Poland beat Slovenia 90-87 in the EuroBasket quarter-finals, making one of the biggest upsets in the history of the tournament and entering the prize zone.

Igor Milicic’s team was impressive, not retreating even when the Slovenes staged a serious attack and took control of the game. Slovenia, the 2017 European champions, had a bad mood among the big stars. Luka Doncic was sent off for five fouls with about three minutes remaining.

Poland will play France after reaching the final.

Poland put in an impressive performance in the second quarter and took a 39-58 lead with big guns in their defence. The Slovenes scored only 13 points during this period, and the guests, as a rule, significantly limited Luka Doncic.

The situation changed in the third period. The European champions were separated by only 6 points, and Goran Dragic and Luka Doncic “unstuck” in the attack, reducing them to a minimum (63-64) with a three-pointer Blazic.

Slovenia took control early in the fourth period and made it 74-70 with Prepelic. The Poles proved to be “hard nuts” and took a 74–76 lead with back-to-back Slaughter points with five minutes left in the game.

Igor Milicic’s team continued to shoot on goal and made it 76-84 with Slaughter. The European champions responded (80-84) to Dragic and Toby, but Ponitky’s three-pointer gave the typical guests a seven-point lead.

The Slovenians lost 87-90, but then Milicic’s team kept their cool and won.

Quarters: 26-29, 39-58, 63-64, 87-90

Slovenia (sekulic): Blazic 13 (3), Kansar 21 (5/7 2-pointers, 2/7 3-pointers, 5/5 shots, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals), Doncic 14 (2/7 2-pointers, 3/5 8 three-pointers, 1/4 shot, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 fouls in 35 minutes), Muric 5 (1), Nikolic, Prepelic 9 (1), Samar, Toby 8 (7 rebounds, 4 assists)

Poland (Milicic): Balcerovski 11 (1), Sel 4, Dzieva 3, Garbats, Michalak, Oleinicak, Ponitka 26 (3/4 two-pointers, 5/13 three-pointers, 5/6 shots, 16 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals in 35 games). minutes), Slaughter 16 (4/6 two-pointers, 2/8 three-pointers, 2/3 shots, 6 rebounds, 4 assists), Sokolovsky 16 (2), Zhiskowski 14 (3)