Historical Doncic-Gala
The Los Angeles Lakers point Guard joins an exquisite circle.
Luka Doncic turns open
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NBA superstar Luka Doncic led Slovenia to the first victory at Eurobasket on the third attempt and has penetrated into a selected circle. As the fifth player in the European Championship history, the Los Angeles Lakers pointed Guard achieved a triple double at 86:69 (43:31) over Belgium.
Doncic came to 26 points, eleven assists and ten rebounds in Katowitz/Poland as the best thrower of the group game. Previously, double -digit values in three categories only Stojko Vrankovic (1993), Toni Kukoc (1995/Both Croatia), Rare’s tons (2017/Romania) and Mateusz Ponitka (2022/Poland).
The Slovenes had previously lost to preliminary round hosts Poland (95: 105) and France (95: 103). The 2017 European champion must worry about the round of 16.
Antetocounmpo leads Greece to the blowout victory
It looks much better for Greece, Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) led his team on Sunday in Limassol/Cyprus to a 94:53 (46:29) against Georgia.
It was the third win in the third game for the medal candidate, but the Greeks are not yet arithmetically. Only when Cyprus later beats Bosnia and Herzegovina in the evening, the round of 16 is certain. In any case, three victories should be enough.
