Also in the last quarter, the difference in points in favor of Canada continued to fluctuate between 11-16 points.
With the score 92-77 in Canada’s favor in the 34th minute, the Slovenians’ chances of a comeback were severely curtailed by Doncic’s second technical foul of the game, which sent him off the field. Dončić earned his first technical note in the 15th minute for commenting on the referee’s decision.
A minute earlier, Dillon Brooks earned the second technical mark for Canada, but in the 37th minute Gregor Hrovat earned the fifth mark for Slovenia, one of the five marks was also a technical mark.
Slovenia managed to close the gap, but could not avoid the loss.
Slovenia defeated Venezuela with 100:85, Georgia with 88:67, Cape Verde with 92:77, Australia with 91:80, but lost to Germany with 71:100.
Canada defeated France 95:65, Lebanon 128:73 and Latvia 101:75, lost to Brazil 65:69 and Spain 88:85.
Slovenian leader Luka Doncic averaged 26.4 points, 7.4 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game.
For Canada, Shay Gilges-Alexander was averaging 23.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game before the match against Slovenia.
In the second quarter-final on Wednesday, Latvia lost to Germany 79:81 and will meet Italy on Thursday in the fight for the fifth to eighth place.
Germany will play the USA and Serbia – Canada in the semi-finals on Friday.
The top eight teams compete for medals at the “SM Mall of Asia” arena in the port area of Manila.
In the final tournament of the World Cup, seven participants of the tournament of the Olympic Games in Paris, as well as another 19 national teams, will be determined, which, together with the winners of the five regional pre-qualification competitions, will fight for the last four tickets to the Olympic Games next summer.
2023-09-06 15:14:19
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