Germany made historical past by reaching the top of world basketball for the primary time ever. They clinched the gold medal by defeating Serbia within the 2023 FIBA World Cup Final.

Johannes Voigtmann emerged as a pivotal participant, contributing 12 factors and eight rebounds whereas capturing a powerful 4/5 from the sector.

Voigtmann’s affect prolonged to the defensive finish, the place he successfully contained his former teammate, Nikola Milutinov, who completed the match with a meager 2 factors and 4 rebounds to his title.

“We knew in the beginning that Niko is an unbelievable player, he played a great tournament,” Voigtmann stated. “We were worried because we only had four bigs to put him in trouble and try to contain him and put him in trouble. It worked up pretty well. I played with this guy for a long time, I’ve played against him in practice for a long time.

“I know what he doesn’t like. He played a great tournament and I think in the next couple of days he will realize what they’ve done because they’ve been playing a great tournament as a team, overcoming what happened to them and to Simanic … you have to give them credit.”