{"id":406985,"date":"2022-05-29T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getmoresports.com\/?p=406985"},"modified":"2022-05-30T12:44:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T16:44:25","slug":"luka-doncic-concentrates-slovenia-national-team-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getmoresports.com\/luka-doncic-concentrates-slovenia-national-team-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic concentrates on the Slovenia national team after the playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>The aim for Luka Doncic is to transition very immediately from the 2022 NBA Playoffs to the Slovenian national team. &#8220;If I am not injured, I will play for the national team,&#8221; he emphasized in the Dallas Mavericks&#8217; 2021-22 season departure interview.<\/p>\n<p>Doncic hopes to begin training with his country&#8217;s senior national squad on June 15. He aims to play and assist Slovenia advance in the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Qualifying Tournament. After splitting its first four Group C double-leg round-robin games, Slovenia will host Croatia on June 30 and travel to Sweden on July 3 in an effort to secure one of the top three positions and advance to Group J in the next stage.<\/p>\n<p>Following a brief period of vacation, Doncic will resume his preparations as Slovenia focuses its attention to the EuroBasket 2022. As a member of Group B, his team will face Lithuania, Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, and France from September 1-7 in Cologne. The top four national teams will progress to the knockout round, which will take place in Berlin from September 10-18.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aim for Luka Doncic is to transition very immediately from the 2022 NBA Playoffs to the Slovenian national team. &#8220;If I am not injured, I will play for the national team,&#8221; he emphasized in the Dallas Mavericks&#8217; 2021-22 season departure interview. 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