TOKYO: Luka Doncic put on a clinic today, scoring 48 points as Slovenia blew out Argentina 118-100 in a Group C opener for both men’s basketball teams at the Tokyo Olympics.
Doncic’s 48 points is tied for the second-most points ever scored in a men’s basketball game at the Olympics.
Oscar Schmidt scored 55 points for Brazil in a win over Spain in 1988.
Today was Doncic’s – and Slovenia’s – first-ever Olympic men’s basketball game.
Doncic scored 31 points in the first half and finished the game with 11 rebounds and five assists.
He shot 18 of 29 and 6-for-14 from beyond the arc.