This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports' daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what's happening in sports by subscribing here. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a game-high 31 points to outduel Luka Doncic and send Canada to the Basketball World Cup semifinals for the first time ever with a 100-89 win over Slovenia today in Manila.
The Canadians, who on Sunday clinched their country's first Olympic men's basketball berth since 2000, will face Serbia on Friday at 4:45 a.m.
ET. Today's Canada-Slovenia quarterfinal was billed as a showdown between Gilgeous-Alexander and Doncic — both All-NBA First Team guards last season and the two highest scoring players remaining in the World Cup.
Some feel SGA, despite considerably less hype, is the better player. They can point to today's matchup as evidence. It was a classic Doncic game in almost every sense.