Luka Doncic showed that he has been training hard all summer to fine-tune and define his body to face the NBA season better than ever with a great display for Slovenia in the friendly game his national team lost 91-98 to a Greece without Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nick Calathes and Kostas Sloukas.
The Dallas Mavericks star, who cut a slimmer figure than last season, posted a triple-double of 20 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists in 30 minutes at Stozice Arena in Ljubljana to lead his national team in a demanding preparatory game for the 2023 World Cup in Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia.
Luka Embarrasses Greece Defender And Stares Him Down
Luka Embarrasses Greece Defender And Stares Him Down
Jordan Morgan (16 points), Klemen Prepelic (13), Vlatko Cancar (129) and Zoran Dragic (12) were Doncic's best shields for Slovenia.
Kostas Papanikolaou (18 points and 6-of-6 three-pointers), Thomas Walkup (17), Michalis Lountzis (13) and Dinos Mitoglou (13) shone for Dimitris Itoudis' competitive Greece.
Thomas Walkup, recently naturalised Greek citizen, was the Greek hero with seven crucial points in a row in the final minutes.
Who are Slovenia and Greece playing in the basketball World Cup?
At the 2023 Basketball World Cup in Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia, the Slovenian national team will play in Group F in Okinawa (Japan) alongside Cape Verde, Georgia and Venezuela.
Greece is based in Manila (Philippines) alongside Jordan, the United States and New Zealand.
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