Greece-Slovenia: Antetokounmpo VS Doncic for a place in the Pre-Olympic final

After her… relaxed qualification from the group, h National team of Greece she has in front of her the first very strong “obstacle” on the way to them Paris Olympics.

The “blue and white” face off in SEF with Slovenia of Luka Doncic (17:30, ERT1, NovaSports Start, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247), for a place in final of Pre-Olympic tournament!

We remind you that whoever qualifies will face the winner of the other pair, in between Dominican Republic and Croatia (06/07, 21:00). The final of the tournament will take place on Sunday (07/07, 21:00).

Greece performed very well in their first two group matches. In the first matchday, it destroyed 109-82 Dominican Republicwhile in the second she also prevailed very easily Egypt by 93-71.

In both matchups, the “official favorite” hit the mark 12 three-pointers with excellent percentages, he circulated the ball well and showed that he has the necessary quality to get the ticket to the Olympic Games. Of course, however, her obstacle Slovenia it is much more demanding than the previous two rivals.

The Slovenians suffered a “shock” in the first match as they were defeated 108-92 from the Croats showing a very negative face. In the second match, they needed a win by at least 10 points against New Zealand and finally her they won by 26taking second place which led them to our National Team.

Now, the two teams will go head-to-head, featuring two of the top players in world basketball right now. Of course, her supporting cast Greece in John it is much superior, however if o Doncic move forward and you can hardly stop him, so he needs to be careful.

Regarding the absences, Slovenia he is waiting for news about his participation Alexei Nikolicwhich will be decided at the last moment, while the Hellas she will not have him at her disposal Costa Antetokounmpo, who was injured in the previous match against Egypt. The only clear “five” will be o George Papagiannisbut Dinos Mitoglou or Giannis Antetokounmpo are expected to get time in the position.

Slovenia’s top ten: Luka Doncic, Klemen Prepelic, Aleksej Nikolic, Leon Stregaard, Leon Stergar, Horan Dragic, Gregor Horvat, Miha Cerkvenik, Vlatko Cancar, Edo Muric, Josh Niebo, Ziga Dimetz, Luka Scuka.

Tradition

This will be the 21st meeting between Greece and Slovenia. They played their first game in 1995 and Greece won 82-73, while the most recent was last summer and ended in another Greek victory, 88-77.

However, both were friendly. The first official game in a major tournament took place in 2005, with Slovenia to defeat her Hellas 68-56 in EuroBasket in Serbia and Montenegro. The “blue and white” won the gold medal later in the event.

The last official game between these two was on Eurobasket 2017, with Slovenia winning 78-72. THE Luka Doncic and his teammates kept the momentum going and took the trophy afterwards.

Total score: 12-8 for Greece.