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Quarterfinals - Fourth Match-Up: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Canada will take on Luka Doncic and Slovenia
Who do we expect to advance? Canada
This match-up pits the competitions two All-NBA First Team talents against each other in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luka Doncic.
Canada will finally prove to be too much for Doncic and Slovenia.
You still can’t count Doncic and Slovenia out, but the talent gap is too big here. Canada has the elite offensive talent to go punch-for-punch with anything Doncic pulls out of his bag, and at the remaining positions, they wipe the floor with Slovenia.
Gilgeous-Alexander, Dillon Brooks, and R.J. Barrett will take Canada to the semifinals, and this one could get ugly quickly if Slovenia isn’t making their open shots which will likely deflate any Doncic heroics.
There’s not much more to say on this one. Canada is just better.