Slovenia’s superstar Luka Doncic will sit out his second straight preparation game for the national team, but is expected to return to action on Saturday against Latvia.
Slovenia’s superstar Luka Doncic will sit out his second straight preparation game for the national team.
Doncic is officially out for today’s matchup against Lithuania, which tips off at 7:30 p.m. GMT (12:30 p.m. ET).
However, it has been announced that he will be available for tomorrow’s game against Latvia.
Luka played in Slovenia’s first friendly against Germany on August 8 but sat out the return game in Germany on August 10.
In his first appearance, Doncic scored 19 points (2/5 2Pt, 3/6 3Pt, 6/13 FT), grabbed 3 rebounds, and dished out 5 assists.
However, Slovenia fell at home in the exhibition game, losing 89–103 to Germany.