Where to Watch Germany vs Slovenia: Game Preview as Luka prepares for Round of 16

• → Game to take place at Arena Riga, Riga on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 21:00 Local Time (EEST)
• → Form check: Germany rolled Portugal 85–58 despite early cold shooting; Slovenia advanced past Italy 84–77 on a 42-point Luka Dončić tour de force
• → Context: The world champs’ depth and size against Luka’s singular genius—clinic vs concerto for a place in the last four

Luka vs the machine

Slovenia bring the most unstoppable solo act left in the tournament. Germany bring the best orchestra.

Germany’s strength is the absence of weak links. Dennis Schröder pushes pace and pries open coverage; Franz Wagner operates as the matchup solver—post a small, drive a big, hit the skip when the low man blinks. Moritz Wagner and Daniel Theis set bruising screens and finish; Andreas Obst stretches the floor from deep range and early clock. When the threes come late (as they did against Portugal), they still manufacture good shots by winning the paint and playing through contact.

Defensively, the plan is layered: show Dončić different bodies—Bonga’s length, Wagner’s agility, Schröder’s ball pressure—and toggle between switches, shows, and late traps to avoid letting him map the game. With Johannes Voigtmann sidelined, the backline rotations have tightened; gang-rebounding and early outlets keep them in their preferred rhythm.

For Slovenia, everything begins with Luka’s pace control. He turns a basic high screen into four problems: the tag, the weak-side stunt, the roller’s pocket, the spray to a shooter. If you drop, he walks into rhythm threes; if you switch, he hunts the mismatch at his tempo; if you blitz, he manipulates the release valve. That’s why Alen Omić’s screens and short-roll decisions matter, and why shooters like Klemen Prepelič have to punish the help consistently.

Slovenia’s challenge is finding enough stops to keep Germany in the half court. They can’t win a track meet unless Luka’s shot-making is historic again; they can win if the defense takes away German corner threes, if the bigs stay out of foul trouble, and if they control the defensive glass long enough to make this a late-game execution test.

Germany are chasing a double—world champions adding a EuroBasket crown—with a roster that looks built for May and September. Slovenia are chasing something simpler and just as daunting: ride a generational star as far as he’ll carry them. If it’s close with three minutes left, nobody in the building will want to be on the other side of a Luka decision.

How to watch Germany vs Slovenia

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