Overview
- Franz Wagner led Germany with 22 points on his 24th birthday, with Dennis Schröder adding 21 and Andreas Obst 18.
- A 33:12 third quarter broke open a 46:43 halftime game, while Montenegro’s Nikola Vučević finished with 23 points.
- Mumbrú is hospitalized with an acute infection and remained in remote contact with staff, but his return date is unclear.
- Isaac Bonga exited late with a left-knee problem and went to the locker room for treatment, with no diagnosis announced.
- Germany next faces Sweden on Friday and Lithuania on Saturday, after opening in front of a sparse 3,495 crowd in Tampere.