
A well-deserved final, considering everything we've seen in the playoffs! After all, these two teams were also the only undefeated teams in the group stage.
After the World Cup title, Germany proved with this final that they are here to stay. They have one big NBA star, but some others have even bigger (super)stars. Germany's main quality is quantity (of quality players), great chemistry, and teamwork. But they don't have a team to dominate, this is their historic "once in a lifetime" chance to combine the world and continental gold, because when the French arrive in full force and the Serbs get more serious (and in the world, apart from the Americans, there is now super-Canada too).
Baby Jokic (Sengun) averaged 7 assists in this championship, already in his first tournament as the leader of the Turkish team. At the same time, the real Jokic, after 10 years of playing for Serbia, had only 4, because the Turks immediately adapted (and profited from) their system to their best point-center player, while the Serbs, despite having MVP Jokić, don't even try to implement a "Denver" system. Lithuania has also not adjusted its offense system to its NBA All-Star point-center D. Sabonis, so it's no wonder he's playing less and less for them.