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Jul 26, 2021 · Luka Dončić made a spectacular Olympic debut with 48 points, tied for the second-highest total in men’s basketball history, to lead Slovenia to a 118-100 victory over Argentina on Monday.
Jul 26, 2021 · Doncic made a spectacular Olympic debut with 48 points, tied for the second-highest total in men’s basketball history, to lead Slovenia to a 118-100 victory against Argentina. In Slovenia’s ...
The Dallas Mavericks star will have "no vacation" in attempt to lead the Slovenian men’s basketball team to their first-ever Olympic Games at Tokyo 2020 in 2021. Luka Doncic has confirmed he will join the Slovenia national basketball team at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) in Kaunas, Lithuania from 29 June to 4 July.
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Jul 26, 2021 · The third-year NBA star finished the game with 48 points, 11 rebounds and five assists in his Olympic debut, lifting Slovenia to their first-ever win at the Games. Doncic looked like a man amongst ...
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There are plenty of big names in the Olympic men's basketball tournament. Kevin Durant. Jayson Tatum. Rudy Gobert. Marc Gasol. None of them have found the success Doncic has had. Doncic is averaging 26.3 points per game, the most of any player in the Olympics and one of only five with a scoring average over 20 ppg, that he's matching with efficient...
There's no doubt that Doncic's dynamic playmaking ability has helped Slovenia reach the semifinals. But their ability to dominate the post has also been a major factor. Slovenia is one of just two teams with more than 50 offensive rebounds with an Olympics-high 59 and it leads the defensive rebounds by a wide margin with 145. The next closest is Fr...
This Slovenia team has also proven that it is no easy feat to score against them. Opponents are shooting a combined 122-for-300 — 40.7 percent — from the field. That consists of a 49.4 percent success rate from 2-point range on 77-of-156 shooting, and 31.3 percent from 3-point range on 45-of-144. Compare that to Slovenia's No. 1 ranked shooting fro...
Jul 4, 2021 · Published July 4, 2021 04:45 PM. Getty Images. Luka Doncic guided Slovenia to its first Olympic basketball berth with a triple-double in a 96-85 win over host Lithuania in the final of a last-chance qualifying tournament. Doncic, the All-NBA guard for the Dallas Mavericks, tallied 31 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists to catapult the former ...
Doncic is now one step closer to making his gold medal dream a reality after the 22-year-old put up 31 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists to help Slovenia quash Lithuania and secure their spot at Tokyo 2020, in 2021. Lithuania in turn, will miss out on an Olympic Games for the first time. The play-making point guard was able to make history for ...
