We had lost in the play-offs, exhausted by a series against the Clippers that he almost eliminated on his own or almost.
Two months later, the Slovenian genius Luka Doncic reappeared on the radar screens.
And the least we can say is that the Mavericks star did things his way: in XXXL.
The leader delivered a sheet of stats as he likes them, well blackened: 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks, and then also 48 points like that, by the way.
🇸🇮 The highlights of Luka Doncic against Argentina.
📊 48 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks.
All at 18-29 on shots, in 31 minutes.
At 22 years.
🗺 NB: this was the first game in Slovenia's history at the #Olympic Games. # Tokyo2020pic.twitter.com / TxZR3CSO2j
- Basket USA (@basketusa) July 26, 2021
In its heavenly wake, Slovenia made short work of the Argentinian vice-world champions (118-100), who had, as we remember, tortured Evan Fournier's partners in 2019. Doncic, for his first match at the Olympics, signed the second best scoring performance in the history of the Olympics, behind the 55 points of the legendary Brazilian Oscar Schmidt in 1988. The Slovenian even chose not to beat him, preferring to stay on the bench at the end of the match.
Luka is still undefeated in his national team jersey, with 14 wins in as many caps.
Comment from the Argentinian coach?
“He destroyed us.
He's the best player in the world.
»Mic drop.
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