Olympic Tokyo 2020 : Men's Basketball #18 - Slovenia vs Japan
Slovenia defeats Japan 116-81 to advance to 2-0.
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Despite a game-high 34 points by Wizards forward Rui Hachimura, Slovenia won convincingly in Group C.
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Luka Doncic of the Mavericks led Slovenia with 25 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists, two steals and two blocked shots.
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In the win, Zoran Dragic scored 24 points, four rebounds, two assist and one blocked shots.
Slovenia has a 2-0 record in Group C, while Japan has a 0-2 record.
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“It’s not only Luka,” Hachmura said. “They have a lot of guys who can hoop. ... They’re a great team. They beat us.”
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Slovenia #31 Vlatko Cancar blocking Japan #23 Gavin Earl Edwards shots, Vlatko contributed 16 points. Slovenia enjoyed a 54-33 rebounding advantage and 27 assists against Japan's 15
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"They played better than us," Japan's coach Julio Lamas said at a post-match press conference. "Doncic is one of the top four or five best players in the world right now," he added.
Below some awesome DUNK done by player from both team!
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Japan #8 Rui Hachimura
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Japan #12 Yuta Watanabe
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Japan #24 Daiki Tanaka
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Solvenia #27 Ziga Dimec
Slovenia (SLO) 116 - 81 (JPN) Japan
29 [Quarter1] 23
24 [Quarter2] 18
27 [Quarter3] 23
36 [Quarter4] 17
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Current Tournament summary
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Luka is just so dominant in this tournament. I really hope to see them match up against the USA somehow
yeah same here, I would like to see them play against each other, but what I really want to see is some new history to be written here in this Tokyo Olympic on the basketball tournament.