Luka Doncic and Slovenia nonetheless have Olympic hopes. And so does the Philippines, a lot to its personal shock.
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 at the least 10 factors to make the semifinals.
Slovenia’s opponent on Saturday is Greece, which means it’ll be Doncic and fellow NBA All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo main their squads — with the winner advancing 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.
Semifinal Matchups
The matchups for Saturday’s semifinals are taking form.
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. Mexico.
The finals in any respect 4 websites are Sunday, and people 4 winners 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 group had flights house scheduled for Friday.
“I assume we’re going to have to maneuver them again a bit bit,” Philippines coach Tim Cone stated. “That’s how shocked we’re to be right here and speaking to you guys. It’s the primary time I’ve felt good about dropping.”
Georgia wanted to win by at the least 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 properly.
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 received 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.
Greece 93, Egypt 71
At Piraeus, Antetokounmpo received the time without work and Greece rolled into the semifinals anyway.
Konstantinos Mitoglou and Georgios Papagiannis every had 16 factors for Greece, which received 15 from Kostas Popanikolaou.
Ahmed Metwaly scored 22 for Egypt, which was eradicated.
Cameroon 77, Brazil 74
At Riga, Cameroon received and superior, Brazil misplaced and received 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 will 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 recreation that was tied at 49 into one during which Lebanon led 56-49 — and it wouldn’t path once more.
Gerson Goncalves scored 13 and Bruno Fernando added 12 for Angola, which was eradicated.
Mexico 92, Ivory Coast 81
At San Juan, Puerto Rico, Paul Stoll scored 23 factors and added 11 assists, and Mexico erased a nine-point deficit within the second half to earn a semifinal spot.
Joshua Ibarra scored 22 factors and grabbed 11 rebounds for Mexico, which outscored Ivory Coast 24-12 within the fourth quarter to tug away.
Nisre Zouzoua and Vafessa Fofana every scored 16 for Ivory Coast.
