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Next Fixtures

Argentina-Japan 

Spain-Slovenia

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JAPAN

Rui Hachimura - 34 points and 7 rebounds

Yuta Watanabe - 17 points and 7 rebounds

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SLOVENIA

Luka Doncic - 25 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists

Zoran Dragic - 24 points

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GAME OVER!

Slovenia 116 x 81 Japan

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Fourth Quarter: Slovenia 113 - 78 Japan

Cebasek scores two consecutive three-balls

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Fourth Quarter: Slovenia 107 - 78 Japan

On the counterattack, Dragic goes for the tray.

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Fourth Quarter: Slovenia 104 - 75 Japan

Cancar hits only one free throw.

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Fourth Quarter: Slovenia 103 - 75 Japan

Rupnik notes another three-ball.

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Fourth Quarter: Slovenia 100 - 73 Japan

With less than 4 minutes left in the game, Doncic goes back to the bench.

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Fourth Quarter: Slovenia 100 - 73 Japan

Beautiful ball movement that ends with Blazic's three-ball.

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Fourth Quarter: Slovenia 94 - 73 Japan

LUKA! Beautiful basket of three from Doncic.

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Fourth Quarter: Slovenia 89 - 73 Japan

Luka converts both free throws.

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Fourth Quarter: Slovenia 87 - 73 Japan

32 points for Hachimura.

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Fourth Quarter: Slovenia 87 - 71 Japan

Vlatko Cancar converts both free throws.

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Fourth Quarter: Slovenia 85 - 71 Japan

Watanabe notes two more points.

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Fourth Quarter: Slovenia 83 - 69 Japan

Doncic and Hachimura with plays for three points each

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Fourth Quarter: Slovenia 80 - 66 Japan

Hachimura makes the lob for Watanabe.

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START OF THE FOURTH QUARTER

Slovenia 80 - 64 Japan

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END OF THE THIRD QUARTER

Slovenia 80 - 64 Japan

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Third Quarter: Slovenia 78 - 64 Japan

In a worked play, Dragic notes on the tray. Hiejema answers with the three ball.

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Third Quarter: Slovenia 76 - 59 Japan

After much prodding, Zoran Dragic gets the two points for Slovenia.

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Third Quarter: Slovenia 74 - 58 Japan

Timeout Slovenia.

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Third Quarter: Slovenia 74 - 55 Japan

Watanabe scores a three ball.

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Third Quarter: Slovenia 74 - 52 Japan

Hachimura got the block, but they gave the goaltending and the points to Dragic.

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Third Quarter: Slovenia 72 - 52 Japan

Mike Tobey dunks and is fouled. Timeout Japan.

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Third Quarter: Slovenia 66 - 52 Japan

In the mid-range, Hachimura notes another basket.

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Third Quarter: Slovenia 66 - 48 Japan

What a block from Doncic on Yudai Baba

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Third Quarter: Slovenia 66 - 48 Japan

Two more points for Doncic.

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Third Quarter: Slovenia 64 - 48 Japan

Fantastic assistance from Doncic for another three-ball from Cancar. 

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Third Quarter: Slovenia 61 - 48 Japan

Two consecutives three ball for Slovenia and the lead is back to 13.

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Third Quarter: Slovenia 55 - 46 Japan

Vlatko Cancar notes two more points.

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Third Quarter: Slovenia 53 - 43 Japan

Hachimura scores two more points and is the top scorer with 19 points.

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START OF THE THIRD QUARTER

Slovenia 53 - 41 Japan

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Slovenia 53 - 41 Japan statistics

Field goals: 54% x 43%

2 points: 77% x 45%

3 points: 24% x 40%

Free throws: 64% x 60%

Rebounds: 25 x 17

Turnovers: 5 x 6

Assists: 12 x 6

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HALF TIME

Slovenia 53 - 41 Japan

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Second Quarter: Slovenia 53 - 41 Japan

Mike Tobey grabs the offensive rebound and notes the tray

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Second Quarter: Slovenia 51 - 41 Japan

Two points for Rui Hachimura.

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Second Quarter: Slovenia 51 - 38 Japan

Timeout Japan.

