92-108. Croatia lost to Doncic’s Slovenia in the Piraeus Olympic Qualifiers

The choice of Croatia lost this Tuesday by 92-108 in Slovenia by Luka Doncicwhich they won by 29 points, on the first day of the Pre-Olympic held in Piraeus (Greece).

Even the Dallas Mavericks star signed 26 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 29 rating credits, Aleksander Sekulic’s Slovenian team could not cope with Croatia’s choral play, leading by 15 points (16-31) at the end of the first quarter and by 13 (41-54) at halftime.

After going through the locker room, Croatia continued to punish the Slovenian basket and reached 25 points (68-93) at the end of the third chapter, which was stopped due to a breakdown in one of the shot clocks. In the last quarter the Croatians reached their highest advantage (+29) at 73-102 and finished 16 ahead (92-108).

Goran Filipovic (21 points and 28 ratings), Dario Saric (19), Ivica Zubac (18), Danko Brankovic (fifteen), Mario Hezonja (12), who renewed this Tuesday for five seasons at Real Madrid, and Jalen Smith (11) are the top scorers of the Croatian team led by Josip Sesar.

Before the Dominican Republic debuted in the same Piraeus Pre-Olympic with a victory by a 13-point margin against Egypt through 77-90.

After the dominant start of Egypt, which ended the first quarter with an advantage (22-16), the team led by Néstor García took the lead in the middle of the second chapter, finishing with +12 (31-43).

In the third quarter the Dominicans were able to open a margin of 25 points (37-62) that was insurmountable for the Egyptians, who were able to reduce it in a rush at the end to leave it at -13 (77-90).

Angel Núñez, With 11 points, 6 rebounds and 20 rating credits, he is the best among the Dominicans, where Jean Moreno He was the leading scorer with 17 points.

This Wednesday, the rival of the Dominican Republic is, within Group B, Greece. In A, Croatia will face New Zealand.