The Slovenian national basketball team was defeated by Lithuania (100:84) in the playoffs from 5th to 8th place at Mundobasket.
The best player of the Slovenian team, Luka Dončić, is not too disappointed by the defeat, he even considers the quarter-finals a success.
“It shouldn’t be difficult. We are in the TOP 8. I really don’t understand why it would be difficult. We tried, but it didn’t work”, said Dončić at the start.
With a victory over Italy, Slovenia could achieve the best ranking at the World Championships in history.
“I hope so. For me, playing basketball is definitely a motivation, especially for the national team. The game was night after night. It was hard to get back on my feet and sleep after yesterday, but what’s there is. We hope that it will be better in the next game”, Doncic added.
This was already the third game in which Slovenia received one hundred points.
“We are simply too weak. We are playing too poorly, we are not hitting anyone. Everyone is beating us, all over the field. It can be seen. And we play too poorly”, concluded Dončić.
