KATOWICE (Poland) - Luka Doncic became on Sunday only the fourth player since 1995 to post a triple-double in a FIBA EuroBasket game after coming up with 26 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds to spark Slovenia to their first win in this year's big event, 86-69 over Belgium.
The calm with which Slovenia reacted to the accomplishment is a testament to the fact that, Doncic was destined for greatness ever since he debuted at FIBA EuroBasket 2017 as an 18-year-old and helped Slovenia conquer the title . As teammate Edo Muric put it, "He's breaking records, and I've always believed he could do this. This is a normal day at the office for him."
However, that was not the only page of EuroBasket lore the Los Angeles Lakers star wrote on Sunday. Doncic became also the youngest player in the 21st century to surpass 400 career points, 100 career assists and 100 career rebounds in EuroBasket.
When it comes to the scoring aspect specifically, at 26 years and 184 days old Doncic is the youngest player to reach the 400-point milestone in the competition since Tony Parker in 2007, who was 25 years old and 122 days old at the time.
Player | Edition | Triple-Double |
|---|---|---|
Luka Doncic (SLO) | 2025 | 26 PTS, 10 REB, 11 AST |
Mateusz Ponitka (POL) | 2022 | 26 PTS, 16 REB, 10 AST |
Andrei Mandache (ROU) | 2017 | 14 PTS, 10 REB, 11 AST |
Toni Kukoc (CRO) | 1995 | 15 PTS, 12 REB, 11 AST |
*Stojan Vrankovic of Croatia posted a triple-double in FIBA EuroBasket 1993 which however is not taken into consideration as records of blocks before 1995 are not ratified.
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