RIGA (Latvia) - The busiest day at the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 is now behind us with all 24 teams taking the stage. Some of the biggest name once again rose to the occasion with Nikola Jokic and Luka Doncic once again leading the pack of top performers.
But who did it the best among all of the players appearing on Saturday?
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Serbia is among the teams already qualified for the Final Phase, mainly thanks to Nikola Jokic and his jaw-dropping performance in an 84-80 win over hosts Latvia. The NBA superstar put the team on his back with 39 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, stealing the ball three times for for a joint tournament-high efficiency of 42.
Luka Doncic is doing everything humanly possible on the court, but it's all going in vain as Slovenia fell to 0-2 after losing to France 103-95. Luka produced another jaw-dropping performance of 39 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, but would even trade that near triple-double for a mark in the winning column.
Just like with Jordan Loyd on Gameday 1, there was again someone to go toe-to-toe against Doncic. Sylvain Francisco stole the show in the aforementioned France win with 32 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists for an efficiency of 40 - all that in under 26 minutes spent on the floor.
It was just another day in office for Lauri Markkanen who picked up his third TCL Player of the Game award as Finland ran over Montenegro 85-65 and punched their ticket to Riga. The Finnisher did not go near 40 this time, but compensated with 13 rebounds added to 26 points, also dishing out three dimes.
Daniel Theis had a perfect game, and it's not a term used lightly. Germany's big man shot 9-of-9 from the field and added two from the charity stripe without a miss for 23 points and 6 rebounds as Germany beat Lithuania 107-88, dropped another 100-point outing and qualified for the Round of 16.
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