Slovenia is among the eight best at Mundobasket - Luka Dončić and his friends defeated Australia (91:80) and eliminated the "kangaroos".
The Slovenians were in control for almost 40 minutes, they were not disturbed by the fact that Dončić had three personal fouls in the first half.
Aleksandar Sekulic's team was up 14 in the third quarter and it seemed that they would not have any problems, and Australia had the last shock at the beginning of the last period when they reduced the score to 66:62.
However, this was followed by a real response from the opponent, who escaped to a nine-point difference - 73:64.
Doncic was the most effective with 20 (he had six rebounds, assists and turnovers each), Mike Tobey stood out with 18 with 12 rebounds, while Klemen Prepelic scored 10.
For Australia, Josh Giddy scored 24, Patty Mills 17 and Dante Exum 13...
After today's matches, there is real confusion in Group I. Italy defeated Serbia this morning (78:76), and then Puerto Rico was better than the Dominican Republic (102:97).
Before the last round on Sunday, the situation is such that all four teams can reach the quarter-finals - the winners of the Italy-Puerto Rico and Serbia-Dominican Republic duels will be among the top eight.
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The Puerto Ricans were led to victory by Tremont Waters with 37 points and 11 assists, and the hero was John Holland who scored a three-pointer 31 seconds before the end of the match for 98:95.
The Dominican Republic was not helped by the fantastic performance of Karl-Anthony Towns, who finished the match with 39 points and 10 rebounds.
The situation is the same in Group L, where Brazil surprised Canada (69:65) and saved the chances of going to the quarterfinals.
The winner was led by Bruno Caboclo (19 with 13 rebounds), on the other side, Shay Giljis-Alexander was the most effective with 23.
The Brazilians will play Latvia in the last round, if they win they will place among the top eight, while the Canadians and the Spanish will decide the placement in a direct duel after the "red fury" lost to the Latvians today...
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