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Second Quarter: Slovenia 40 - 34 Japan

Yudai Baba scores on the counterattack, leaves Japan with a 6-0 run and forces Slovenia's timeout.

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Second Quarter: Slovenia 38 - 28 Japan

Nikolic scores on the tray

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Second Quarter: Slovenia 36 - 28 Japan

Watanabe scores for three points

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Second Quarter: Slovenia 36 - 25 Japan

Doncic converts two free throws.

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Second Quarter: Slovenia 34 - 25 Japan

Prepelic scores his first three ball.

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Second Quarter: Slovenia 31 - 23 Japan

Klemen Prepelic gets the basket after a pass from Doncic.

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START OF THE SECOND QUARTER

Slovenia 29-23 Japan

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END OF THE FIRST QUARTER

Slovenia 29-23 Japan

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First Quarter: Slovenia 29 - 21 Japan

Dragic scores another three-ball for Slovenia.

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First Quarter: Slovenia 24 - 21 Japan

Hachimura scores his third three-ball.

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First Quarter: Slovenia 24 - 18 Japan

Dragic scores on the tray and forces Japanese timeout

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First Quarter: Slovenia 20 - 18 Japan

Slovenia with 70% shooting, and Doncic already has 9 points.

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First Quarter: Slovenia 18 - 18 Japan

Hachimura scores another three ball.

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First Quarter: Slovenia 18 - 15 Japan

AND 1! Doncic makes the tray, is fouled and converts the free throw.

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First Quarter: Slovenia 13 - 10 Japan

Hachimura hits Japan's first three-ball

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First Quarter: Slovenia 11 - 5 Japan

Zoran Dragic makes a three ball.

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First Quarter: Slovenia 8 - 4 Japan

Doncic hits both free throws

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First Quarter: Slovenia 4 - 0 Japan

Zoran Dragic hits both free throws

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First Quarter: Slovenia 2 - 0 Japan

Jaka Blazic scores for the first time.

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BALL IS UP!

Slovenia - Japan

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JAPAN LINE-UP

Daiki Tanaka, Yudai Baba, Rui Hachimura, Gavin Earl Edwards e Yuta Watanabe.

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SLOVENIA LINE-UP

Luka Doncic, Jake Blazic, Zoran Dragic, Vlatko Cancar and Mike Tobey.

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REFEREES

Aleksandar Glisic (SRB), Michael Weiland (GER) and Ferdinand Pascual (PHI).

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PROBABLE LINE-UP FOR JAPAN

Daiki Tanaka, Yudai Baba, Rui Hachimura, Gavin Earl Edwards and Yuta Watanabe.

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PROBABLE LINE-UP FOR SLOVENIA

Luka Doncic, Jake Blazic, Zoran Dragic, Vlatko Cancar and Mike Tobey.

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JAPAN

Besides Hachimura, Yuta Watanabe, who plays for the Toronto Raptors, also had a great performance despite a losing debut. The forward scored 19 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and also had 5 steals.

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SLOVENIA

Besides Doncic, Mike Tobey also stood out in his debut: the pivot; he scored 11 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and had the second highest +/- of the team behind only the team's star player.

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JAPAN

On the other hand, the home team had a very bad first half against Spain, had a small reaction but could not avoid the defeat by 88 to 77. The young pivot; from the Washington Wizards, Rui Hachimura, was the star of the Japanese team with 20 points.

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SLOVENIA

In his Olympic Games debut, Luka Doncic scored 45 points to lead his country to an impressive 118-100 victory over Argentina.

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GROUP C

1- Slovenia - 2 points
2- Spain - 2 points
3- Japan - 1 point
4- Argentina - 1 point

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Group C 2nd round games

Slovenia vs Japan - 12:40am - Saitama Super Arena

Spain vs Argentina - 8am - Saitama Super Arena

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Good morning!

We are now covering Slovenia-Japan in the second round of the Men's Basketball Group C at the Tokyo Olympics. The ball will go up this Sunday (29), at 12:40 am, at the Saitama Super Arena, in Saitama, which is part of Tokyo. Come join us!

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