That's exactly what he did \u2014 reaching over Prepelic to block the shot with 2.4 seconds left, and with that France survived a historic effort from Luka Doncic to beat Slovenia 90-89 on Thursday night in the Olympic men's basketball semifinals.<\/p>\n
After the end of the game, Doncic reportedly yelled "FIBA is probably happy" while walking through the media mixed zone, and shouted "FIBA happened" while a teammate was being interviewed.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/mamilasius\/status\/1423270053143711746<\/a><\/p>\n Slovenia's biggest gripe came at 78-78 in the final period, when Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot blocked Jaka Blazic's layup attempt.<\/p>\n Blazic protested that it was a goaltend, and he received a technical foul.<\/p>\n Doncic had the third triple-double in Olympic men's history: 16 points, 10 rebounds and 18 assists. But it wasn't quite enough, and Slovenia fell to 17-1 all-time when he's in the national team colors.<\/p>\n "I don't think we played great but we were there," Doncic said, sporting an ice pack on his wrist postgame. "We had the last chance and we didn't make it."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> clicking here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n