On September 2, Beijing time, the European Championship group stage continued to play, Slovenia 92-85 Lithuania, got the opening red. For the European Championship competition, although there is no shortage of superstar players, but on this level of the stage, there is no sense of absolute weak, the two sides fought fiercely in the fourth quarter to divide the winner, with Doncic's three assists in the last moment + small Sa violation to help Slovenia reverse the victory.
Perhaps many fans remember last year's Olympic defeat, Slovenia's decisive moment of the Olympic defeat, encountering Lithuania, the two sides also broke out into a big war, with Doncic 31 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, leading slovenia to the Olympic Games for the first time in history.
Nowadays, Doncic's data is not as explosive as expected, but at key moments, he can always create kills through his ability to read the game, standing at the level of top athletes, Doncic reflects his own value, and is also the most dazzling obvious player on the European Championship stage.
Dragic played 23 minutes in the game, 8 of 14, and had 19 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, and the efficiency value of steals was also very high, which also proved that the family had a treasure. His combination with Doncic will determine how far Slovenia can go.
Lithuania, Varan and Sasa are one of the strongest frontcourt combinations in the European Championship, and their personal ability is beyond doubt, but in this game, the total data of 19 points, 17 rebounds and 7 mistakes is not as high as expected, especially compared with Dragic and Doncic, they are more like terminators, rather than really connecting the team, or the core of controlling a lot of balls, unable to drive teammates, the loss is not unexpected.
For the European arena, it is extremely testing the player's on-the-spot adaptability, the execution of the head coach, and the change of offensive and defensive conversion, the Slovenian backcourt players control the initiative, Doncic, Dragic and others handle the ball better, get the heavy responsibility of connecting the whole team, or stand up alone at key moments to take over the heavy responsibility, compared to Varan and Xiao Sa, it is obviously a higher skill.
Therefore, the European Championship relative to the NBA, may not be as gorgeous as expected, but in the real knife and real gun showdown, no team is the favorite to win the championship, and it needs a real knife and real gun to do a big job to reveal the difference.