Luka Doncic raises Slovenia for Knockout Round of Eurobasket, Deni Avdija does the same for Israel
A game that started with Doncic in difficulty saw him end with 26 points, seven rebounds and four assists to conduct Slovenia to a victory of 87-79 against Iceland.
With the victory, Slovenia has become one of the 12 teams to guarantee its place in the round -elimination round to 16 teams that starts this weekend. Another team to conquer his place was Israel, who collected a 92-89 victory against Belgium behind 22 points from Deni Avdija of Portland.
The 12 teams that qualified for the Knockout round are:
• Serbia
• Turkey
• Latvia
• Germany
• Finland
• Lithuania
• Greece
• Italy
• Poland
• Israel
• France
• Slovenia
It is likely that that group is reached by Nikola Vucevic and Montenegro, provided that Britain can beat without victories in its last game. The biggest game could arrive on Wednesday when Estonia tackles the center of Celtics Neemias Queta and Portugal: the winner advances at the 16 round, the loser returns home.
In other actions on Tuesday, Knicks’s Guerschon Yabusele had a monstrous game, scoring 33 with six rebounds and a couple of blocks in the French victory over Poland.
In less good news for France, a team already without Victor Wembanyama or Rudy Gobert for this tournament, the great Wizards Man Alex Sarr is out for the rest of Eurobasket with a calf injury.
Through four games of the Eurobasket group stage, the first five markers are:
1) Luka Doncic, Slovenia, 31.3
2) Lauri Markkanen, Finland, 29
3) Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greece, 29
4) Jordan Lloyd, Poland, 25.8
5) Dennis Schroder, Germany, 22.3