When does Finland play anyone good?
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Lithuania, LTU, is 2-1. Germany is 3-0, so, Monday and Wednesday. But they sealed it to move on to the next group already, so these games, as far as FIN is concerned, are for fun/bragging rights, I believe? Unless there's a seeding thing that goes on, I dunno.
Step-Back Lauri
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Of course they want as good seeding as possible. They want to be 2nd or 1st in the group. If they'll be 3rd or 4th they'll face Serbia or Turkey in the first knock out game, which won't be good. Turkey has been really good and no one wants to face Serbia. Against Latvia Finland would be a slight favorite, and against Estonia, Czech or Portugal a little bit more of a favorite
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Your loss mate
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FrenchJazzFa
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Don't think so. Think Fauthoux will use hot guys and not limit his rotation. Francisco come from the bench and we awesome. The strengh of french team is being deep, not superstar but many good players ( Risacher, Sarr, Coulibaly, Yabesele....). They will be tough to beat.
Donkic is really good but such a crying baby.... so annoying.
That depends how you define "good". Montenegro is above Finland in FIBA rankings, and Finland just beat them yesterday. Lithuania is ranked at 5 in FIBA Eurobasket "Powerrankings" (Finland at 9), and in 2023 they won Team USA at the World Cup (but they lost to Germany yesterday); the match vs them is tomorrow. Germany is the reigning world champion, they won World Cup in 2023, and is second (Serbia with Jokic is of course number 1) in Eurobasket "Powerrankings", and the team is looking very good; the match against them is on Wednesday.
With yesterdays win over Montenegro, Finland secured a play-off spot, and they also made sure they are not going to face Serbia (nobody wants to face Serbia before the final match) in the first round of play-offs. If Finland wins even one of the remaining two matches, they might have a slightly easier path in the play-offs (ie they might avoid Serbia, Germany or France in the play-offs second round (assuming they win their first play-off round match, of course)).
Step-Back Lauri
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This is incorrect mate. You just assume that Serbia won't lose to Turkey. Turkey has been really good and either of them could win their group, thus, it's still possible team Finland could meet Serbia in the first knock out game. Finland has to pull off a surprise against Lithuania tomorrow, to make the path forward significantly easier.
I will be baffled speechless if Turkey wins that match. In fact, I will be baffled speechless if Serbia doesn't win by double digits. Then again, I have been baffled speechless countless times in my life, so maybe we go here again.
Step-Back Lauri
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While true, you can't say something is certain unless is not. Turkey is after all top 4 candidate team.