Legendary Schröder crowned Germany world champion!

On top of the world Germany!

Led by him Dennis Schroeder in the last minutes and Marko Gudurich fateful in the end, Gordon Herbert’s team prevailed 83-77 her Serbia and won the World Cup for the first time in its history!

Their new guard Raptors scored the decisive points of the Germans at the end, while on the other hand her guard Fenerbahce he had a missed 3-pointer and made a big mistake at a crucial point.

Schroeder was also the leader with 28 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, while a very good presence was also had by Franz Wagner with 19 p. and 7 rebounds.

From the Serbs, the first scorer was Alexa Abramovichwho with 21 points made a big effort at the end to keep them alive, with Bogdan Bogdanovic to add another 17p.

Very well “locked” o Nikola Milutinov with just 2 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

The match

With Theiss, Voigtmann, Fr. Germany started with Wagner, Obst and Schroeder, while Serbia with Milutinov, N. Jovic, Dobrich, Bogdanovic and St. Jovic. With the foot on the gas, both teams entered from the beginning of the final, since their attacks were very “hot”, with the score going high (19-19). In the last three minutes, Pesic’s team took control through their defense and finding solutions with Marinkovic went to +5 (21-26), with M. Wagner shaping the 23-26 of the first period.

With the Wagner brothers and Schroeder, Germany made the turnaround and went ahead (36-35) in the first four minutes of the second period. Serbia’s answer came from the formidable Bogdanovic, who with his personal baskets took her to +4 (38-42), in the 16th minute. The Germans responded with a 5-0 run (43-42) from the “hot” Schroeder, with the derby continuing until the end of the half and the two teams going to the locker room tied (47-47).

Both teams were quite nervous at the beginning of the second half, with the score remaining tied (51-51) until the 23rd minute. The Serbs then lost their minds completely, making one error after another, with the Germans on the other hand taking full control and starring Schroeder and Voigtmann making individual scores 13-2, for +11 (64-53), at 27′. The psychology in Pesic’s team remained at… nadir, with the Germans on the other hand closing the third period at +12 (69-57) thanks to the Wagner brothers.

The Serbians started harder in the fourth quarter and with Abramović and Petrusev they reduced the difference to single digits (71-64) in the 32nd minute. Through its defense, Serbia reacted and got closer (73-69), with Voigtman hitting a three-pointer for +7 (76-69) of Herbert’s team, in the 35th minute. A succession of misguided attacks followed from both, with Fr. Wagner to make 2/2 shots for +9 (78-69), at 38′. With a personal 6-0 run, Abramović kept Serbia alive (78-75), in the 39th minute. Then Schroeder made 1/2 from the line, with Gudurich making 2/2 and bringing the match to the basket (79-77), 40” before the end. With a boyish basket by Schroeder, Germany took a “breather” (81-77), at 21.4”. On the next attack, Abramović missed, Serbia got the offensive rebound, but Guduric made the mistake. With a pair of shots Schroeder sealed the victory that came with the final 83-77.

The quarters: 23-26, 47-47, 69-57, 83-77

See here the match statistics

Watch the film of the match here