If France showed a worrying face for its entry into EuroBasket 2022, its opponent on the contrary had a perfect evening, started with a tribute to Dirk Nowitzki and ended with a victory.
As in the last clashes between the Blues and the Mannschaft, the tricolor plan seemed above all to control Dennis Schröder, which was rather well done, but the Rockets player (11 points at 4/14, 5 assists but 5 losses of ball) this time had support, notably via his back-up, Maodo Lo (13 points at 5/8, 5 assists).
Something to delight the offensive leader of the selection, all smiles on the bench, when his teammates killed the match.
“Our chemistry is incredible”, he thus declared. “We’ve never had this before. Everyone is confident. Everyone comes on the pitch to have an impact on the game. I think everyone is happy for each other. It doesn’t matter who scores, everyone is happy and that’s how it should be. “
However, Dennis Schröder does not want to ignite after this good introduction.
“We just did our job. It was only one match and we have four left (in the squad). We try to stay ready for Bosnia and do the same against them. “
This success against France was also a nice way to celebrate Dirk Nowitzki, whose number #14 was retired by the German federation before the meeting in Cologne.
“He deserved every second (of this tribute)”explained Dennis Schroder, who was the German legend’s teammate during his very last international competition, EuroBasket 2015. “Compared to everything he brought to basketball, internationally. He is one of the best power forwards of all time. He is an extraordinary person. I’m just happy for him.”
| Dennis Schroder | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2013-14 | ATL | 49 | 13 | 38.3 | 23.8 | 67.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| 2014-15 | ATL | 77 | 20 | 42.7 | 35.1 | 82.7 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 10.0 |
| 2015-16 | ATL | 80 | 20 | 42.1 | 32.2 | 79.1 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 11.0 |
| 2016-17 | ATL | 79 | 32 | 45.1 | 34.0 | 85.5 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 17.9 |
| 2017-18 | ATL | 67 | 31 | 43.6 | 29.0 | 84.9 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 19.4 |
| 2018-19 | OKAY | 79 | 29 | 41.4 | 34.1 | 81.9 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 15.5 |
| 2019-20 | OKAY | 65 | 31 | 46.9 | 38.5 | 83.9 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 18.9 |
| 2020-21 | ALL | 61 | 32 | 43.7 | 33.5 | 84.8 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 15.4 |
| 2021-22 * | All Teams | 64 | 29 | 43.1 | 34.4 | 85.3 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 13.6 |
| 2021-22 * | BOS | 49 | 29 | 44.0 | 34.9 | 84.8 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 14.4 |
| 2021-22 * | HOO | 15 | 27 | 39.3 | 32.8 | 87.2 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 10.9 |
| Total | 621 | 27 | 43.6 | 33.8 | 83.3 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 14.2 | |
