20 points and a big victory! The big dark horse advanced early with three consecutive victories, Markanen scored 97 points in three games

On August 31, the men's basketball European Cup group stage, Finland played against Montenegro. The two teams came up and fell into a tug-of-war, and the gap could not be widened. However, after that, Montenegro's offensive fell into a slump, and Finland successfully opened the gap, leading by 10 points in the first half, and after the third quarter, he was already 15 points. Then, the gap was directly widened to more than 20 points, and the game lost its suspense. In the end, Finland defeated Montenegro 85-65 and achieved three consecutive victories.

The two teams are quite close in strength, and Montenegro ranks ahead in the world rankings. However, the performance of the two teams in the first two games was completely opposite. Montenegro suffered two consecutive losses, while Finland won two consecutive victories. This time, Finland continued its dark horse's true nature and played very stalemate with Montenegro in the first quarter. However, afterwards, he completely took the initiative on the field and did not give the opponent too much opportunity to counterattack. He maintained a double-digit lead and finally achieved a 20-point victory.

With the defeat of Montenegro, Finland's group stage score reached 3 wins and 0 losses, advanced to the top 16 early, temporarily ranking second in the group, and Germany also ranked first in the three games. However, Finland's next two games are the test of them, against Lithuania and Germany respectively. Both teams are very strong, it depends on whether they can continue their momentum. They have now become the biggest dark horses in the European Cup.

, and Markkanen, who played for the NBA Jazz, became the key. He was omnipotent on the court and scored like a sack. This time, he made 8 of 16 shots, 9 of 10 free throws, scoring the highest 26 points in the game, and also had 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. After three games, Markkanen scored 97 points, which was really unstoppable. In the last game, he even scored 43 points in 23 minutes.

Montenegro was in a passive situation, and suffered three consecutive losses in the first three games, as if they were not at the same level as their opponents. Vucevic, who played for the NBA Bulls this time, performed poorly, making 2 of 10 shots and only scored 7 points and 12 rebounds, which eventually led to a crushing defeat for the team. After three games, Montenegro was one-sided. Fortunately, Sweden and Britain faced the next time were relatively weak, and it depends on whether they could seize the opportunity.