As soon as the world champions had made the leap into the gold game, Dirk Nowitzki spoke up completely euphorically. “Finaaale !!!”, wrote the basketballidol after the final siren at X, only one step lacks the German national team at the Eurobasket for the next title win. The team around the once more brilliant captain Dennis Schröder switched the surprise team Finland after the clear victory in the preliminary round in the semi-finals with 98:86 (61:47), on Sunday (8pm, RTL and Magenta Sport), Riga will take part in a third participation against Turkey that gave Greece no chance (94:68).