Thomas Walkup had 19 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo added 13 points in 21 minutes and Greece moved one victory from the Paris Games, eliminating Luka Doncic and Slovenia 96-68 on Saturday from the semifinals of the Olympic qualifying tournament.
Doncic finished with 21 points in the game in Piraeus, Greece, which marked first time the two NBA megastars faced one another while representing their senior national teams.
, averaged 31 points in Slovenia’s first two qualifying games. But he came out flat on Saturday against Greece’s big front line. Greece came out fast again in the third, using a 11-3 run to get some distance and carried a 16-point edge into the fourth quarter. The Brazilians will meet the winner of Cameroon and Latvia on Sunday in the finals of that tournament.
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