Luka Doncic stored his Olympic desires alive this week, after the Slovenia basketball crew edged into the semi finals of qualifying the place they are going to face a Greece facet led by Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Luka’s Slovenia vs Giannis’ Greece In Olympic Qualifiers
Slovenia and Luka Doncic have efficiently navigated their manner by way of the Olympic qualifiers up to now, however on Saturday they are going to face their hardest problem but within the form of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Greece.
Up to now Slovenia have overwhelmed 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 right this moment over New Zealand in Olympic qualifying, it now units up a enjoyable matchup Saturday in Greece for a winner-take-all situation.
Luka Doncic vs. Giannis Antetokounmpo with a possible berth within the Olympics on the road. pic.twitter.com/mte9Z9lm7I
— Evan Sidery (@esidery) July 4, 2024
Luka and Giannis have confronted off 9 instances 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 an entire different story and when the All-Star’s conflict on Saturday within the semi last of Olympic qualifiers, it’s certain to be an exhilarating matchup.
Stroll within the park. 🏞️#mojtim I @SportTVSlovenia pic.twitter.com/S2PcJNoxRn
— Košarkarska zveza SIovenije (@kzs_si) July 4, 2024
The winner of Saturday’s semi last will face one in all both Latvia or the Philippines, with each nations advancing from their respective teams into the second semi last.
Following the ultimate the successful crew received’t have a lot of a break, with the primary Olympic recreation going down 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 actually due a break from basketball, as he has performed for nearly a whole 12 months with little to no break in his busy schedule to get well.
