87-90: Luka Doncic at home too

Polish team kicked out euro basketballin the crazy game (87-90), Slovenia Luke Doncicwho, after the elimination of Nikola’s Serbia Jokiku and Giannis of Greece Antetokounmpobecoming the third NBA superstar to be knocked out of the tournament before the semifinals.

of Mercedes Benz Arena Lived the third bomb of the championship. This is perhaps the most unexpected. The defending champion of the tournament fell in the quarterfinals against a team that barely made it into the pool and finished in the top four.

It was a duel with many options. SloveniaLost by 23 points in the first half, returned to the restart and led 73-68 with 6 minutes remaining, Polandled by AJ Slaughter (16 points) and Mateusz PonitkaHe surprised the Vulcan team, finishing with a triple-double (26 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists).

Also the star of Dallas Mavericks (14 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists), somewhat physically handicapped, he was in the final of the game when he saw his fifth personal foul in a duel he was not comfortable with on the merits of Polish players. I missed 3 minutes of

the first time, Poland perfect defense Doncic. Michael Sokolowski I was in charge of stopping the stars Dallas Mavericks, but it was a help web brought up by Polish coach Igor MilichikSlovenian referent severed, physically touched.

Evidence of this is Ljubljana He scored only 3 field goals from 9 attempts in the first 20 minutes (9 points).Disconnected Donciceverything was easy for the Central Europeans.

Act 1, Alexander in the center barcelowskihis external threats and success in the paint strengthened his team’s defensive commitment on offense. Sloveniano reply, survived thanks to Vlatko Canker in painting (26-29).

In the second period, Poland I made sure he was comfortable.his wall of defense Sloveniaplayed 6 minutes without scoring at that point Sokolowski and Mateus Ponitka – who finished the first half with 13 and 16 points respectively – emerged from the perimeter and favored a 5-25 run (31-54, 18 minutes).

With 23 down, complaints to the referee and bad faces appeared on the Slovenian side. They didn’t understand what was going on. Doncic world Dragic They pulled proudly before the break to stop the bleeding, Poland He didn’t hesitate and went to the locker room with a 19-point lead (39-58).

after a break Slovenia started defending Poland Attack made it smaller.No triples coming in, doubled losses and harder and harder for him to defend Doncic world Dragicmore involved in the Slovenian game.

And although the Slovenian team were less successful in attacking in the third act, they still chained up big partials to 24-6 to put them one point ahead of their rivals (63-64). black Well defended and accurate from one of the perimeter corners.

It was only at the start of the final quarter that the Vulcan team regained control of the match (65-64).Clement Preperic He led his team from the perimeter, making it 73-68 (34 minutes).

Apparently Slovenia The duel seemed to be subdued, but the best version of Poland was back.from the hands of massacre world Ponitka, Poland freely Doncic A defense that chained a decisive 7-19 runs (80-87 with a minute left), seeing a personal foul in the fifth.

apart from Slovenia Coming within 3 points with 31 seconds remaining, Poland played ruthlessly, too late for the reigning champions.

The big surprise of this championship will once again play the semi-finals european 51 years later. They look for tickets to the finals next Friday (5:15 pm). Francewon this Wednesday Italy (93-85).

data sheet

Slovenia, 87 – Poland, 90

87 – Slovenia (26+13+24+24): Doncic (14), Dragic (17), Bradžic (13), Cancar (21), Toby (8) -Starting Five-, Samar (-), Nikolic ( – ), Preperic (9), Mulic (5)
90 – Poland (29+29+6+26): Slaughter (16), Sokolowski (16), Ponitka (26), Sel (4), Barcelowski (11) -Initial 5-, Zzyskowski (14), Jewa (3) ), Olejniczak (-), Michalak (-), and Garbacz (-).
The referees are Antonio Conde (Spain), Martin Horozov (Bulgaria) and Kerem Baki (Turkey). Eliminated: Barzelowski (33′), Doncic (37′)
Incident: Eurobasket quarter-final match at Mercedes-Benz Arena in front of 7,852 spectators.