Overview
- Germany moved to 2–0 in Group B with the comfortable win in Tampere.
- The 59 points before halftime set a national record for a EuroBasket first half, with Dennis Schröder scoring 23 and Franz Wagner 21.
- A fire alarm at the shared Solo Sokos Hotel Torni shortly before 1 a.m. prompted brief evacuations captured by MagentaSport and was later confirmed as a false alarm.
- Assistant Alan Ibrahimagic directed the team with Álex Mumbrú hospitalized for an acute abdomen, and the team doctor reported steady improvement.
- Johannes Voigtmann was rested as a knee precaution while Isaac Bonga started, and Germany targets rapid recovery before the 12:30 CEST tipoff against Lithuania.