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European Cup 2 upsets and 3 big wins in one night! The defending champion collapsed, Doncic left the court with 34+9 lost 34+9

2:26pm, 30 August 2025【Basketball】

The group stage of the men's basketball team in the European Cup is in full swing, and it was also unpopular in the second game. There were two unpopular in one night. The defending champion Spain collapsed and lost to Georgia to a bad goal. Slovenia led by Doncic lost to Poland. At the same time, there were 3 big wins, Israel, France and Bosnia and Herzegovina easily defeated their opponents, and the only single-digit difference was from the strong dialogue between Greece and Italy.

As the last European Cup champion, Spain has not been very popular this time, and it was unexpected that the first game was confirmed. Compared with the last session, Spain's overall strength has declined significantly, and they lost one after another in the warm-up matches, and once did not even enter the top ten in the strength list. In the first game of the group stage, facing Georgia, who was relatively weaker, he unexpectedly was directly suppressed by his opponent. He was completely out of shape on the offensive end and eventually suffered a slump of 69-83. As the defending champion, I didn’t expect it to collapse in the first game, which is somewhat surprising.

And there is no suspense in the next few games. Israel easily defeated Iceland 83-71 with Avdia's 20+9 performance to get a good start. In addition, Solkin scored a game-high 31 points in 13 of 19.

Then the French men's basketball team played against Belgium, and there was no suspense. France took the initiative early, and 12 players in the team got the opportunity and scored goals in sports games. In the end, they defeated their opponents 92-64 to get a good start.

The opponent of Cyprus is Cyprus, which is also a one-sided situation. Cyprus did not miss the opportunity and easily defeated the opponent 91-64.

The showdown between Greece and Italy is also the biggest highlight of this game day. Antetokounmpo was completely a dimensionality reduction strike on the court, and he repeatedly hit the inside to complete dunks, leaving the opponent with only watching him score the ball. With Antetokounmpo's outstanding performance, Greece has always taken the initiative and always maintained the lead in the score. In the final Italy counterattack, Antetokounmpo scored 4 points in a row to secure the victory. In the end, Greece won 75-66, with Antetokounmpo scoring 31 points and 7 rebounds.

And another unpopularity came from Slovenia. The game against Poland was thought to be a revenge battle, but unexpectedly it was overturned by the opponent. In the quarter-finals last year, Slovenia was eliminated by Poland. This time, the two teams were in a tug-of-war, but in the second half, Poland continued its offensive momentum to widen the gap. Slovenia could only rely on Doncic to hold on, but it still could not be reversed. In the end, the game was lost in an upset 95-105. Doncic is also very disappointed, with 7 of 14 shots in the game, 17 of 18 free throws, 34 points, 9 assists, 5 steals, 4 rebounds and 2 blocks in full data.