Slovenia, where Doncic was a star at the Olympics, surpassed Argentina differently: 100-118

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In men’s basketball at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Slovenia defeated Argentina 118-100 in the match whose star Luka Doncic made history by scoring 48 points.

On the third day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Slovenia beat Argentina 118-100 in men’s basketball with Luka Doncic’s historic performance.

Slovenia’s NBA star Luka Doncic marked the first match of Group C played in Saitama Super Arena. Slovenia defeated Argentina 118-100 in the game, where Doncic scored 48 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 49 PIR.

With this performance, Doncic caught up with Ed Palubinskas, the second player to score the most points in a single match in Olympic history. The 22-year-old star, who had his first Olympic experience, was 8 points away from the record. In 1988 in Seoul, Brazilian Oscar Shmidt experienced the success of scoring the most points in a match in Olympic history by sending 55 points to the Spanish hoop.

In 1976 Montreal also had a 48-point performance. Australian Ed Palubinskas scored 48 points against Mexico in the game that went into overtime. Doncic, who had the best Olympic performance of the last 33 years, shared the second place with Palubinskas.

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