovenia led 51-45 astatine halftime. He picked up his 4th foul aboriginal successful the 3rd 4th yet kept connected scoring, though helium appeared inhibited astatine times by the imaginable of fouling retired with a 5th foul.

The Los Angeles Lakers prima -- 5 of 16 from 3-point scope -- had his 5th crippled of the tourney with astatine slightest 30 points scored. Dončić besides had 10 rebounds and 7 assists.

Wagner was 13 of 14 from the free-throw enactment for Germany, seeking its 2nd European Championship rubric aft winning arsenic big successful 1993.

Slovenia looked successful power until Tristan Da Silva sank a 3-pointer with a halfcourt changeable astatine the third-quarter buzzer, slashing Slovenia's pb to 4 points.

The last is connected Sunday successful Riga, Latvia, which has hosted each the knockout matches.

Finland holds disconnected Georgia Earlier, the Finns held disconnected a Georgia fightback to triumph 93-79 and scope the semifinals for the archetypal time.

Earlier, Mikael Jantunen led Finland with 19 points and Utah Jazz guardant Lauri Markkanen contributed 17 points and six rebounds.

"It's been the aforesaid radical for a agelong time. It's a precise choky group, similar coming backmost and playing with your friends," Jantunen said. "That's the benignant of hoops civilization successful Finland."

The Finns besides showcased their extent by scoring 44 points from the seat to Georgia's four.

Finland led by 20 points successful the 3rd 4th earlier Georgia chopped the shortage to six with conscionable nether 8 minutes near successful the fourth.

Toronto Raptors guardant Sandro Mamukelashvili led Georgia with 22 points.

Coming disconnected an upset of Nikola Jokic and Serbia, Finland surged into an aboriginal pb connected beardown three-point shooting and doubled up Georgia 30-15 aboriginal successful the 2nd quarter.

Highly-rated 18-year-old guardant Miikka Muurinen, who is projected to beryllium a imaginable NBA first-round prime successful 2027, scored 7 points disconnected the bench.

It was the archetypal clip successful the quarterfinals arsenic an autarkic federation for Georgia, which knocked retired Olympic metallic medalist France successful the circular of 16 and bushed defending EuroBasket champion Spain successful the radical stage.