Overview
- Tip-off is at 19:00 in Cologne, with free live coverage on MagentaSport.
- The DBB announced that David Krämer will miss the tournament due to a muscle injury and because Real Madrid declined to release him, a setback Mumbrú described as a blow.
- Germany edged Spain 106:105 after overtime in Madrid earlier this week, led by Dennis Schröder with 24 points and Franz Wagner with 19.
- Mumbrú said his team controlled long stretches and defended well early but stressed that Spain will adjust and that defensive improvement is needed.
- Two cuts remain from a 14-man group before departure to Finland, with reports pointing to a decision between Leon Kratzer and Oscar da Silva; group play in Tampere begins Wednesday against Montenegro, with Sweden, Lithuania, Great Britain and Finland to follow, and fellow world champions Moritz Wagner and Niels Giffey are unavailable.