The Olympic Games were left without Luka Doncic

The Paris Olympic Games will not enjoy Luka Doncic, because his team was eliminated this Saturday in its fight to win the ticket distributed by the pre-Olympic to be held in Piraeus. Slovenia had no chance against the host team, Greece, who started the match on a 13-0 run and showed themselves to be superior at all times to eventually win 96-68. The team led by Vassilis Spanoulis will face the winner of this Sunday’s Dominican Republic-Croatia match in the final, which will be played next.

Doncic finished with 21 points in 34 minutes but had 2/6 free throws and 10 turnovers. Even more successful was the star of the Greek team, fellow NBA player Giannis Antetokounmpo, who scored 13 points and 4 rebounds in just 21 minutes. The best player from Greece was the nationalized Thomas Walkup, with 19 points and 6 rebounds and for Slovenia, the nationalized Josh Nebo stood out (17 points and 7 rebounds).

Slovenia’s luck was badly affected by falling in the first round against Croatia (92-108), which led them to find themselves in the semifinals with the host. And in the first part of the final of the tournament, the Hellenes proved to be more of a team than Doncic and company. With another great NBA star like Giannis Antekounmpo doing and undoing at will and Nick Calathes directing his attack well, Greece took a 23 point lead midway through the second quarter ( 42-19), a decisive difference despite the continuous efforts of the Slovenians to get back into the game afterwards.

A 47-33 half-time score opened the door for Slovenia’s hopes, but Greece again stepped on the accelerator (64-43 in the 28th minute) to secure their place in the final.

Paris 2024, therefore, will be without one of the most emblematic athletes of the moment at an international level and also without the European champion team in 2017 and semi-finalist in the last Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where it ended in fourth.