On Saturday night Eurobasket playoffs are starting with TOP16 games. The first game is going to be between Turkey and France. Both teams haven't shown the best basketball in the tournament so far as Turkey struggled during the group phase. Only victories against Bulgaria and Belgium were with at least 10 points while three other games ended with 3 to 5 points. Tough news Turkey got yesterday as it was announced that Shane Larkin is out of the tournament due to a finger injury. He wasn't great in the group phase but his experience could help a lot right now.

France was mentioned as one of the main title contenders before the tournament. They still are but if are checking the odds then there are better candidates right now. The group phase started with a loss to Germany, it was followed by two wins with 4 points against Lithuania and Hungary, Bosnia was beaten easily but in the last game against Slovenia, they couldn't do a thing to Luka Doncic and lost the game.

One thing that team has shown all tournament long is defense. In only two out of five games France scored more than 80 points and only one time allowed more than 80. Over/under for this game is 153.5. Only one time during the group phase in France's game was more than 153 points. In Turkey's case, it is similar as only in 2 out of 5 games the total was more than 153 points. Playoffs aren't about pretty basketball, it is about securing the victory in every possible way. Gobert will make a tough time for Sengun, it is going to be a low-scoring battle in which teams won't score more than 153 points total.

Home team Germany is going to host Montenegro. The German team is kind of this tournament's surprise. They have shown great basketball, Franz Wagner is emerging as an upcoming star, Dennis Schroder, Maodo Lo and others help him a lot. Germany showed that they can beat anybody and Montenegro shouldn't be a problem in the first round.

Bojan Dubljevic is Montenegro's main player but Daniel Theis and Johannes Thiemann should be able to somehow limit him. I don't see on Montenegro's roster who could be able to stop Wagner and Schroder. Three out of four German victories were with at least 10 points and this going to be the same story tonight. The home team is going to run the floor, the crowd will behind them. On average, Germany scored 92.6 points during the group phase while Montenegro scored only 76.2. Germany will easily advance to the next round by covering the handicap.

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周六晚上，欧洲篮球赛季后赛将从16强开始。第一场比赛将在土耳其和法国之间进行。两支球队都没有在比赛中展现出最好的表现，土耳其在小组赛中表现不佳。在对阵保加利亚和比利时的比赛中，只有两场比赛取得了至少10分，而其他三场比赛则以3 - 5分结束。昨天，土耳其传来了一个艰难的消息，沙恩·拉金因手指受伤退出了比赛。他在小组赛的表现不是很好，但他的经验现在可以帮助很多。

法国队在比赛前被认为是冠军的主要争夺者之一。他们仍然是，但如果检查的可能性，那么现在有更好的候选人。小组赛一开始负于德国，随后两胜立陶宛和匈牙利，积4分，波斯尼亚被轻松击败，但在上一场对阵斯洛文尼亚的比赛中，他们对卢卡·东契奇束手无策，输掉了比赛。

这支球队在整个比赛中表现出的一点就是防守。在五场比赛中，法国队只有两场得分超过80分，只有一次失分超过80分。这个游戏的积分是153.5。法国队在小组赛中只有一次得分超过了153分。土耳其的情况类似，5场比赛中只有2场比赛的总得分超过了153分。季后赛不是漂亮的篮球比赛，而是用各种可能的方式确保胜利。戈贝尔将让森根的日子不好过，这将是一场低得分的战斗，球队的总得分不会超过153分。

主队德国队将主场迎战黑山共和国。德国队是本届世界杯的一大惊喜。他们展示了伟大的篮球，弗朗茨瓦格纳正在成为一个即将到来的明星，丹尼斯施罗德，罗毛多和其他人帮助了他很多。德国队展示了他们可以击败任何人，黑山在第一轮应该不是问题。

博扬-杜布耶维奇是黑山的主力球员，但泰斯和蒂曼应该能在某种程度上限制他。我在黑山的名单上看不到有谁能阻止瓦格纳和施罗德。德国四场胜利中有三场至少拿到了10分，今晚的情况也会是这样。主队要在场上跑动，观众会跟着他们。在小组赛阶段，德国队平均得分为92.6分，而黑山仅为76.2分。德国队只要克服障碍就能轻松晋级下一轮。