At the Zalgirio Arena in Kaunas a spectacular final between the Lithuania – with the NBA duo Valanciunas-Sabonis- and the Slovenia of Luka Doncic. Whoever wins qualifies for Tokyo: for Slovenia it would be the first historic participation in an Olympic tournament.<\/p>\n
The game ends 96-85 for Slovenia, with yet another incredible performance by Luka Doncic.<\/p>\n
The Mavs star led his team to victory with 31 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, shooting 13\/23 from the field and 4\/5 for free.<\/p>\n
Among the winners\u00a0 Vlatko Cancar scored 18 points with 5 rebounds and 2 steals, while Jaka Blazic\u00a0 added 16 points (4\/6 FG,\u00a0 5\/7 FT).<\/p>\n
For the host Domantas Sabonis ended with just 9 points and 6 rebounds, 14 points each for Jonas Valanciunas, Mantas Kalnietis and Arnas Butkevicius.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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