FIBA EuroBasket is (finally) into the knockout stage and both Dennis Schröder and Marco Belinelli were in action on Saturday. Fortunately, both Germany and Italy were victorious, meaning that the teams will advance to the quarterfinals and enable both members of the Atlanta Hawks to hit the floor at least one more time this week.
Germany was in a hotly contested game with France before emerging with an 84-81 victory. Schröder was not quite as efficient as shooter (5 of 15 from the field) as he has been elsewhere in the tournament but the talented young point guard dished out eight assists against just two turnovers.