Overview

• Luka Dončić posted 26 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in 30 minutes as Slovenia improved to 1-2 in Group D with a wire-to-wire win over Belgium in Katowice.
• A day earlier, Dončić scored 39 in a 103-95 loss to France, which rode a 78-26 bench scoring edge led by Sylvain Francisco’s 32 points.
• The France-Slovenia game ended with a contentious handshake-to-layup by Francisco, resulting in technicals for Francisco and Slovenia’s Gregor Hrovat and an ejection of France’s Nadir Hifi; Francisco later apologized for the handshake and cited point-differential tiebreakers.
• Group picture: France sits 2-0 in Group D, Serbia moved to 3-0 to secure a knockout berth, and Germany became the first team to qualify for the round of 16 after beating Lithuania.
• Slovenia’s remaining group games are against Iceland on Tuesday and Israel on Thursday, with point differential a potential factor in advancement from the four-qualifier group format.