Doncic: 'I was too emotional, it's not the way I should be behaving' / News - Basketnews.com

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Following the defeat to Australia, which put an end to Slovenia's dreams for an Olympic medal, Luka Doncic acknowledged the Boomers' superiority and emphasized the fact that emotions got the best of him and his teammates.

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"Respect to Australia. They played amazing and I can't say otherwise. It felt like they couldn't miss a shot and they obviously deserved it, because they played better than us. I am really proud of this team but I feel bad for the people in our country. I know everyone was cheering and we wanted to give them a medal and we wanted to win it. It was everybody's focus," the Dallas Mavericks star said at the beginning of the post-game presser.

"We were a little bit too emotional in both games - especially me. I have got to learn from that and it is not the way I should be behaving," he conceded. "We played for our country of two million people and we wanted to get them that medal. We were away from our families and you can trust me that we really gave it our all."Echoing Slovenia head coach Aleksander Sekulic's remarks, who said that he's playing against five guys every game who are doing all sort of stuff against him, Luka Doncic noted:

"I am 22 and I have got to learn from this. It is their way to try and get into my head and sometimes I let them in and that is my fault."

Klemen Prepelic, who had a great game against Australia, added on a more positive note: "I would like to point out one very positive thing and it is that I am one of the oldest guys in this team and I am only turning 29. It's a good future for us. Luka is young, Vlatko is young and many other players are younger than me so we will have a lot of opportunities left and this is not the last word Slovenia will have in the FIBA Basketball world."

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