EuroBasket 2022: End of the tournament for Slovenia

Wednesday, 14. September 2022 at 22:34

Slovenia have suffered a defeat in the Quarter-finals of the EuroBasket 2022, as they have been defeated by Poland and ended their journey at the tournament.

(Photo: FIBA)

Poland stunned Slovenia with excellent performance in the second quarter and at the big break they have been up by 19 points (39:58). However, Slovenia bounced back in the third quarter and with the three-pointer by Jaka Blažič with 2 minutes to go in the third, they cut the gap to only a point. This has exactly been the margin between the two squads, as they entered the final period of the game.

In the final 10 minutes, Slovenia even managed to get in front and created themselves a 4-point lead, but Poland bounced back again and in the end celebrated the win with the final score of 90:87.

For Slovenia, Vlatko Čančar led the way in scoring with 21 points, while Goran Dragić added 17

EuroBasket 2022 Quarter-finals, Wednesday, 14 September 2022:

Slovenia – POLAND 87:90 (26:29, 13:29, 24:6, 24:26)
Čančar 21, G. Dragić 17 | Ponitka 26, Slaughter and Sokolowski 16.
 

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