Markkanen 16+8 cannot stop Germany! Only 6+ of 17 are the worst off the positive and negative values, and miss the chance to create another dark horse miracle

On September 12, the European Cup of Men's Basketball Team continued. In today's semi-finals, the largest dark horse of this European Cup, Finnish team lost to Germany 86-98, and missed the European Cup final.

In this game, Markkanen's performance is still worthy of attention. In the whole game, Markkanen started for 38 minutes, made 6 of 17 shots, including 2 of 9 three-pointers and 2 of 3 free throws, scoring a total of 16 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist, with a plus-negative value of only -24, which is almost the worst off-set! After the start of the game, Markanen quickly hit a 2+1 against Schroeder. After that, Markanen completed an empty cut and dunked with both hands, leading Finland to the lead. However, the Finnish team was then strongly counterattacked by the German team and was soon overtaken by the opponent. In the second quarter, Markanen grabbed the frontcourt board and made a comeback with both hands, helping the team barely chase points. He scored 8 points and 4 rebounds in the first half, and Finland was 14 points behind Germany. In the second half, Markkanen quickly hit the first three-pointer today, and then made a strong hit at the basket. Facing the huge gap, Markkanen hit a three-pointer again. But Markanen's performance was very bad later. Not only did he miss shot continuously, but he also made many mistakes in the steps. Finland team was always behind by more than double digits in the final quarter, and ultimately failed to catch up and suffer a defeat.

Although he failed to lead the team to the finals in the end, Markanen's performance in this European Cup is commendable. He led the Finnish team to advance to the third place in the group stage, and then eliminated Jokic's Serbian team and Lithuanian team led by Valanciunas, becoming the biggest dark horse in this European Cup. Unfortunately, it is difficult for Markkanen to lead Finland to go further in the face of the World Cup champion Germany.

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