Luka Doncic and Slovenia survived a late Italy rally, 89-85, within the classification spherical of the 2023 FIBA World Cup on Saturday on the Mall of Asia Arena.
Slovenia was main, 70-60, on the finish of the third interval earlier than the sport was tied at 83 with 1:21 left within the fourth interval.
Giampaolo Ricci gave Italy an 85-83 lead earlier than Jacob Cebasek drilled a triple to reclaim the lead for Slovenia. Gregor Hrovat’s freebies and Zoran Dragic’s break up sealed the deal for Slovenia as Marco Spissu’s triple try and Matteo Spagnolo’s jumper failed.
Doncic flirted with a triple-double as he posted 29 factors, 10 rebounds, and eight assists, whereas Mike Tobey and Zoran Dragic had 12 and 10 factors, respectively.
Spissu had 22 whereas Simone Fontecchio had 16 factors.
The win put Slovenia to seventh general within the competitors with 5 wins and three losses. Italy, in the meantime, ended up with 4 wins and 4 losses.
Later, Latvia and Lithuania will play for the fifth spot.
—JKC, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
