Luka Doncic saved his Olympic goals alive this week, after the Slovenia basketball group edged into the semi finals of qualifying the place they may face a Greece aspect led by Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Luka’s Slovenia vs Giannis’ Greece In Olympic Qualifiers
Slovenia and Luka Doncic have efficiently navigated their means by the Olympic qualifiers thus far, however on Saturday they may face their hardest problem but within the form of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Greece.
To date Slovenia have crushed Croatia and New Zealand in qualifiers, whereas Greece comfortably received previous the Dominican Republic and Egypt of their first two video games.
With Slovenia’s win at this time over New Zealand in Olympic qualifying, it now units up a enjoyable matchup Saturday in Greece for a winner-take-all state of affairs.
Luka Doncic vs. Giannis Antetokounmpo with a possible berth within the Olympics on the road. pic.twitter.com/mte9Z9lm7I
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Luka and Giannis have confronted off 9 occasions throughout their careers, however the face to face report is extraordinarily one sided within the Bucks star’s favor.
Antetokounmpo has received seven of the 9 head to heads and he has averaged a double double in addition to 33.2 factors per recreation in these matches.
Though Doncic’s face to face report in opposition to Antetokounmpo isn’t nice, worldwide basketball is a complete different story and when the All-Star’s conflict on Saturday within the semi ultimate of Olympic qualifiers, it’s certain to be an exciting matchup.
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— Košarkarska zveza SIovenije (@kzs_si) July 4, 2024
The winner of Saturday’s semi ultimate will face considered one of both Latvia or the Philippines, with each nations advancing from their respective teams into the second semi ultimate.
Following the ultimate the successful group received’t have a lot of a break, with the primary Olympic recreation happening in Paris on the twenty seventh of July later this month.
After reaching the NBA Finals with the Dallas Mavericks final season Luka Doncic is definitely due a break from basketball, as he has performed for nearly a complete 12 months with little to no break in his busy schedule to recuperate.