Slovenia toppled France to top Group B in a tight game 88-82. You can experience basketball betting here in 12BET, the most trusted sports betting in Asia.
Luka Doncic led Slovenia with a stunning 47 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists to exact his revenge from their bitter loss against France way back in the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Semi-finals. Game day 5 led us to an exciting Group B match between France and Slovenia with top spot at stake. The Wonder Boy from Slovenia had an early fire up as he dropped 27 points in the first half. Luka ended up with 47 points on 15/23 field goals accompanied by 7 rebounds and 5 assists in 38 minutes of playing time. You can level up your support while earning via online sports betting here in 12BET.
Luka Doncic’s 47 points is the second most scored in a Eurobasket just behind Eddy Terrace’s 63 points performance for the German squad in 1957.
Luka Doncic got help from his co-nba star in Goran Dragic of Chicago Bulls, who scored 14 points, while Vlatko Cancar of Denver Nuggets added 6 points and 5 rebounds. Despite losing Mike Tobey heading into this game– who is a vital center that keeps the defense on tight and floor spacing on both ends in favor of Slovenia.
“It was tough, having one more important game in less than 24 hours against a team which in my opinion is among the top four of this tournament”, said Slovenian forward Edo Muric (cited from eurohoops.net). Winning this matchup against the stacked team France headed by the Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert (19) and Evan Fournier (15) is very important for the Slovenian squad to keep their face and confidence heading into the knockout round and on the road to defend their Eurobasket title way back 2017.
The losing side in France Rudy Gober of Minnesota and Evan Fournier combined with 34 points with Thoma Huertel’s 10 points and 10 assists to keep the game game for France on a tight margin despite losing Yabusele due to injury (thigh).
Slovenia takes the number one seed in Group G followed by the host Germany on second seed sharing 4-1 record. While France fell to third spot with 3-2 record and the struggling Lithuania on the fourth spot. The Round of 16 will be fun and exciting to watch. Slovenia will face the Dark Horse Belgium, while France will have an exciting picnic against Turkey. Lithuania and Spain matchup led by Lorenzo Brown will be brought to a revisit of 2015 Eurobasket finals when Spain beat Lithuania.
The matchup of France and Turkey is always an entertainment and like a chess match, so you will expect a European style of game here. Turkey and France last faced in Eurobasket way back 2015 when Les blues beat Turkey in Lille Metropole in a Round of 16. Now they will face the Turkish side in the same round and we expect that this game will be a close one as they are very familiar to each other.
We know that Turkey is a very physical team with personalities like Osman, Korkmaz, and Shane Larkin in the backcourt and a presence like Sengun in the front line, but we are also strong and we want to go to the final”, said coach Vincent Collet commenting on the matchup versus the second seed of Group A (cited from eurohoops.net).
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