Mavericks' Luka Doncic And Slovenia Take Down Pacers' Domantas Sabonis And Lithuania

Luka Doncic and Slovenia beat Domantas Sabonis and Lithuania 96-85 on Saturday, and Slovenia is headed to the Olympics.
Tweets about the game on Saturday can be seen in posts embedded below from Overtime, FIBA and Tony East of Forbes.
LUKA AND SLOVENIA ARE GOING TO THE OLYMPICS 🚨 (via @FIBA)
— Overtime (@overtime) July 4, 2021
They beat Lithuania 96-85 in the Olympic Qualifying Finals 🇸🇮
Luka: 31 PTS | 11 REB | 13 AST pic.twitter.com/eOGXZfdwJB
Olympians. 🙇
— FIBA (@FIBA) July 4, 2021
What a performance. What a team! Bravo, Slovenci! 🇸🇮 #FIBAOQT pic.twitter.com/eg3RCk42wf
Sabonis with an early slam to give Lithuania the lead. Fast paced, high scoring game so far: pic.twitter.com/jaQ0khg6N5
— Tony East (@TonyREast) July 4, 2021
Sabonis finished the game with nine points and six rebounds, while Doncic had 31 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists.
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Ben Stinar is a former beat writer for AllPacers.com. He is a 2021 Hilltop30 Scholarship Fund recipient.