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17-point victory! Refusing to reverse 18-point reversal! The biggest dark horse in the European Cup was born, and James praised Doncic

3:31pm, 9 September 2025【Basketball】

The 2025 Men's Basketball European Cup was full of exciting results. After the 1/8 finals, European giants such as Serbia, Latvia, France, Italy and other European teams were eliminated one after another, making people feel sad and angry about their misfortune. Turkey, Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Germany, Slovenia, Finland and Georgia successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, which is gratifying to the forthcoming. Among these eight teams to advance, Georgia created history and reached the top 8 of the European Cup for the first time in the team history. General Mamu made the statement clearly: the weak will have more fighting spirit, and whoever is more eager to win will deserve to win! That’s right, only if you dare to fight and fight will you win. Finland, Slovenia and other teams also advanced with the same fighting spirit. Especially the Slovenian team, the remnants attacked and created miracles, which was the biggest dark horse in this European Cup!

17 points win, refused to reverse 18 points

This European Cup, Slovenia team attacked in the remnants, Qian Chal and naturalized center Nibo withdrew one after another, Doncic's father publicly expressed his dissatisfaction: This is puzzling, and he does not understand the meaning of cooperation; Doncic's self-media also released a connotation photo and wrote: The luxury car in the dilapidated courtyard! The implication is that the best Doncic is incompatible with the worst Slovenia. Even the Lakers have found a way out for them before the European Cup: Even if Doncic can lead the Slovenia group to qualify, any victory in the knockout round will be a surprise of weak defeating the strong. The Serbian team was divided into Group D. In the first two games of the group stage, they were unable to fight back by the Polish team and the French team. The situation of qualifying was in danger, but they also completed their self-salvation and successfully counterattacked! In the group stage, Slovenia won 8 points and 10 points in the team, and the team won 3 consecutive victories. Slovenia ranked third in Group D with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses, successfully advancing, and the opponent waiting for their 1/8 finals was Italy. Italy's 4 wins and 1 loss in the 4-group matches ranked in Group C. This team once beat Serbia with 16 three-pointers in the last European Cup 1/8 final, which shows its strength! But in front of Doncic, the Italian team became a mob. Slovenia scored a huge lead of 18 points in the first quarter, and steadily refused to reverse 18 points. In the end, it narrowly defeated the Italian team by 7 points and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

Slovenia was underestimated, Doncic scored a record

From 2 consecutive losses to 4 consecutive victories, the Slovenian team made a strong counterattack. They were really underestimated, just because they had Doncic. He stood up again and again, carrying the Slovenian team forward with the performance of the gods descending to earth. Since the start of the European Cup, Doncic has played 33.4 minutes per game, scoring 34 points + 8.3 rebounds + 7.2 assists + 3.2 steals per game, ranking first in the tournament in scoring, steals and free throws (13.8 times). Among them, defeating Belgium, Doncic scored 26 points + 11 rebounds + 10 assists; defeating Israel, Doncic scored 37 points + 9 rebounds + 11 assists; overturning Italy, Doncic scored 42 points + 10 rebounds. At the same time, Doncic has scored several records.

According to statistics from FIBA ​​official website, Doncic scored 25+ in a single game in six consecutive European Cups, tied with Korachi and Jamic to tie for third place in history, second only to Antetokounmpo (10 consecutive games) and Galis (19 consecutive games). At the same time, Doncic is the fifth player in European Cup history to score 40+ in two single games, and the other four are Galis, Marca, Tres and Jamic. In addition, Doncic scored 30+ in four European Cups, ranking second in history, second only to Gallis (5 times). In another statistics, as of now, Doncic's total European Cup score has reached 515 points, ranking 45th in history and second in team history, second only to Dragic (696 points). This is Doncic. The ball-holding core with its own system is unparalleled in the world, it is so delicious!

The biggest dark horse in the European Cup was born. James praised Doncic

Slovenia became the biggest dark horse in this European Cup. Doncic's gods came to earth and won a lot of prizes! As an opponent, the Italian general said bluntly: Doncic is a unique existence, and it is difficult to defeat when he starts in the unparalleled mode; as a teammate, Radovic has some comments on Versailles, and he said: Doncic is a super giant, our engine, and he cannot describe his strength in words; as a bystander, many media people said in unison: Doncic burns out all his own life, and no one dares to underestimate Slovenia anymore; even the Lakers teammate James, who is unemployed, has updated the social media to praise Doncic, and he wrote: Luca dominates the European Championship! Doncic himself was not satisfied with this. In an interview, he made the statement clear: There is no personal heroism, we are the main body of advance and retreat together. Next, we must maintain this belief when fighting Germany! But do good things, don’t ask about your future. I hope Doncic will continue to work hard and continue to write the dark horse miracle! Fans, what do you think about this? Let me leave me a comment and discuss it.