Luka Doncic has a cold shooting night as Lithuania crushes Slovenia / News - Basketnews.com

Lithuania defeated Slovenia 100-84 in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Classification Gamme, despite Luka Doncic's 29-point performance.

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Lithuania bounced back after a crushing defeat against Serbia in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 and will play for 5th place in the competition.

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Lithuania Greece92-67 USA Lithuania104-110 Lithuania Serbia68-87 Lithuania Slovenia100-84

Kazys Maksvytis' squad comfortably 100-84 beat Slovenia, which suffered a second loss in a row, following the defeat against Canada on Wednesday.

Luka Doncic finished the game with 29 points (3/8 2PT, 4/13 3PT, 11/16 FT), 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 turnovers, and 15 EFF, but his effort wasn't enough.

Lithuania held control of the game in the first half already but finally put the game to bed in 4th quarter.

Mindaugas Kuzminskas and Margiris Normantas made two 3-pointers, Jonas Valanciunas added a jumper while Lithuania went on an 11-2 run and built a 21-point lead against Slovenia (86-65).

Valanciunas led the way for Lithuania, finishing the game with 24 points (8/14 2PT, 0/1 3PT, 8/8 FT), 12 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 turnovers, and 29 EFF.

Lithuania will play against Latvia for 5th place, while Slovenia will be facing Italy in the 7th-place matchup on Saturday.

Lithuania: Jonas Valanciunas 24 (8/14 2PT, 12 REB, 29 EFF), Ignas Brazdeikis 15 (3/4 3PT, 21 EFF), Mindaugas Kuzminskas 14 (4/4 3PT), Deividas Sirvydis 14 (4/5 2PT).

Slovenia: Luka Doncic 29 (3/8 2PT, 4/13 3PT, 11/16 FT, 6 REB, 5 TO), Mike Tobey 13 (3/5 3PT, 9 REB), Aleksej Nikolic 14, Zorand Dragic 12 (4/9 3PT).

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