Luka, Slovenia to face Giannis, Greece in Olympic qualifying

Luka Doncic and Slovenia nonetheless have Olympic hopes.

Doncic had 36 factors, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and Slovenia beat New Zealand 104-78 on Thursday to clinch a semifinal spot within the Olympic qualifying event at Piraeus, Greece. Slovenia wanted to win by not less than 10 factors to make the semifinals.

Slovenia’s opponent on Saturday is Greece, which means it will be Doncic and fellow NBA All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo main their squads. The winner will advance to Sunday’s closing with a berth within the Paris Olympics at stake, and the loser eradicated.

Josh Nebo had 20 factors and 10 rebounds for Slovenia. Shea Ili led New Zealand with 28 factors.

Antetokounmpo obtained the time without work, however Greece rolled into the semifinals anyway with 93-71 win over Egypt in Piraeus.

Konstantinos Mitoglou and Georgios Papagiannis every had 16 factors for Greece, which obtained 15 from Kostas Popanikolaou.

Ahmed Metwaly scored 22 for Egypt, which was eradicated.

The matchups for Saturday’s semifinals are as follows:

At Valencia, Spain – Finland vs. Spain; Bahamas vs. Lebanon.

At Piraeus, Greece – Slovenia vs. Greece; Croatia vs. Dominican Republic.

At Riga, Latvia – Brazil vs. Philippines; Cameroon vs. Latvia.

At San Juan, Puerto Rico – Lithuania vs. Italy or Puerto Rico; Italy or Puerto Rico vs. Ivory Coast or Mexico.

The finals in any respect 4 websites are Sunday, and the 4 winners will go to the Paris Olympics.

Georgia 96, Philippines 94

The Philippines misplaced however superior to Saturday’s semifinals of their event in Riga, Latvia, anyway. That created a little bit of a problem; the crew had flights dwelling scheduled for Friday.

“I suppose we will have to maneuver them again slightly bit,” Philippines coach Tim Cone mentioned. “That is how shocked we’re to be right here and speaking to you guys. It is the primary time I’ve felt good about dropping.”

Georgia wanted to win by not less than 19 factors to have any probability of advancing.

Sandro Mamukelashvili led Georgia with 26 factors, and Goga Bitadze completed with 21 factors and 11 rebounds. Justin Brownlee led all scorers with 28 factors for the Philippines, including eight rebounds and eight assists as effectively.

Finland 89, Poland 88

Down by 12 early within the fourth, Finland completed the sport on a 25-12 run to maintain its Olympic hopes alive and attain the semifinals.

Mikael Jantunen scored 20 for Finland, which obtained 18 from Alexander Madsen; these two gamers mixed to shoot 12 for 13 from the ground.

A.J. Slaughter had 21 factors and Jeremy Sochan added 20 for Poland, which was eradicated.

Cameroon 77, Brazil 74

Cameroon gained and superior, Brazil misplaced and gained its group anyway, and Montenegro actually misplaced with out even enjoying.

Jeremiah Hill led Cameroon with 22 factors. Cameroon wanted to win to advance to Saturday’s semifinals in Latvia; had it misplaced, Montenegro would have reached the semifinals.

Leo Meindl topped Brazil with 19 factors. All Brazil needed to do to win the group was win the sport or lose by not more than six factors; had Brazil misplaced by 15 or extra, it could have been eradicated and Montenegro would have superior.

Lebanon 74, Angola 70

Omari Spellman scored 22 factors and grabbed 13 rebounds, and Lebanon moved into the semifinals of the qualifier at Valencia, Spain.

Karim Zeinoun added 15 for the winners, together with a private 7-0 run early within the fourth quarter when he turned a sport that was tied at 49 into one through which Lebanon led 56-49 — and would not path once more.

Gerson Goncalves scored 13 and Bruno Fernando added 12 for Angola, which was eradicated.

Info from the Related Press was used on this report.