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Luka Doncic suffered a minor injury in a friendly game against Greece after bumping into Georgios Papagiannis and didn't play in the second half after scoring 18 points in the first two quarters.

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Slovenia's national team and Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic didn't play in the second half after suffering a minor injury during the friendly game against Greece.

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It seemed that Doncic suffered from a knock after bumping into Greece center Georgios Papagiannis with 2:22 left in the second quarter.

Doncic remained on the court and finished the first half but did not step on the court after halftime.

After the game finished, Tim MacMahon reported that there are no concerns regarding Doncic's injury, and he will continue the preparation for the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Doncic finished the game with 18 points (3/4 2PT, 3/6 3PT, 3/4 FT), 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 turnover, and 15 EFF in 14 minutes of play.

However, it wasn't the only loss for Slovenia during the game. Just before the end of the game, Vlatko Cancar awkwardly landed on the floor following his dunk and was carried off the court by his teammates.

With 3:37 left in the fourth quarter, Cancar made an incredible dunk but awkwardly landed on the court and immediately grabbed his knee. He left the court with the help of his teammates and went into a locker room straight away.

Cancar spent 21 minutes on the floor, finishing the game with 4 points (2/5 2PT), 2 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 EFF.

So far, there's no update on how severe Cancar's injury is. However, Cancar was visibly limping after the game.

"We're hopeful that's it positive," Cancar's teammate Jordan Morgan told BasketNews' Giorgios Kyriakidis. "We'll see. The only thing that will tell is the MRI. From what I understood, the initial tests were positive. So, we'll see. We're all hopeful because he's a very important piece for this team."

Greece took a comfortable 88-77 (27-25, 24-19, 21-14, 16-19) win over Slovenia in the OAKA Arena in Athens, Greece, and secured the second victory over the Slovenians in three days.

Dinos Mitoglou led the way for Greece, scoring 18 points (5/5 2PT, 1/2 3PT, 5/6 FT), grabbing 14 boards, dishing 6 assists, and accumulating 37 EFF.

Michalis Lountzis added 17 points (2/2 2PT, 3/5 3PT, 4/4 FT), 5 rebounds, 3 assists, and 23 EFF.

On Wednesday, Greece beat Slovenia 98-91 in Ljubljana. In this game, Doncic had a triple-double of 21 points (5/13 FG, 9/17 FT), 10 rebounds, and 14 assists in 30 minutes of play.

Greece: Dinos Mitoglou 18 (5/5 2PT, 14 REB, 37 EFF), Michalis Lountzis 17 (3/5 3PT), Nikolaos Rogkavopoulos 10.

Slovenia: Luka Doncic 18 (3/6 3PT), Klemen Prepelic 12 (3/6 3PT), Gregor Hrovat 7, Jordan Morgan 7.

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