Germany finished their EuroBasket 2007 performance with an 80-71 win over Croatia in the 5-6 classification game.

Croatia tried to ride the wave of their good performance last night, and led for almost 30 minutes, but once Germany took over the game went in one direction.

Having both secured a spot in the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament with wins on Saturday, Germany and Croatia will meet Sunday to decide between fifth and sixth place at EuroBasket 2007.

Both teams had struggled to win games prior to their wins on Saturday though Croatia had lost four straight by slim margins while for the Germans it was the second straight time they had bounced back from a hefty defeat, having fallen to hosts Spain by 28 the night before.

The 2006 World Championship in Japan was a major disappointment for Germany, who finished in 8th place, especially following a brilliant silver medal at EuroBasket 2005 in Belgrade.

This golden generation of German basketball led by Dirk Nowitzki is approaching its end and this group would like nothing more than to notch a berth in the Beijing Olympic Games.

Do we have to rewrite his story? Is Dirk Nowitzki maybe not half as great as we thought he was?